The OSAB Gab Podcast

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'The OSAB Gab' is a series of podcasts from Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board focused on different topical safeguarding issues with a range of expert guests from education, health, social care and policing, to businesses and organisations dedicated to the wellbeing of adults.

The OSAB Gab is available wherever you get your podcasts. Search for 'OSAB Gab' or follow the links below.



The OSAB Gab Playlist

The OSAB Gab Episode Guide

Practice Informed By Trauma
Listen to the first episode of The OSAB Gab, the Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board podcast, with Norma Howes. Norma has contributed to our understanding of the impact of trauma at local, national and international levels and has taken the time to share her thoughts on what Practice Informed by Trauma looks like.

Listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and RSS.com or search for 'OSAB Gab' wherever you get your podcasts.

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Other Recommended Podcast Episodes

Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control – Telling Untold Stories
Sarah Goff from Ann Craft Trust talks to safeguarding specialist and author Catherine Lawler about Domestic Abuse and coercive control. Catherine talks about her mothers’ long experience of Domestic Abuse, and how this abuse affects the physical and mental health of the whole family. Her story is harrowing. But Catherine has lots of useful advice for any families or individuals suffering from abuse in the home. Listen now via the Ann Craft Trust podcast: Safeguarding Matters.

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