From 17th to 21st November 2025, the partner organisations of the West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board will be coming together to mirror the Ann Craft Trust’s safeguarding theme of Prevention: act before abuse, to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues across the West of Berkshire.

Each day, during the week, partners will host a variety of free webinars. These are open to all health and social care professionals and voluntary and community sector staff and volunteers within the West of Berkshire (this includes Reading).

Webinar topics include:

• Domestic Abuse: How to get the most out of speaking to domestic abuse victims
• Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Learnings from gambling in sport
• Sexuality and relationships in the lives of adults with learning disabilities
• A holistic approach to preventing abuse in sport
• Scams: no blame, no shame
• Trauma and resilience informed practice
• Preventing abuse – MacIntyre’s Everyone, Everywhere
• Preventing forced marriage
• Consent
• Connecting with Romani and Traveller communities and families
• Predatory marriage
• Hoarding
• Trust your instincts: physical abuse and safeguarding adults
• Cyber crime and safeguarding
• EMRAC and transitional safeguarding

Find out more and book your free online sessions through this link.