Safeguarding Adults Week takes place from 16 to 22 November 2026. This year’s theme highlights the importance of listening to adults, involving them in decisions and respecting their right to make choices about their own lives.
For Jersey, the week is an opportunity to reflect on how we work together to support Islanders to stay safe, maintain their independence and have a greater choice and control over their lives.
The campaign, led by the Ann Craft Trust, focuses on co-production and Making Safeguarding Personal. It encourages organisations and professionals to work alongside people, understand what matters to them and support them to make informed choices about their safety and wellbeing.
Good safeguarding is not simply about managing risks or making decisions on someone’s behalf. It means listening, recognising people’s strengths and supporting them to have greater choice and control.
The Ann Craft Trust ‘s campaign video explores this year’s theme, Every Voice. Every Choice. and the importance of listening to people and involving them indecisions about their lives.
Behind the transaction: recognising financial abuse
To support this year’s theme, we are sharing four short films from a previous Safeguarding Partnership campaign exploring the hidden realities of financial abuse.
The films show different scenarios and highlight how financial abuse is not always about money alone. It can also involve power, influence and control, often within relationships where a person may feel pressured or unable to speak up.
By looking beyond the transaction, the films encourage us to listen to people’s experiences, recognise signs of coercion and exploitation, and respect everyone’s right to make informed choices about their own life and finances.
Behind the transaction. Three stories of financial abuse, coercion and control. Every voice matters.
Themes throughout the week
Each day of Safeguarding Adults Week will focus on a different aspect of adult safeguarding:
- Monday – Listening and Person-Centred Conversations: Understanding what matters most to the individual.
- Tuesday – Strengths, Choice and Control: Supporting people to make informed decisions and maintain independence.
- Wednesday – Co-production and Shared Decision-Making: Working with people, rather than making decisions for them.
- Thursday – Professional Curiosity: Looking beyond the surface to recognise concerns and respond effectively.
- Friday – Learning and Reflection: Sharing good practice and learning together.
Everyone in Jersey has a part to play
Safeguarding adults is everyone’s business. By listening without judgement, taking concerns seriously and supporting people to have a say in decisions that affect them, we can all help create safer and more supportive communities.