The "Learning Zone" is a dedicated area for organisations and practitioners designed to enhance best practice and ensure staff access training relevant to their role in safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect. 

Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board (CSAB), are pleased to share and publish new recordings from recent lunch & learn sessions. These can be used for independent study, continuing professional development or used in team meetings to promote discussion and reflection.

Poppy was a 65-year-old white British woman who died in December 2022.  Poppy had a history of poorly managed Diabetes resulting in frequent hospital admissions. Poppy was assessed as having mental capacity to make decisions about her physical health conditions however, there were concerns about self-neglect in the context of failing to care for her long term physical health needs.

Please click here to access the recording. 

To be exploited is to be used for someone else's personal gain. Modern slavery is an umbrella term that encompasses the criminal offences of human trafficking, exploitation and slavery.

Modern Slavery is often hidden and may take place alongside a wide range of abuses and other criminal offences. Modern slavery happens across the world and the UK - it is happening in Cumbria.

Please click here to access the recording. 

Professional Curiosity Resources

Professional curiosity supports practitioners to question and challenge the information they receive, identify concerns and make connections to enable a greater understanding of a person’s situation. Professional curiosity resources can also be found under the "Learning Zone."

You can watch a webinar that CSAB released during National Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 on Professional Curiosity here.

Members of the SAB Manager Network developed a Professional Curiosity toolkit, intended to prompt professional curiosity and can be used as required to complement local resources.

Cumbria Constabulary and Cumberland Council are working in partnership to renew our focus and commitment to listen and respond to the voices of our community. 

We have launched our community engagement approach 'Your Voice - Our Mission' of improved and meaningful community engagement with a survey on Hate Crime Incidents. We appreciate that this can be a very difficult subject and that you may need to provide support to those you work with/for, we are grateful for your support with this. There are also links to organisations who can provide support within the survey, 

Please support this by ensuring that your communities, students, and/or colleagues are made aware and are encouraged to complete the survey. 

Closing date: Tuesday 13th of May 2025, 5pm.

Cumbria Constabulary are issuing a warning to people to be on their guard against scam phone calls after a number were reported to police in recent days. The report was of a victim receiving a scam call from someone claiming to be a police officer and that the victims bank card has been used by someone. 

If you have any concerns that the person on the phone may be a fraudster, put the phone down and call the police from a different phone on 101 for advice and guidance. Officers are asking anyone who has been victim to such a scam to come forward. If you receive a call you’re not expecting, you should be suspicious.

If someone has called you and you are unsure if they are a genuine police officer, you can hang up and call police on 101 to check their identity. If you think you have been the victim of a fraud you can report this to police on 101, contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040, visiting the website or via the Online Fraud Reporting Tool.

We are pleased to confirm and offer a new and additional  learning opportunity.

Prevent is a national programme that aims to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It works to ensure that people who are susceptible to radicalisation are offered appropriate interventions, and communities are protected against radicalising influences. You can access the Government guidance about the Prevent Strategy here.

This session will raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Cumbria area in relation to key risk issues for children and vulnerable adults.

When: Friday 16th May 2025, 12noon - 12:30pm

Where: Online via Microsoft Teams.

Please click here to book your free place via Eventbrite.

A new ‘Partner Services’ area has been launched on Cumbria Constabulary’s website to improve the sharing of non-urgent information by partner agencies.

The new partners forms include:

• Arrest request
• Report a missing person
• Make an interview request
• Community Partnership Intelligence
• Request Police help with a Mental Health Assessment
• Request a registered owner check for an abandoned vehicle

The new forms are for the sharing of non-urgent information by partner agencies, if you want to report a crime then please use the online crime reporting service or by calling 101, or 999 in an emergency.

Guidance on one of the new forms - ‘Partners Community Intelligence’ and how you can access it, can be found here.

Edge Training Limited are hosting four free courses for non professionals within the next year. These courses are designed for families and informal carers covering a range of legal topics with a focus on rights information.

DoLS for Families - 7 May 2025 - This course will look at the key rights under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) including how to access a lawyer and the right to legal aid.

Mental Health Act for Families - 26 September 2025 - This course will provide an overview of the Mental Health Act and the rights people have under this law.

Mental Capacity Act for Families - 10 October 2025 - This course will focus on mental capacity in the context of day to day activities and understanding some of the key duties as a Lasting Power of Attorney or Court Appointed Deputy.

Care Act for Families - 4 November 2025 - This course gives family members, friends and those involved in supporting loved ones, key information about their rights under the Care Act 2014.

For more information and to book your free place, please click here. 

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day takes place every year on the 12th June and Hourglass are marking the occasion with a special webinar which will explore the issues and movements around the abuse of older people in 2025.

Please click here to book your free place. 

It is ten years since the Care Act 2014 came into effect. The act brought in new approaches and intended to modernise adult social care.  New Research in Practice resources explore the impact of the legislation.

At the 2025 Research in Practice adults Partnership Conference, research in practice heard from a diverse range of professionals who played a role in implementing that change.

A series of new videos share a few of those perspectives.  The videos highlight the extent to which embracing the act made a difference for those receiving care and support. 

For more information and to listen to a short clip which provides an overview of the legislation, please click here.