In this free online seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week, we’ll explore how intersectionality can impact our capacity to Make Safeguarding Personal.
What happens when a person’s identity is shaped by multiple experiences, characteristics, and communities?
How can understanding intersectionality help us make safeguarding more person-centred and inclusive?
Ann Craft Trust’s Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager Hannah Shah will deliver this online seminar that explores how factors such as disability, race, gender, sexuality, faith, age, and other aspects of identity can influence a person’s experience of safeguarding.
Date: Tuesday 17 November
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Online
Cost: Free
This seminar will consider the barriers that can prevent people from feeling heard, safe, and supported. We will also discuss what organisations can do to respond more effectively.
Drawing on the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal, this session will challenge us to think beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and reflect on how we might prioritise voice, choice, and inclusion in safeguarding practice.
Book Your PlaceMeet The Panellists
Joe Bestwick
Joe is a two-time Paralympian with a 20-year international and professional career in Wheelchair Basketball. He is now Wheelchair Basketball Head Coach and Para-Development Officer at the University of Nottingham, where he works with everyone from recreational participants to student scholars and current Paralympians. Joe is also Assistant Coach with the GB U23 programme and Head Coach of Jaguars WBC in the Premier Division.
Across every level of sport, Joe has seen how identity, background and circumstance shape people’s opportunities, voices and experiences. He brings that insight to this session on intersectionality and making safeguarding personal.
Mohamed Elmaghrbi
With over two years of experience as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Professor at the University of Nottingham, I focus on fostering academic excellence and supporting students in achieving their potential. My work reflects a commitment to advancing the field of civil engineering while leveraging my expertise in sports coaching, and sports to create a dynamic and holistic learning environment.
In addition to my academic leadership, I contribute as Head Coach of the University of Nottingham Futsal Club, where I combine my passion for sports with my dedication to developing teams and individuals. My mission is to enhance both academic and extracurricular experiences for students, empowering them to excel in their academic and personal pursuits.
Charlotte Woodward
Charlotte Woodward is Head of Training & Development at the National Centre for Domestic Violence, with 34 years’ experience as a leader in the domestic abuse sector. She is also a doctoral researcher at Anglia Ruskin University.
Her mixed racial heritage and fluid sexuality have, at times, collided with her past experiences of abuse, homelessness and poverty. She now also navigates the ‘invisibility’ of being an older woman with a mobility problem. Charlotte brings her insight into how identity and circumstance shape our experiences and sense of self in this session on intersectionality and making safeguarding personal.
