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Report from The 2nd Annual Third Sector Safeguarding Children Conference

May 12 |10:54 AM

Event Report

The Children & Young People’s Third Sector Partnership recently organized the second Third Sector Safeguarding Children Conference to be held in Halton.

The event (which was funded by the Halton Safeguarding Children Board) aimed to allow a diverse range of groups from the Third Sector in Halton to come together to receive updates on important developments within the safeguarding agenda.

Third Sector Safeguarding Children Conference Report

Safeguarding Adults Information for Halton

Don't turn your back on abuse!

Safeguarding Adults / Adult Protection - Protecting adults from abuse.

It is a fact that adults do get abused and sometimes people’s circumstances make them more vulnerable to abuse, e.g. frailty, illness, mental health issues or disabilities of any kind.

Abuse can take many forms – it might be physical, financial or about possessions, sexual, emotional, discriminatory, or be as a result of institutional regimes.Abuse can happen anywhere at any time and can be deliberate or unintentional, and might be as a result of negligence, ignorance or carer stress.

Sadly, people who abuse can be those that we might expect to trust the most, such as family and friends, staff in care homes, day services, hospital, at college. It can happen in the abused person’s own home, in the street or any other public place.

What to do if you have concerns, see or hear of abuse happening

We all need to know what to do:

To prevent abuse from happening and to protect people from abuse when they are in our care.
Who to tell, if we have concerns that someone is being or has been abused.

Please act if you see, hear or suspect abuse. No one should live in fear.

For more information on where to find help click on the link below:

www.halton.gov.uk/adultprotection

Halton Voluntary Action/St Helens CVS Merger Plans

Over the last few years Halton Voluntary Action and St Helens CVS have been working really well together to provide even better services and support to local community and voluntary groups and organisations.

We have now reached the stage of our discussions where we feel it timely to talk to our members and stakeholders about our plans and hear from you how you want us to go about this. We have produced a leaflet explaining in more detail and will be holding surgeries in both Halton and St Helens. To find out more you can click on the links below. We also need responses from you around some very important questions so why not complete the online survey and return it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Your views are important to us.

HVA / St Helens CVS merger information

HVA / St Helens CVS survey

HVA Census Report

The Census Report 'A picture of our sector 2009' is available now by requesting a copy from Debbie Morris telephone number 01928 592405, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it giving your contact details, by downloading using the link below, or reading online (see below). This report gives a comprehensive picture of the voluntary, community, faith and sport sector in Halton.

Link to download HVA Census Report

HVA Annual Review

If you want to find out more about the work carried out by HVA why not read our latest Annual Review. HVA's Annual Review 2008/9 is available by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it giving your contact details or by downloading using the link below.

Link to download HVA Annual Review

Safer Homes – HVA

We are looking for 8 groups who will supply two volunteers to train as Safer Homes Assessors.

This means the volunteers will attend a one day’s training at HVA. We will pay your organization £500 for this training. You will be expected to carry out 16 (but a maximum of 20) home safety assessments PER ASSESSOR and for this we will pay your organization £30.00 per survey. The two volunteers, if not already CRB checked will have to be checked and we will pay to have this carried out. You will not be able to carry out any surveys until you are CRB checked.

The area to be covered is Halton and Widnes with at least 50 surveys in the super output areas of Castlefields and Windmill Hill, Hallwood Park and Palacefields and Central Widnes.

‘Here to Help’

Over the past few months a huge amount of work has been underway to understand the PCT funded Voluntary sector market. The work has been fronted by a partnership between the PCT, Halton Voluntary Action and St Helens CVS. It came as no surprise that we found a huge amount of untapped skills and outcomes that needed formalizing and celebrating.