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• ICON Week 23-27 September 2024

  Taking place from September 23 to 27, ICON Week 2024 is dedicated to raising awareness about infant crying and how to manage it, supporting parents and...

• World Alzheimer's Month

  World Alzheimer's Month takes place every September and World Alzheimer's Day is on 21 September each year...

• World Suicide Prevention Day - 10th September

  Change the Narrative is the theme for this year's World Suicide Prevention Day on 10th September.  Find out how your organisation can support this campaign or where you can find help, here.

• Updated ESA Paperwork & Training

  Updated Early Support Assessment paperwork is now available

• New Wiltshire Threshold for Access to Safeguarding Services Matrix

  The Wiltshire Threshold for Access to Safeguarding Services Matrix was developed by the Wiltshire Multi Agency Safeguarding...

• Are your older relatives aware of the upcoming bank holiday?

  Please check if you have enough of your medication...

• Safe and Well Visits - Partner Information

  Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service have created a Safe and Well Visits information clip for partner agencies.

  A Safe & Well visit is a free service. During a visit, we discuss fire risks that can occur in the home and offer advice on how to stay safer from fire within the home. With the consent...

• Family Hub July/August Timetable

  Please see information on workshops and events taking place in Wiltshire during the summer holidays in July and August.

• Synthetic Opioids Webinar

  Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council Public Health teams held a webinar on synthetic opioid preparedness. As a result, in the decrease of heroin supply across the UK, we are seeing synthetic opioids being added to the drug supply chain to increase the potency of low-quality heroin... 

• Community Partners Information Sharing Form

  Wiltshire Police are seeking the support of partners in sharing information relating to crimes, through a partnership intelligence sharing tool on their website. You can find the Community Partners Information Sharing Form here...

• Safe Sleeping Advice

  The Lullaby Trust publishes guidance and resources on safe sleeping and the prevention of sudden unexpected death in infancy.

  The sudden and unexpected death of a baby is usually referred to by...

• SVPP Newsletter - Issue 8

  Welcome to Issue 8 (summer edition) of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter, bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP).   

• Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Newsletter

  The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel have published their latest newsletter.  Please click on the following link to see the newsletter...

• Counter Corruption Unit (CCU) – Wiltshire Police

  Abuse of Position for a Sexual Purpose (APSP)

  Policing is in the spotlight more than ever due to the horrific examples of sexual violence, domestic abuse, violent crime and sexual misconduct...

• The Wiltshire Neglect Framework

  A new Wiltshire Neglect Framework has recently been developed and is designed to...

• The South West: No Place for Drugs

  Information and intelligence from our communities is key and, if you report your concerns, action will be taken. Help us keep the South West clear of drugs by spotting the signs of this activity and reporting it to our charity. Criminals recruit children and vulnerable adults through promises of friendship, money, drugs, clothes...

• Connect Wiltshire - A free drug and alcohol service

  Connect Wiltshire is a free drug and...

• Swindon and Wiltshire Interventions for Families to Thrive (SWIFT)

  SWIFT is a consent-based programme run within Wiltshire Police...

• SVPP Strategic Plan 2023-2026

  The SVPP have published their Strategic Plan for 2023-2026.  This sets out our priorities for the next few years and the work we will do to address them.

• Rise:61 Services - Bemerton Heath

  Rise:61 was founded by local residents in 2014 after living and doing detached youth work on the estate of Bemerton Heath, Salisbury since 2009. We work with over 100 young people a year.  Services offered include Bike Hub, Creative Hub, Active Hub... 

• Wiltshire and Swindon Safer at Night Charter

  Are you an organisation that operates in the night-time economy in Swindon or Wiltshire?  You can join others by helping to create Safer Nights...

• Wiltshire Council - Interactive directory for cost of living support

  Wiltshire Council has created an online interactive community directory to help people find out what warm spaces and community...

• Early Support Assessment Webinar Recording now available

  A pre-recorded Early Support Assessment webinar has been provided as part of our...

• SVPP Newsletter - Issue 14

  Welcome to Issue 14 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter (summer edition)...

• SVPP Annual Report 2021-22

  The SVPP Annual Report for 2021-2022 can be downloaded here. The report sets out key activity during this period and its impact, including case reviews. Please disseminate within your organisation.

• Wiltshire Shout Service

  The Wiltshire Shout Service is a free text message mental health support service available to Wiltshire residents of all ages. Wiltshire residents can text WILTS to 85258 to access free, confidential mental health support...

• Drug and Alcohol awareness workshops

  Connect Wiltshire Substance use Service are offering monthly drug and alcohol awareness workshops which are open to all professionals. The workshops will provide an introduction to drugs, alcohol and treatment options available....

• SVPP Newsletter Issue 9

  Welcome to Issue 9 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter, bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP). 

• New High Risk Professional Meeting Guidance available

  The guidance provides a framework for the management of very complex...

• Domestic abuse between older couples: key tips at a glance

  Community Care Inform have produced some bite-sized guidance on domestic abuse and older couples...

• Private Fostering Awareness Information

  Private Fostering Awareness Information...

• Drug & Alcohol Training Course Dates for 2024-25

  Connect are running drug and alcohol training with course dates in 2024 & 2025.  These are particularly suitable for education colleagues, health and social care staff, the police, charity workers and volunteers...

• SVPP newsletter Issue 10

  Welcome to Issue 10 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter, bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP).   

• SVPP Newsletter Issue 11

  Welcome to Issue 11 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter, bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP)...

• Working Together 2023 - Virtual Briefing Recording Available

  SVPP hosted a Virtual Briefing to update you on the key changes set out in Working Together 2023 which was published in December 2023. It also summarised how this guidance relates to the Social Care...

• CDOP Newsletter March edition

  Please see linked the March 2024 edition of the CDOP Newsletter...

• Family Hub Webinar Recording Available

  The recording of the Family Hub - What You Need to Know webinar is now available

• SVPP Newsletter - Issue 12

  Welcome to Issue 12 of Wiltshire SVPP’s e-newsletter, bringing you the latest news and updates from the SVPP, including the Wiltshire...  

• Safeguarding Unborn Babies and Under 1s Presentations

  Presentations from our March 2024 BSW Virtual Summit on Safeguarding Unborn Babies and Under 1s are now available...

• New Children's Integrated Front Door email address

  The Integrated Front Door team (formally Children's Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub, or MASH) have a new email address... 

• Refuge for male victims of domestic abuse now open in Wiltshire

  Julian House in partnership with Wiltshire Council are providing a new safe accommodation service that will provide...

• Revised Multi-Agency Thresholds for Safeguarding Children

  The revised Multi-agency thresholds for safeguarding children document has been published