Upcoming Events
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
07/11/2025: Cheshire to become first county to see phones locked away at all secondary schools
Mobile phones will be locked away during the school day in every state high school in Cheshire, under an initiative led by the county’s police and crime commissioner (PCC).
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
07/11/2025: Child and parental mental health problems increasingly driving need for social care, DfE figures show
Mental ill-health shows fastest rate of growth of factors identified at the end of assessments, as directors’ body warns strain on the NHS is increasing pressures on councils.
07/11/2025: New Thematic Inspection on the Effectiveness of Diverting Children from the Criminal Justice System
The effectiveness of diverting children from the criminal justice system: meeting needs, ensuring safety, and preventing reoffending.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
06/11/2025: Free school meals for 1,300 more children in Devon
About 1,300 extra children in Devon are now getting free school meals after a change in policy.
06/11/2025: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: New Laws Improve Prosecution Time
This week, the UK Government announced new laws designed to strengthen efforts to tackle violence against women and girls.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
05/11/2025: Child protection enquiry numbers hit record high, but significant harm found in less than third of cases
Many families being ‘dragged unnecessarily into an intrusive system’, to face blame, rather than receive support, says charity, in echo of now children’s minister Josh MacAlister’s Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.
05/11/2025: Government launches independent review of Social Work England
Former College of Social Work and national safeguarding lead Annie Hudson will lead statutory review of Social Work England and make recommendations on future regulation of profession.
05/11/2025: Almost 30% of people abused as children, England and Wales data shows
ONS data, which includes emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect, suggests 13.6 million people affected.
03/11/2025: Parents’ shoe protest for better Send support
Families have lined-up pairs of children’s shoes outside council offices to symbolise pupils with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (Send) being “failed” by the system.
03/11/2025: Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.
30/10/2025: Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation.
28/10/2025: 45% rise since 2022 in number of children waiting for adoption, as adopter numbers plummet
Charity urges reinstatement of national adoption register – scrapped six years ago – to tackle increasing waits for children as sector leaders cite cost of living as cause of decline in adopter registration numbers.