From 17 -23 November 2025 we celebrate Safeguarding Adults Week. Of course, safeguarding is a mechanism that every organisation that works with vulnerable people needs to have. We speak with Director Phillip Freed about what safeguarding is, and why it's important.

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Today, we speak to Assistant Director Steve Almond about the learning disability sector. Steve has almost 30 years in the field, and has seen many changes. There are still challenges that face the support workers he works with, challenges he'd like to see removed.

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Shane Pulling is a Senior CYP Domestic Abuse Advocate at the YOU Trust. He talks about what the job entails, and why he enjoys it.

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It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week and we want to speak about challenges, stereotypes, and misconceptions people with autism face in the work pace.

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Anxiety can affect anyone. It might manifest in ways that you're unaware of. Our Wellness Coaches have a look at what affects them, and what steps they take to mitigate the effects of anxiety.

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Phillip Freed is Director of Care, Support and Community Wellbeing Support & Enablement at the YOU Trust. Phil talks about what attracted him to helping others and what the future may hold in his new position.

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Stephanie Churchill is a Senior Health DVA Advocate and Kayte Burns is a DVA CAR Domestic Violence and Abuse Worker. Both have extensive experience in the field of domestic abuse, and that includes stalking. Nick speaks with them during National Stalking Week to address misconceptions over what stalking is and looks at what victims can do.

Suggested readings:
https://www.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/sh/stalking-harassment/what-is-stalking-harassment

https://www.gov.uk/report-stalker

https://www.aurorand.org.uk/stalking-awareness-week

https://www.glos.ac.uk/content/the-homicide-timeline/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0W4ZT5ju4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49481998

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Chloe Day and Sarah Reed are managers at PARAGON Dorset. They have a great deal of experience helping victims of stalking which is why I wanted to pick their brains during Stalking Awareness Week. We look at the behaviours most commonly associated with stalking and how this criminal behaviour has evolved to use technology.

If you or someone you know needs to speak to someone about stalking or domestic abuse, please contact us. https://paragonteam.org.uk

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