EVALUATION FROM THE I’M NOT LAUGHING EVENT

25TH OCTOBER 2012

The event is aimed at practitioners from partner organisations who are committed to delivering the

FOREWORD

Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership TASP and Tameside Hate Incident Panel THIP came together in October last year in an effort to learn from each other and reaffirm the strong links that exist between the Safeguarding Adults ‘agenda’ and Disability Hate Crime.

“Learning through drama” was the approach taken and a thread throughout the day, which, I believe was successful and brought to life the real issues that affect individuals tasked with dealing with Safeguarding and Disability Hate Crime.

We had a guest speaker, Shirley Williams the Author of TASP’s Serious Case Review of Adult A which again made ‘it real’ for those in attendance and put the issues of the day into context.

The following pages are an evaluation of this day which I believe was a success but it is only a small part in the process of ‘learning’ we need to ensure that ALL colleagues understand the issues and know the pathways that exist to sharing concerns sharing information not just within single agencies but also within a multi- agency environment.

The single most repeated recommendation from Serious Case Reviews is information sharing, we need to share our concerns and worries in a multi - agency partnership, that is not to stop individuals taking responsibility but we need to explore all opportunities to support individuals, not to duplicate or replicate but co-ordinate.

We need to re-affirm the statement of “Doing nothing is not an option” and understand that “Safeguarding is Everyone’s business”

Lastly, can I personally thank those responsible for organising this event and for the actors and guest speakers taking part, it is not an easy task but when reading the following it will be seen as well worth the effort – “so thanks”

 

Andy Searle

Independent Chair TASP

PURPOSE OF THE EVENT

‘TASP should hold an event, within 3 months of the publication of this SCR, to bring local residents and professionals together to share the learning from this SCR, with a particular focus on how all can work together to stop the inheritance of the behaviour

that created so much torment for Adult A and his family. In addition, all agencies should consider restorative justice approaches for offenders ‘...

DELEGATE LIST

Name  Surname  Organisation Samantha  Atkinson  CHCBG 

Diane  Barkley  JPCT 

Liz  Barugh  Adults 

Jane  Bennett  Adults 

Sarah  Booth  THIP 

Graham  Brenna  Fire and Rescue Service 

Julie  Buckley  Adults 

Catherine  Butler  community 

Steph  Butterworth  Adults 

Bill  Callaghan  GMP 

Annette  Clancy  Adults 

Ian   Cochrane  HNP 

Jayne  Cooper  Adults 

Alice  Cunnigham  Acute 

Peter  Denton  Link 

Ruth   Dolan  HNP 

Paul  Dulson  Adults 

Jo  Edwards  GMP 

Julia  Featherstone  Adults 

Terry  Finn  GMP 

Laura   Foster  Pennine 

Lesley  Freeman  community 

Claire   Galt  GMP 

Martin   Garnett  Adults 

Gill   Gibson  PCT 

Pam  Gough  Adults 

Jill   Halkyard  Adults 

Marie  Hare  Adults 

Alyson  Harvey  LSCB 

Michael   Holt  New Charter 

Andrew  Holt  TMBC 

Sally  Jones  community 

Rita  Jones  CHCBG 

Sarah  Kew  District assemblies 

Naz  Khadim  THFT 

Alan  Kibble  New Charter 

 

Name  Surname  Organisation Jenny  Lawton  Adults 

Nikki  Leach  CHCBG 

Andrew  Leah  Housing Strategy 

Keith  Lofthouse  CHCBG 

Steve   MacFarlane  GMP 

Clare  Madison  PCT 

Lee  Martin  Primary 

Vicky   Mckinley  GMP 

Staff  member  Peak Valley 

Shain  Miah  Strengthening Communities 

Dan  Morley  Policy 

Simon  Morton  Pennine 

Ria  Neill  community 

Gayle  Osbourne  Victim support 

Sylvia  Pascoe  Community Safety 

Chris   Pimlott  Pennine 

Steven   Pleasant  Chief Exec 

Cara  Pouchley  pennine 

Letitia  Price  Adults 

Enda  Ross  CSU 

Mike   Round  District assemblies 

Jane  Royle  community 

Andrew  Searle  Independent Chair 

Aidan  Shaw  Adults 

Kevin   Siddall  Adults 

Andrea  Stanley  Adults 

Karen  Sykes  CHCBG 

Emma   Taylor  GMP 

Claire  Terry  Pennine 

Cllr Lynn  Travis  Councillor 

John   Turner  Adults 

Beverley  Walsh  Victim support 

Cllr Brenda  Warrington  Scrutiny 

Derek  Weaver  GMP 

Sandra   Whitehead  JPCT 

Justin   Wiggin  School support 

Debbie  Williams  Elderly 

Shirley  Williams  Speaker 

Juliet  Winfield  Adults 

PROGRAMME

‘I’M NOT LAUGHING’ 

RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF SAFEGUARDING ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY 

 

25TH OCTOBER 2012, 9.30AM – 4PM,  

     DUKINFIELD TOWN HALL, KING STREET, DUKINFIELD, TAMESIDE, SK16 4LA  

 

9.30 Registration, table allocation, refreshments  

  10.00 Good Morning and Welcome

Cllr Lynn Travis, Executive Member for Adult Services  

10.05 Introduction to the day Stephanie Butterworth, Executive Director, Community, Environment,      Adults and Health Services, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council  

  10.15 Training through Drama- interactive scenario led exercises       

11.25 Tameside Hate Incident Panel Presentation     Sarah Booth, Strengthening Communities Manager, Tameside       Metropolitan Borough  Council     Sergeant Joanne Edwards, Greater Manchester Police, Tameside Division   

11.45  What would you do differently? 

12.00 LUNCH

     

 

 

  1.00  Training through Drama- interactive scenario led exercises   

1.30 Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership Presentation Andrew Searle, Independent Chair, Tameside Adult Safeguarding      Partnership 

    Pam Gough, Safeguarding Adult Co‐ordinator, Tameside        Metropolitan Borough  Council   

2.15 REFRESHMENT BREAK

2.45 Training through Drama- interactive scenario led exercises

2.55 Findings and lessons learnt from Tameside Adult Safeguarding

Partnership, Adult A Serious Case Review Shirley Williams, Independent Chair of Tameside Adult Safeguarding      Partnership Serious Case Review Adult A and author of the Serious      Case Review Overview Report and Executive Summary Adult A   

3.30 I’m not Laughing     Sarah Booth, Strengthening Communities Manager, Tameside       Metropolitan Borough  Council     Sergeant Joanne Edwards, Greater Manchester Police, Tameside Division   

3.45  Reflections of the day  Stephanie Butterworth, Executive Director, Community, Environment,      Adults and Health Services, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council   

4.00 Close

HATE CRIME ART PROJECT

Have your Say. Hate crime prevention project. Museums and Galleries Service and Health and Well being Service.

For the majority of people with physical and learning disabilities, it seems that bullying and harassment are just part of everyday life.

As far back as 2000, Mencap’s ‘Living in Fear’ report found that 90% of respondents with a learning disability experienced harassment and bullying, with 32% saying that it took place or weekly basis.

There is little to suggest this has improved significantly in the past decade.

The museums and galleries service has worked alongside the health and wellbeing service, working within the local community with a variety of different groups on a project basis to produce pieces of artwork that relates to how each participant feels and is made to feel within their local community.

The aim was to work together to be able to tell each story, to share experiences and to look at both the negative and the positives in our everyday life.

The aim was also to assist the local community and give them a further understanding of ‘hate crime’ and its effects within their community, to support the community and to share the experience of the participant.

Hopefully in sharing and communicating their experiences the general public and the community around us should have a more sympathetic and educated response to hate crime.

Through out this project we reflected upon the values of the ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing Campaign’, these values being:

Connect Be Active Take Notice Keep Learning Give

We involved local groups, including ‘People First Tameside’, ‘Loxley House’, ‘Our Genesis’, ‘Adult Learners, Hyde’, ‘The Freedom Club’ and adults from ‘Westvilla’, in a piece of work which enabled and empowered them to have their voice heard. After initial meetings with the groups their stories have been recorded, edited and transcribed. Following this, from the recordings made, we developed different slogans and designs that represent these feelings and created ‘protest’ banners, bags and a range of different pin badges.

Photographs of some of the participants from ‘People first Tameside’ taking part in the art based workshops held at Portland Basin Museum:

 

   

 

WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE EVENT

I thoroughly enjoyed the play, it just felt real, and made you realise what all parties were going through, and it was a good message to send 

To listen to others understand that partnership work is the way forward to address such issues and that concerns need to be shared be 

Developing an understanding of the usefullness of an early referral through the ASBRAC process. 

Using drama really personalised the issues and made it easier to learn. discussions around the table was extremely rich and relevent

The round table, multi agency discussions. Showed how complex all our systems and approaches can be. 

I enjoyed the use of actors to role play incidents, this maintained interest and encouraged participation. 

SUMMARY OF THE EVALUATION

THANK YOU

Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership and Tameside Hate Incident Panel would like to thank Key Speakers, facilitators and delegates for

making this such a successful event.