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ExChange Wales
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An all-Wales network that brings together workers, researchers & those who use services to share experiences and expertise & learn from one another.

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📣 Not long left to sign up to our final webinar in our #Adult Safeguarding conference! 👇

'Learning from Adult Practice Reviews (APRs)'

Speakers: Prof. Michelle McManus and Emma Ball
📅 Wednesday 25th February
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Register today: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e65f5e...
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This #ChildrensMentalHealth week, take a look at our video from Bethan Carter about the ReThink project, investigating the factors associated with mental health of care-experienced young people across transitional periods in childhood & adolescence:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZ2...

#ChildSocialCare
ReThink: Mental health and transitions for care-experienced young people | ExChange Wales
Bethan Carter, Research Associate - Cardiff University, discusses the ReThink Project - a project run in collaboration with Adoption UK and Coram Voice to investigate what processes are linked to…
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February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Catch a preview of our upcoming podcast episode with Sarah Lonbay talking about her research on Safeguarding Older Adults. 👇 🎧

Subscribe to our podcast to be notified when the episode goes live, and check out our previous episodes from this season:
www.buzzsprout.com/1788148

#AdultSafeguarding
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Register for the next webinar in our #AdultSafeguarding conference! 👇

'Navigating interagency working to support people experiencing self-neglect'

Speaker: David Orr

📅 Monday 23rd February
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

More info & sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eae833...

#WelshResearch
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This week is Children's Mental Health Week! ☀️

Have a watch of our ExChange webinar on improving the mental health of care-experienced children and young people, from Dr Rhiannon Evans:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0C3...

Learn about #childrensmentalhealthweek : www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk
Improving the Mental Health of Care-Experienced Children & Young People | ExChange Wales
Dr Rhiannon Evans discusses a systematic review taken of international evidence to understand what programmes work for improving the mental health of care-experienced children & young people, how…
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February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
🎧 For our #AdultSafeguarding conference, we chatted with Sarah Lonbay on our podcast about her research on safeguarding older adults at risk, the factors of gender under Care Act safeguarding, and dealing with the complexities of maltreatment in later life.

Coming soon:
⏰ Weds 18th Feb - 12pm
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
📣 One week left to sign up to this free webinar - don't miss out!

"Safeguarding People Living with Dementia"

Speakers: Dr Reena Lasrado, Dr Jeremy Dixon & Dr Asri Maharani
📅 Tues 10th February
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more and register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7198e8...
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Our #AdultSafeguarding Conference starts today! 💙

Tune in from 10am to watch our opening address from Rhian Bowen-Davies, the Older People's Commissioner of Wales. 👇

youtu.be/M2rOH6tzcnI

Sign up to the free conference events on our website: www.exchangewales.org/adult-safegu...

#ExChangeWales
Adult Safeguarding Conference - Opening Address with Rhian Bowen-Davies | ExChange Wales
Safeguarding adults is a process that protects an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It involves people and organisations working together to prevent and stop the abuse and…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Our Adult Safeguarding conference starts on Monday, with an opening address at 10am from Rhian Bowen-Davies, the Older People's Commissioner of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

⏰ Subscribe to our channel to be notified when the conference goes live:
youtu.be/M2rOH6tzcnI

#AdultSafeguarding #ExChangeWales #SocialCare
Adult Safeguarding Conference - Opening Address with Rhian Bowen-Davies | ExChange Wales
Safeguarding adults is a process that protects an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It involves people and organisations working together to prevent and stop the abuse and…
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last week to sign up! 🚨

Webinar: "Discriminatory Abuse: Using Stories and Narratives to Explore Professional Responses"

Speaker: Dr Karl Mason
📅 Weds 4th February
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more and sign up for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a9f6bf...

#AdultSafeguarding
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Register for the fourth webinar of our Spring conference on 25th February! 🌱

"Learning from Adult Practice Reviews (APRs)"

Speakers: Prof Michelle McManus & Dr Emma Ball

📅 Weds 25th February
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e65f5e...

