Share your views and help shape Safeguarding priorities in Sefton!

As members of the Sefton Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board, Sefton CVS and Healthwatch Sefton are gathering insight from organisations and residents across Sefton to better understand the priorities which the board has chosen to focus on. We want to understand what you are seeing in relation to the priority areas and identify opportunities to work together to improve outcomes for adults at risk.

From 2026, Sefton Safeguarding Adults Board will focus on three areas where adults are most at risk and where no single organisation can make the difference alone:

  1. 1. Self-neglect
  2. 2. Homelessness and safeguarding
  3. 3. Exploitation

These priorities run from 2026 to 2029. This briefing sets out what we will concentrate on in the first year, 2026–27, and what we hope will change for people in Sefton.

Who we are
The Board brings together Sefton Council, the NHS, Merseyside Police and many other partners, including voluntary, community and faith organisations. Our job is to make sure adults with care and support needs are protected from abuse and neglect, and that agencies work well together when something goes wrong.

How we chose these priorities
Each one comes up again and again in local and national reviews of cases where people were harmed (Safeguarding Adults Reviews). Each also cuts across health, housing, social care, policing and community services, so partners must act together. Individual organisations will still have their own priorities alongside these.

There are two separate questionnaires currently open to gather your views. Healthwatch Sefton is providing a focus on local residents, whilst Sefton CVS is collating views from VCF organisations operating within Sefton. 

The deadline for completion for both questionnaires is Friday 4 December 2026.

Healthwatch Sefton

Healthwatch Sefton is inviting local residents to take part in a new safeguarding survey to help improve support for vulnerable adults across the borough. We’re keen to hear about local experiences, concerns and ideas.

Whether you have direct experience of these issues, support a family member, work in the community or simply want to share your views, your feedback will help shape future safeguarding work in Sefton.

Complete the dedicated survey here…

Sefton CVS

If you are a voluntary, community or faith sector organisation or community group operating within Sefton, then please use the link below to share your views:

Sefton Safeguarding Adults Board VCF Sector Insights Questionnaire – Complete the form here…