Join us for a practical training session designed to strengthen your understanding of essential adult safeguarding responsibilities.
Led by Hazel O’Halloran, founder of Synergy Safeguarding, this session explores key legislation, types of abuse, risk indicators, and how to respond with confidence and care.
Whether you are frontline staff, a volunteer, or in a leadership role, you'll leave with actionable tools to embed safeguarding into everyday practice and create safer, more accountable communities for all.
Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance supporting Neighbourhood Health.
About Synergy Safeguarding:
Hazel O’Halloran brings over 25 years of frontline and strategic safeguarding expertise having worked across housing associations, local authorities, adult social care, and the charitable sector. Trained as a Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Adults and a certified Train the Trainer for both children and adult safeguarding, Hazel has led transformative safeguarding initiatives from Board level to community outreach.
Founder of Synergy Safeguarding, Hazel now leads a consultancy that equips organisations and contractors with training, support, and a three-tier accreditation framework to help build safer workforces and communities. Her work spans commissioning safeguarding audits, managing governance and risk indicators, and embedding safeguarding into learning and development strategies. Hazel also serves as a Non-Executive Director for Brighter Futures, a WISH Board member, and mentor for the Housing Diversity Network. Her approach blends strategic integrity with personal empathy, ensuring safeguarding solutions are both impactful and inclusive.
Please be aware that your booking information will be shared with Synergy Safeguarding in advance of the session to provide a more tailored event.
Important information:
- A light lunch will be provided.
- Places are fully funded for VCSE organisations delivering services in Gloucestershire.
- To enable as many organisations as possible to access this event, we have limited bookings to two per organisation. If you would like to book more than two spaces, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk and we will aim to accommodate individual needs where possible.
- We only accept bookings from individuals attending the event and are unable to accept multiple bookings in one name.
- Our events are often over-subscribed and we will activate our wait list process if this happens. We advise anyone interested in booking to book a place asap.
- Please ensure that you read our Terms & Conditions of Booking before you book your place: Terms & Conditions of Booking
- If you book a place and cannot attend for any reason, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk asap so that we can allocate your place to someone else.
If you have any enquiries about this event, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk and a member of our team will get back to you.
We look forward to welcoming you on 8 October.
The Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance team.
