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Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week

NHS England have launched a campaign for Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, to raise awareness of sexual assault referral centres (SARCs). These services offer dedicated care and support to anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or abused at any time in their life and are available to call 24 hours a day across England. Further information on how SARCs can help and contact details can be found below.

Campaign materials

All campaign materials are available by registering for a free account on the Department of Health and Social Care campaign resource centre, which includes the following:

Materials are available for your use at any time, as and when appropriate.

How SARCs can help

SARCs provide a range of free specialist care, treatment and support to people of all ages, whatever their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. This includes; immediate emotional support, medical and forensic examinations, emergency contraception, and testing and assessment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. They can also arrange referrals to sexual health, mental health and sexual violence services as well as support from an independent sexual violence advisor.

Despite these specialist services being available across England, many sexual assault and abuse survivors do not know where to go or who to turn to for help. We also know that some people are put off seeking help due to thinking they need to speak to the police. Help is still available from a SARC without having to talk to the police or report what happened. 

Getting in touch with a SARC 

Individuals can contact a  SARC 24 hours a day, every day of the year, to book an appointment. St Mary's Centre :: Professionals is the SARC that is local to Bury. For more information on help following sexual assault and abuse and SARCs, visit  www.nhs.uk/sarcs.  

2026 Training Dates Updated: 

  • Neglect Training: Using Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) Assessment Tool
  • Safer Recruitment Training 
  • #LookCloser Programme of Learning Event

Book your place via the learning and development section on our website. 

Bury Young Carers

Bury Children's Services have renewed their young carers offer.

Below are some useful links:

Alongside this, this web page has more information on Bury’s Early Help Offer: Early Help - Bury Council alongside a dedicated inbox: Bury Young Carers BuryYoungCarers@bury.gov.uk – please note this is for queries and not referrals, which should be sent instead via the MASH.

Essential Parent - App

Trusted health and parenting information written by experts at your fingertips. A copy of the poster has been provided alongside this newsletter to access the QR codes. This application provides helpful support for families and as professionals, this new initiative requires your support to boost its awareness with Bury families. It is available in over 75 languages and features information and guidance across children’s development.

Essential Parent Poster

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Safer Sleeping Toolkit

The following short video has been created to support and raise awareness for professionals working with families with additional vulnerabilities (such as substance misuse, domestic abuse and mental health concerns) around Burys Safer Sleeping Toolkit. This covers Burys bespoke toolkit, which has been adapted from the Lullaby Trust's Safer Sleep message, to give tailored information and consideration to where additional vulnerabilities are present for families.

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