Join us at the 2026 Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Conference, with a focus on co-production and Making Safeguarding Personal.
Every Voice. Every Choice.
By prioritising choice, safeguarding can become more preventative, build trust, and empower individuals.
Our focus this year is on how co-production is central to safeguarding adults.
We’ll explore how a collaborative approach aligns closely with key principles of the Care Act 2014, such as empowerment and prevention.
A key theme is Making Safeguarding Personal, which prioritises the outcomes for the individuals. It’s all about giving people a voice, and making it their choice as to what happens, and what makes them feel safe.
The conference will contribute to continued professional development for professionals and volunteers working with adults across a range of sectors.
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The day will bring together inspiring keynote speakers, practical workshops, research insights, and opportunities to network with colleagues from across the sector, as well as hot lunch and refreshments.
9am – Registration & Refreshments
9.30am – Every Voice, Every Choice Reflection
9.45am – The Safer Citizen’s Film by Reach Voice & Participant Group
Reach is a Nottinghamshire charity supporting people with learning disabilities to live happier, healthier lives in their communities. The team will talk about their co-production journey so far and feature the Safer Citizens film, highlighting how lived experience and people’s voices can influence change and shape better service.
Don’t miss their Workshop to follow in the afternoon!
10am – Safeguarding Matters Live – Listening Beyond Presumptions
An interview with FGM survivor, hosted by Safeguarding Matters podcast presenter Lisa Curtis.
Centred on their lived experience, the conversation encourages us to listen, reflect and consider how hearing survivors’ voices can strengthen safeguarding practice.
10:30am – Break
10:45am – Morning Workshops
A choice of one of three:
- Adult Grooming: The Invisible Scars of Abuse in Sport
- Every Voice Heard: Tackling Cuckooing Together
- Listening Beyond Assumptions Workshop: Person Centred Practice
12:15pm – Lunch
1pm – Our Life Stories: The Power of Being Heard
A panel discussion led by Lisa Curtis with United Response’s Maxine Spry and members of the Our Life Stories project, exploring the importance of sharing lived experience, challenging assumptions and ensuring people’s voices are heard, valued and represented
1.45pm – Afternoon Workshop
A choice of one of three:
- Safeguarding Adults Against Scams and Fraud
- Choice, Control and Collaboration: Effective Support for People Affected by Hoarding Behaviours
- Reach Learning Disability, our Co-production journey. Better Service, Safer Lives: Learning from Voice and Participation
3.15pm – Afternoon break
3.30pm – Rebecca Randall & Stephanie Tyrell from Sense: Consent as a Creative Practice
Our final keynote explores co-production, leadership and consent through movement and dance. The Sense Dance Team will demonstrate how people can communicate choice, lead others, and express consent using movement, eye gaze, gesture, sound, objects and a total communication approach. This inspiring session highlights how creative practice can support autonomy, participation and safeguarding, placing consent at the heart of every interaction.
4:15pm – Conference Reflections by Keith Ford
Drawing on his experiences of recovery and poetry, Keith Ford closes the conference with reflections on the day, highlighting key learning, insights and conversations.
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Who Can Attend the Conference?
This conference is suitable for anyone working in a safeguarding or welfare role. The conference is accessible to people working in a range of sectors from police personnel, health and social care, religious organisations, the third sector, sport and activity and the private sector. The conference is suitable for those already in a safeguarding role or those with no prior knowledge of safeguarding adults.
Unsure if the event is right for you? Get in touch with our friendly team to find out more!
The Venue
The Conference will take place at Trent Conference Centre in Nottingham. The Conference Centre donates over 90% of it’s profits to Trent Vineyard Charity. This organisation supports people that struggling with addiction or those that are homeless, leaving prison or refugees.
There is free parking available for delegates at the venue, this is allocated on a first-come first serve basis and although there is ample parking this is not guaranteed for all delegates. We would encourage people to use public transport where possible. Gregory Street tram stop is 5 minutes walk from the venue, with direct links to Nottingham railway station.
Full travel information is available on the Trent Conference Centre website.
Address: Trent Conference Centre, Trent Vineyard, Unit 1, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2PX.
Accommodation
There is no accommodation available at the venue and we kindly ask delegates to arrange their own accommodation. The Holiday Inn and Premier Inn in Castle Marina are a short walk from the venue.
Alternatively, Nottingham City Centre is a short tram ride away (around 10 minutes), where there are multiple hotel options.
Costs
The event is £225 per delegate. The conference rate includes refreshments, lunch, car parking at the venue and access to all sessions on the programme.
A limited number of early bird tickets are available at a discount price.
Please note the booking terms & conditions include; a full refund before 90 days, 50% thereafter to 28 days. We are unable to process refunds within 28 days of the event, but tickets can be transferred within your organisation.
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