The board is chaired by an independent chair, is supported by staff within the Partnerships and Safeguarding Team and is hosted by Wigan Council.

Core members

• Wigan Council
• Wigan Borough Clinical Commissioning Group
• Greater Manchester Police

Key partners

• North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation
• Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust
• Greater Manchester Probation Trust
• HM Coroner’s Office
• NHS England
• Care Quality Commission
• Healthwatch Wigan and Leigh
• Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
• Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
• Cheshire and Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company
• Her Majesty's Prisons

Other agencies

The board maintains links to a range of agencies who support adult safeguarding and the protection of adults at risk.

• Coroner’s office
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Department of Work and Pensions
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Service
• Domestic Abuse services
• Drug and Alcohol Services
• Human Trafficking organisations
• MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements)
• Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office
• PREVENT
• Office of the Public Guardian
• UK Border Agency
• Victim Support
• Witness Protection Services