Our partners

Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is made up of a range of organisations in Suffolk who are responsible for safeguarding adults and children.

These organisations include:

• Suffolk County Council
• Suffolk Police
• Health Services
• District and Borough Council Housing Services
• Education
• Probation
• The Youth Offending Service

The MASH consists of around 60 professionals. Most of these staff are based at Landmark House in Ipswich, with some designated professionals working remotely.

The main advantage of the MASH is that officers now share the information their agency may have on a child or adult immediately. This is to ensure that decisions made take into account all available information.

An information sharing agreement has been established between the agencies involved with the MASH to ensure that information is shared confidentially, proportionately and securely.

Sensitive and confidential information will never leave the MASH team, but it will help inform decision making.

If you think someone is at risk:

If you are worried that a child, young person or adult is at risk of abuse, harm or neglect, please call Customer First on 0808 800 4005.

Crimestoppers

Crimestoppers is an independent charity helping to find criminals and solve crimes.

It gives you the chance to give information anonymously either by phone or online. The simple piece of information you give could help police make an arrest.

Crimestoppers are not the police:

• You won’t have to give your name
• You won’t have to make a statement
• Your call won’t be traced or recorded
• You’ll never have to go to court
• No one will ever have to know you called
• Crimestoppers want to know what you know NOT who you are
• Crimestoppers has never broken its guarantee of anonymity

Information you give Crimestoppers will be passed on to the police but at no time will your personal details be asked for.

Contact Crimestoppers

You can share information with Crimestoppers in two ways:

• by calling 0800 555 111 any time of day or night
• by filling in a secure ‘giving information’ form on the Crimestoppers website. The form is completely secure. It’s designed to ensure your anonymity and means you can pass on vital information from home by answering a few simple questions.