#SocialCareResearch
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the ExChange Wales Podcast with Renée Aleong 🎧

"Organisational pressures meant that they had to err on the side of caution... that often equated to people being detained."

Available on all podcast platforms & Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/1788148/epis...
January 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Our third webinar in our Adult Safeguarding conference is happening on Monday 23rd Feb! 🌱

'Navigating interagency working to support people experiencing self-neglect'

Speaker: David Orr

📅 Mon 23rd Feb
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online

Register today: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eae833...

#SocialCare
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The second webinar of our Spring conference is happening on 10th February 🌱

"Safeguarding People Living with Dementia"

Speakers: Dr Reena Lasrado, Dr Jeremy Dixon and Dr Asri Maharani

📅 Tues 10th February
⏰ 1 - 2pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7198e8...

#SocialCare
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Did you catch our new podcast episode with Renée Aleong this week? 🎧

"...The way in which risk is constructed is deeply shaped by institutional history and cultural assumptions."

Listen to the new episode now on all streaming platforms & Buzzsprout:
➡️ www.buzzsprout.com/1788148/epis...
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Register for the first webinar in our new conference series! 👇

"Discriminatory Abuse: Using Stories and Narratives to Explore Professional Responses"

Speaker: Dr Karl Mason
📅 Weds 4th February
⏰ 12 - 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

Find out more and sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a9f6bf...
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Take a look at the upcoming events for our Adult Safeguarding Conference and sign up for free! 👇

📆 2nd - 25th February 2026

Register today: www.exchangewales.org/adult-safegu...

#AdultSafeguarding #WelshResearch #SocialCare #SocialWork #AdultSocialCare
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
📣 New episode out now!

In this episode, we speak to Renée Aleong about her research on the detention of Black people under the Mental Health Act, and how we can effect change.

🎧 Listen now: www.buzzsprout.com/1788148/epis...

#ExChangeWalesPod #AdultSocialCare #MentalHealthAct
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
🎧 New episode of our podcast tomorrow!

Renée Aleong discusses her research on the overrepresentation of the detention of Black men under the Mental Health Act, how this has been shaped by institutional history and cultural bias, and her vision for change.

Subscribe: www.buzzsprout.com/1788148
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Our Adult Safeguarding Conference runs from 2-25 February! 🌱

It includes presentations on dementia safeguarding, self-neglect, discriminatory abuse, insights for social workers, health professionals, and police and more.

Sign up today 👇
www.exchangewales.org/adult-safegu...

#AdultSocialCare
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Have you listened to our new podcast episode yet? 📣

Last month we were joined by Angela Endicott to discuss her research around epistemic injustices in working with parents who use substances.

Listen now: 🎧 buff.ly/IfwV7SA

#ExChangeWales #SocialCare #Podcast #WelshResearch |
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Register for our first webinar of 2026! 💡

"The Experiences and Outcomes of Autistic Children in Foster and Kinship Care in Wales"

Speaker: Dr Sarah Thompson

📆 Wednesday 14th January 2026
⏰ 12- 1pm
📍 Online, Teams

Sign up for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e3a1c8...
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our new podcast episode with Angela Endicott is out now! 📣

"If you can't evidence harm & neglect to that child, just because you have a piece of paper that somebody is drinking the equivalent of 4 cans a day, does that make them a bad parent?"

Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1788148/epis...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One week to go! 📣

"The intricacies of how people use it... it needs to be listened to...and we need to have an open mind that they might just be telling us the truth."

Subscribe to be notified about the new episode:
www.buzzsprout.com/1788148

#SocialCare #Podcast
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📣 Next episode: Weds17th Dec!

"If people with lived experience don't have a seat at the table when we are designing & implementing these policies & interventions, then there will be no justice." - Angela Endicott

🎧 Subscribe to our podcast:
www.buzzsprout.com/1788148

#SocialCare (1/2)
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM