Decision details

Further to Minute No. 119, 7^th January 2020, the Director of Adults and Health submitted a report that presented the Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board’s Annual Report for 2019/20, which summarised the Board’s achievements over the relevant 12 month period and set out its ambitions for the coming year.

By way of introduction to both the Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report and the Annual Report of the Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership, the Executive Member highlighted the cross-board working taking place between those Boards and the Safer Leeds Board, and also emphasised the importance of the ‘Talk to me, hear my voice’ initiative as the guiding principle for Leeds’ approach towards Safeguarding policy.

The Board welcomed Richard Jones CBE, Independent Chair of the Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board to the meeting, who was in attendance in order to introduce the key points of the annual report and to highlight key priorities. As part of the introduction, specific reference was made to the ongoing work being undertaken around the impact upon vulnerable adults from the lockdowns and restrictions arising from the pandemic, and also the safeguarding work which continued to be undertaken with sections of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community.

Responding to a Member’s enquiry regarding the ways in which the work of the Board could be further communicated by Elected Members within their respective Wards, the Independent Chair undertook to take this matter away for further consideration, so that Members could be provided with further information and support on this.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report, together with the appended Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report 2019/20 and the Board’s Strategic Plan, which reflects the Board’s ambitions for 2020/2021, be noted;

(b)  That the strategic aims and ambitions of the Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board, as detailed within the submitted report and appendices, which look to make Leeds a safe place for everyone, be supported.