Hoarding disorder is a complex mental health condition that can severely impact a person’s well-being, relationships, and safety. Raising awareness about it helps break down stigma, promotes empathy, and encourages individuals to seek support without fear of judgment.

Clouds End CIC are the proud official sponsor of National Hoarding Awareness Week. They have created a resource pack, and are hosting free seminars about:

• The relationship between Executive Dysfunction and Hoarding
• Supporting individuals with Hoarding and Executive Functioning 
• Hoarding & Belongings - understand the impact of isolation caused by excessive belongings and how to support clients in finding a sense of belonging instead.
• Let’s chat about Hoarding: For individuals with hoarding disorder, friends & family.

Hourglass are a charity who's mission is to end the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK. They regularly run free webinars on a wide range of topics.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is 15 June and in the run up to the day they are delivering a webinar exploring the issues and movements around the abuse of older people in 2025. The webinar takes place on Thursday 12 June.

Previous webinars from Hourglass are available to watch, including:

• Personal Assistants and the risks to abuse
• What can we do to prevent predatory marriage
• Domestic Abuse and Housing
• Creating Safe Care Homes

In Leeds we believe in the importance of the 'Think family, work family' approach. This means recognising that individuals rarely live in isolation, and practitioners should assess the needs of the wider family when working with children, parents, or adults. It also means fostering regular communication, close collaboration, and coordinated planning among all staff and services involved with families.

We'd like to understand how this approach is embedded in your practice and service, and identify ways we can further support it. Your insights and experiences are invaluable to us, and we'd greatly appreciate your participation in our short survey.

It is estimated that 8,000 to 10,000 forced marriages of British citizens take place every year, often resulting in devastating long term consequences for the victims.

Virtual college has developed an online course with the Forced Marriage Unit of the Foreign Office and aims to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and inform you of the correct actions to take should you suspect someone is at risk.

A new website has been launched for adults with a learning disability or autism, to help them stay safe online.

There is a lot of useful information, including cybercrime, fraud, grooming, emotional harm, and harmful content.

As of 22nd April 2025, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has implemented refreshed manual ID guidance for its DBS check service. This new guidance will be easier to understand and use for applicants and organisations conducting DBS checks.

Please note, the old guidance will continue to be useable until 1st November 2025, to take into account technical changes that Registered Bodies may need to make in line with the updated guidelines.