| Format | What the information is |
 | The government said that councils should say how they would protect vulnerable people. They wrote guidance called 'No Secrets' to help them do this. You can link to this on the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk |
 | Abuse and Protection Issues. Hilary Brown from Salomons wrote this for us (PDF 255 KB) |
| Voice UK is a charity that supports people with learning disabilities who have suffered crime or abuse. Find out more from their website at www.voiceuk.org.uk |
| The Ann Craft Trust gives information, advice and training for staff working with people with learning disabilities. their website is at www.anncrafttrust.org |
| Tyneside Rape Crisis Centre wrote a guide about rape counselling for women with learning disabilities |
 | Respond have a section of their website explaining abuse. Link to it at www.respond.org.uk |
| Protecting Adults from Abuse (PDF 650 KB)
Services in Surrey have written a booklet to say how ' adult protection' works there |
| Restraints Policy from Sheffield (PDF 130 KB)
Sheffield have written a policy to agree what services will do so that people don't get restrained, unless this is the only way to keep them safe. Being restrained is someone stopping you from going somewhere or doing something by holding or blocking your body, or using something to stop you from moving. |
| Speakup have made a DVD called "Abuse is Bad" to help people with learning disabilities and their supporters understand Adult Protection Issues. You can watch part of the DVD for free at www.speakup.org.uk/abuse_is_bad.htm |
