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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2018- Go purple to highlight adult abuse
Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership would like to invite you to get involved in raising awareness of Adult Abuse during the week of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
World Elder Abuse Day on Friday 15th June 2018 aims to raise awareness of adult abuse, how to recognise the signs and how to report it.
You can help within the local community to help highlight the day by embracing the purple theme and organising a fun activity with a serious message throughout the week.
There are all sorts of way people can get involved in World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and you can be as creative as you like.
Ideas include
- Wearing purple to work
- Baking purple cupcakes,
- knitting purple items
- Planting up purple hanging baskets.
- Community groups and care homes could also organise a Coffee morning with purple theme or host a purple teaparty.
TASPB have compiled a quiz with purpled theme questions which is available to download.
They key part is to ensure your event also raises awareness of adult abuse and the message that it is should not be tolerated. There are posters available to display and information leaflets available to download. If you would like copies of these sending out to you please get in touch.
TASPB would love to know what you are planning and even if a member of the board could pop along and join in so please email
marie.hare@tameside.gov.uk and let us know. We would also love to see your photos and share on our website so send them in too!
We hope that you enjoy your event and raising awareness of adult abuse. If you would like any further information please contact Marie Hare on 0161 342 5243.
News
Safeguarding Adults In England- 2014/15, Final Report has now been published.
This publication can be downloaded from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) 
Briefings
Safeguarding Adults briefings are aimed at staff in all organisations signed up to the Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures.
Events
World Elder Abuse awareness Day 2016
Throughout the week of world Elder Abuse Awareness Day, TASPB partner organisations used social media to raise awareness of adult abuse.
Local community groups were involved in hosting purple themed events including coffee mornings and enjoying baking and eating cakes while discussing adult abuse in Tameside and highlighting World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2015
Monday 15th June 2015 was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and the prevention of Abuse to elderly people was the focus.
WEAAD is the one day in the year when the whole world expresses its opposition to the abuse that is experienced by an older person. The day seeks to prevent abuse by giving targeted information and encouraging community participation on a broad scale. The day is about all of us working together to bring greater recognition of adult abuse and to highlight the need for appropriate action.
Throughout the week community goups and partner organisations raised awareness of Safeguarding Adults in a variety of different ways including display boards, purple themed coffee mornings, safety information event and wearing purple for the day.
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2014
Tameside Adults Safeguarding partnership held aseries of events leading up to World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15th June 2014.
Events started with an information stand in Ashton Indoor Market on Tuesday 10th June followed by a stand at Tameside Hospital on Wednesday 11th June and at Hattersley Hub on the 12th June.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2013
Tameside Adults Safeguarding Partnership held a series of events to raise awareness within the community leading up to World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Saturday 15 June 2013.
Outreach Stand 2013
On 25 February an Outreach Stand was held in Asda Supermarket, Ashton to raise awareness of Hate Crime and Safeguarding Adults
Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership (TASP) and Tameside Hate Incident Panel (THIP) hosted an event in October aimed at practitioners from partner organisations who are committed to delivering the Safeguarding Adults agenda and who wish to enhance their understanding of partnership working to safeguard adults in the community. An evaluation![]()
of the event has been carried out.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2012 was supported by staff within Tameside Adult Safeguarding Partnership (TASPB) organisations. Staff raised awareness of adult abuse by speaking to staff and members of the pubic at various events across Tameside including coffee mornings, Information stands, staff training and wearing purple for the day.
Older Peoples Week 1 - 7 October 2012
During Older Peoples week the Safeguarding Adults Team held an information stand at the Grafton Centre, Hyde displaying information from TASPB partner agencies and talking to members of the public regarding signs and symptoms of abuse and how to report it.