Children and Families

Neglect is a key priority of the Safeguarding Partnership. It is the most common form of child abuse and can have serious and long-lasting effects on development, wellbeing and safety. In adult safeguarding, both neglect by others and self-neglect are forms of abuse recognised under the Care Act 2014.

Manchester Safeguarding Partnership have designed the All Age Neglect Toolkit to help practitioners in Manchester feel confident in identifying, responding and acting on concerns of both neglect and self-neglect.

The Horsfall 42nd Street are providing Creative training: Using creative approaches with a trauma-informed lens, with free spots for grassroots organisations in Manchester (provided in partnership with Making Manchester Fairer, to support health equity).

In this hands-on training, attendees will learn how to:

In 2023 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) commissioned OnEvidence to undertake a scoping and research exercise to support them in Greater Manchester in understanding the prevalence of ‘Honour’-based Abuse, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation across the Greater Manchester. 

Following on from the huge success of a pilot training session – An Introduction to Trauma and Links to Food Insecurity in May, the Our Manchester Food Partnership Team are delivering further sessions in September.

Three free additional training sessions are being delivered across the City at venues in north, south and central. Lunch be provided at all venues.

The training is both informative and helpful, and it will give you an understanding of some of the possible root causes and links between childhood experiences and food insecurity.