Upcoming Events
Adultification, Children and the Criminal Legal System
12/11/2025
The effects of adultification can be profound and damaging. Children who experience it frequently face harsher treatment within education, care, and justice systems.
£15.00
Tackling County Lines Digital Conference
02/12/2025
With an estimated 14,500 children at risk or involved in county lines criminal exploitation, the urgency to act has never been greater. Chaired by Steph Roberts-Bibby, Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board, Westminster Insight’s timely Tackling County Lines online conference will explore the latest developments in policy, prevention, and protection.
From £279.00
Victims at the Heart of Justice Digital Conference
28/01/2026
Upholding victims’ rights means guaranteeing they are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion throughout the criminal justice process, giving them a voice, ensuring they are safe, and have access to the services they need. Westminster Insight’s Victims at the Heart of Justice Digital Conference will take place this coming January. Join colleagues from across agencies to discover how to rebuild confidence in the justice system and uphold the rights of victims through dignity, protection, support, and access to vital services.
From £299
Tackling Spiking Online Training
30/01/2026
The Tackling Spiking online training equips you with the knowledge and skills to help prevent, identify, and respond to spiking incidents. Learn how to protect individuals, preserve evidence, and support victims with confidence and care. This timely course also provides a clear overview of the legal framework, including new provisions in the Crime and Policing Bill like the introduce of a new offence – administering a harmful substance.
From £279.00
Work experience 2025
09/10/2025: Young children taking knives to school, BBC finds
Incidents of very young children taking knives into primary schools have been revealed by a BBC investigation.
09/10/2025: Young people say smartphones ‘almost essential’
Young people have said the social pressure to have a smartphone has made them “almost essential”.
09/10/2025: ‘Nothing short of tragic’: Inside a family court
The impact of parental alienating behaviours – when a separated partner tries to turn their children against the other parent – has been described as a “massive public health issue”. Such allegations have been at the centre of one case, followed through the family court system by the BBC.
09/10/2025: Cafcass would need 200 more social workers to implement private law reform
Government says need for more social workers is barrier to rollout of private law pathfinder, which, reportedly, has significantly improved children and families’ experiences of courts system in trial areas
09/10/2025: Tips on distinguishing parental conflict from domestic abuse (Podcast)
Learn on the go, the social work podcast from Community Care Inform, starts its second season with an episode on parental conflict.
09/10/2025: How Upload Prevention Protects Children Online
Today the IWF has published a paper explaining how technology can be used to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material while upholding privacy – a method known as upload prevention.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
08/10/2025: Nine out of 10 parents of children with SEND raise concerns over lack of support
A significant majority of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being put at a disadvantage due to a lack of support, according to a poll.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/10/2025: Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’
Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration.
06/10/2025: Children in Custody Report: Custody is Still Failing Children
Children in custody 2024-25. An analysis of 12-18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training centres and young offender institutions, September 2025.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
06/10/2025: Early Exposure, Lasting Harm: New Evidence on Children and Pornography
The Children’s Commissioner’s latest report exposes how children are being exposed to violent and degrading pornography at increasingly younger ages, often accidentally. For youth justice, the findings underline how such early and harmful exposure can distort children’s perceptions of sex and relationships, providing vital context for mitigation in sexual offence cases.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
06/10/2025: Child Criminal Exploitation – The Legal Shift Upon Turning 18
A report by Alliance for Youth Justice examines how young people who were criminally exploited as children experience a critical transition at age 18 – moving from recognition as vulnerable victims requiring safeguarding to treatment as culpable offenders, despite their continued exploitation.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
03/10/2025: TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’
Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested.