HelpAge International is the secretariat to a global network of organisations promoting the right of all older people to lead dignified, healthy and secure lives. We are committed to ensuring that ...

Advice note for directors raises concerns about practitioners' legal knowledge on and whether insufficient training resource has gone into developing social work skills. Adults' services directors ...

New research from Abertay University and UHI Perth has uncovered the key factors driving repeat adult missing incidents, warning that weak or inconsistent follow-up support is leaving vulnerable ...

The General Synod voted to transfer national staff overseeing abuse response to an external body but not parish and diocese officials. At its General Synod this week, the Church of England faced what ...

How can social workers safeguard adults who are choosing, with capacity, to keep themselves in an abusive situation, perhaps out of fear or love? A recent case suggests that legislation designed to ...

The church has held its second gathering in Belfast to hear an update on failings in welfare and protection processes ...