Raise adult safeguarding concerns clearly and without delay.

This route is for concerns about an adult with care and support needs. It keeps the route practical and serious while separating adult safeguarding clearly from child safeguarding and ordinary contact.

Use this route when the concern is about an adult with care and support needs who may be experiencing abuse, neglect, coercion, exploitation, or another serious risk to their safety or wellbeing.

• the concern is about an adult with care and support needs
• you are worried about abuse, neglect, coercion, exploitation, or unsafe circumstances
• the adult's situation means they may be unable to protect themselves or get help safely

A fuller public safeguarding policy is not linked yet. The live site should stay honest about that instead of pretending a download is already available.

Use the normal Contact route for ordinary questions, volunteering, partnership discussions, or general support requests. Use safeguarding when the issue is about harm, abuse, neglect, exploitation, coercion, or someone not being safe.