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
01/06/2025: 38 youth justice organisations condemn UK Government’s decision to introduce PAVA spray in Children’s prisons
The Alliance for Youth Justice (“AYJ”) have joined forces with 37 supporting organisations to condemn the government’s decision to introduce PAVA spray, similar to pepper spray, for use against Children in Young Offenders Institutions.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
31/05/2025: Action urged to tackle ten-fold increase in complex care placements
Extra government funding for early help services is needed to help tackle a more than tenfold increase in high-cost placements for children with complex needs over the last five years, say council leaders.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
29/05/2025: Government extends neurodiverse pupil support programme
The government is extending a programme to train teachers and help schools meet the needs of neurodiverse pupils.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
29/05/2025: Reports of Harmful Content Rise by 20% in 2024
In 2024, the Report Harmful Content service experienced a substantial growth compared to the previous year. With 6,222 cases handled (a 20.5% increase from the previous year) it’s clear that the demand for impartial, trusted support in navigating harmful online experiences is more critical than ever.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
28/05/2025: YJLC Director, Aika Stephenson on the Netflix show adolescence
Aika Stephenson has spent her career seeking to raise awareness of how easily children can end up in the criminal justice system.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
28/05/2025: Reducing Criminal Justice Involvement for Care-Experienced Children: New Report
A new report from the Centre for Justice Innovation and the Centre for Care explores the heightened risk of criminal justice involvement for children who have had contact with the social care system.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
28/05/2025: New YJB Knife Crime Evidence and Insights Pack 2025
The Youth Justice Board (the “YJB”) has updated its Knife Crime Evidence and Insights Pack for 2025 (the “Pack”), using data provided by the Ministry of Justice. The Pack provides useful insights and recommendations that practitioners will find helpful to use as part of their work.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
27/05/2025: What is an apprenticeship and how much are apprentices paid?
The government is scrapping funding for postgraduate apprenticeships for people aged 22 or over in England from next year.
27/05/2025: Higher-level apprenticeship funding to be scrapped as focus shifts to under-22s
The government is promising more training for people aged 21 and under in England, as it presses ahead with controversial plans to scrap funding for postgraduate apprenticeships.
23/05/2025: ‘I’ve applied for hundreds of jobs’: One in eight youths not in work or education
“I’ve applied for factories, care work, hospital work – anything to just get a job to support me and my son,” says 20-year-old mum Libby.
23/05/2025: Calls to strengthen family justice system after damning report
Campaigners have backed calls for government to strengthen the family justice system, after a damning National Audit Office (NAO) report revealed a backlog of nearly 50,000 cases.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
22/05/2025: Research finds ‘long-lasting financial benefits’ of Sure Start
Sure Start children’s centres generated “widespread and long-lasting benefits” for children that have created financial savings to the UK economy that “could be twice as high as its costs”, a report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found.