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Redbridge Safeguarding Adults Board

News:  09 October 2025

 #Romance Fraud

The Metropolitan Police, in collaboration with West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit and the City of London Police, have launched a national awareness campaign to tackle romance fraud; a crime where victims are deceived into fake relationships and socially engineered to hand over money or personal information.  The video series features victim accounts and crime prevention advice on identifying the signs of fraud before it causes emotional and financial harm.

A common misconception perpetuated by media coverage is that romance fraud predominantly affects middle-aged and elderly women; in fact, it affects men and women of all ages. For perpetrators, the identity of the money’s owner – whether man or woman, black or white, young or old – is inconsequential. Males were the main victim gender by a small margin.  Anyone can be targeted.

Find out more on our dedicated page.

RSAB Annual Report

Our Annual Report for 2024 – 2025 is now available to download:

Discriminatory Abuse Learning Event – 11 December 2025

As part of the work on our priority for 2025 – 2026 around Discriminatory Abuse, we are pleased to announce a learning event which is taking place on 11 December from 10:00 – 12:30 on MS Teams.  The event is free and open to professionals and volunteers working with adults at risk in Redbridge.  Please view the flyer below for more information:

The event is multi-agency and Level 2.  You will be provided with an attendance certificate.  Booking is via an on-line form.

In the meantime, please do take a look at our 7 Minute Briefing on Discriminatory Abuse which we hope you will find useful.

Suicide First Aid and Other Training for NEL Professionals

NEL suicide prevention are hosting the following virtual training webinars across the autumn.  These are free for professionals.

  • Suicide First Aid Lite – 07 10 2025; 05 11 2025, (09:00 – 13:00)
  • Understanding Disordered Eating in Adults – 08 10 2025 (13:30 – 17:00)
  • Demystifying Self-Harm – 24 10 2025 (09:30 – 12:30)

Further details, including booking information can be found on the NEL Health & Care Partnership website.

Raising awareness of safeguarding adults in Redbridge

RSAB Safeguarding Adults Awareness Poster

As part of raising awareness across Redbridge, the RSAB has produced a new version of our Safeguarding Adults poster which can be downloaded via the links below.  The first version is in a print format and the second for linking to websites:

Safeguarding Adults Leaflet – Translations

Our RSAB Safeguarding Adults Leaflet, and the easy read version, are now available in a number of different languages – Bengali Dhaka, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi (Indian), Romanian and Urdu.  They can be downloaded via this page on the website.

Safeguarding Adults in Redbridge Video

Below is the link to a short film (6 minutes) created for Redbridge SAB which provides an introduction for residents on safeguarding adults and how to respond if you have a concern that someone may be the victim of neglect or abuse.

The film is also available with subtitles in Bengali, Punjabi and Romanian.

National #SafeguardingAdultsWeek

National Safeguarding Adults Week 2025 takes place from Monday 17  to Friday 21 November.   The Ann Craft Trust has compiled a number of different free resources to help agencies with planning the week and promoting awareness of safeguarding adults generally.  The overarching theme for the week is prevention and there are specific topics for each day of the week:

  • Monday – Change the Conversation – check out the blog on this by Stuart Sale on behalf of the Ann Craft Trust
  • Tuesday – Prevention in Practice
  • Wednesday – Creating Empowering Environments
  • Thursday – Trust Your Instincts
  • Friday – Celebrate Safer Cultures

The Redbridge SAB are facilitating an ‘Introduction to Safeguarding Adults’ Briefing on MS Teams on 17 November from 10:00 – 11:30.  This is free of charge and places can be reserved by emailing your name, role and service/agency to RSAB@redbridge.gov.uk .

The London SAB Conference will be held during this week on 19 November from 09:00 – 13:00 on MS Teams.  Registration for this event will be opening week commencing 06 October 2025.