Our Latest News & Updates

The Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership (KBSP) has published a review commissioned following the tragic death of 'Jonathan'.

Domestic Homicide Review in the case of Becky Watts published by Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership today

Bristol City Council is consulting on the recommissioning of Rough Sleeping services - closes 31 Jan

For this year’s Stop Adult Abuse Week (10 – 14 June) we are celebrating our fifth year working together with the aim of increasing knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

A portfolio opportunity for young, aspiring artists and designers in Bristol!

Is crime, safety, care provision, health services and protecting children from abuse and neglect in Bristol important to you? Do you have views on how we could be improving services and working with the public better? If so we want to hear from you.

Bristol and South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Boards are hosting a joint Annual Conference to explore Mental Capacity on Tuesday 12th June at the BAWA Centre.

Home Office publishes updated guidance to help frontline workers identify and protect victims of county lines gangs

We’re highlighting short films produced by Carers Support Centre and the Dementia Wellbeing Service which are available in different languages and aim to provide information and encourage people in the community to seek support.

Do you know a great video design company that can help us raise awareness of specific safeguarding needs? We're asking for film tenders.

The BSAB has published a Safeguarding Adult Review into the murder of Kamil Ahmad by Mr X in 2016.

We know that professionals find MCA Assessments challenging - here's a top tip from Gary Cunningham, MCA & DoLS Learning & Development Officer for Bristol City Council who is a member of our Learning and Development Sub Group.

Support Stop Adult Abuse Week - this year we're focusing on 'Mate Crime', which is a theme of the BSAB Annual Conference on 12th June.

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The BSAB has published a Safeguarding Adult Review into the circumstances of the death of Christopher, a young man who died in 2015.

Thematic Review examining the prevalence of Mate Crime, using 'Derrick' as a case study.

The BSAB and BSCB have worked together to produce two new policies for safeguarding children and adults.

To make sure Care Direct can process referrals as quickly as possible professionals need to provide Care Direct with the right information. To help do this they are making some changes to the way they receive referrals.

We are currently writing the strategic plan for 2018-2021. This plan will decide what we are going to do for the next three years. We want to hear from adults who use care and support services in Bristol and their carers what they think our priorities should be.

In collaboration with other LSAB's in the South West, we are publishing our revised Safeguarding Adults joint Multi-Agency Policy.

Check out our upcoming conference for children and adult workforce - places are limited and will be strictly first come first served.

New safeguarding adults protocol for preventing pressure ulcers has been published. A guest blog from Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults, has also been published in which she explains why this new protocol is so important – not just for social workers, but for all health and care professionals caring for or treating adults.

Opoka Bristol are running training sessions aimed at providing information and raising awareness for Peers, Organisations, Stakeholders and Health and Social Care Professionals in Bristol regarding domestic abuse in the Polish community.

The Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board has today (28 Sept) published a Serious Case Review in the case of Melissa Mathieson, an 18 year old woman who was murdered in 2014 by a 19 year old man. Both young adults were placed in an independent care home in Bristol by their respective local authorities elsewhere in the UK shortly before Melissa’s death.

The Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board and Bristol Safeguarding Children Board are pleased to announce the publication of a joint protocol around Perinatal Mental Health.

Welcome to out new website for safeguarding in Bristol

The Board is pleased to be able to publish our 2016-2017 Annual Report.