Upcoming Events
Tackling Harassment in Higher Education Conference
23/09/2025
From 1st August 2025, all universities and colleges will be required to meet a new condition of registration on harassment and sexual misconduct. Now is the time for higher education institutions to update their policies and processes to better protect students and deal with incidents effectively. Following the introduction of the new OfS condition, join Westminster Insight’s Tackling Harassment in Higher Education Conference to ensure you are meeting the requirements.
ISTRuctE, London From £250.00
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Digital Conference
30/09/2025
Cracking down on anti-social behaviour (ASB) in communities is a key priority. Join this timely, half-day conference to discuss the next steps for preventing and tackling ASB across the country. The Crime and Policing Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, is set to introduce major provisions to help stamp out anti-social behaviour and deal with perpetrators, including new Respect Orders.
From £279.00
Webinar: Children Facing Sexual Allegations
30/09/2025
Allegations of sexual offences present unique and complex challenges for children accused of them. The stigma and potential for a lasting criminal record can have life-long consequences. Paradoxically, some of the very laws intended to protect children from exploitation by adults are now being applied to prosecute children themselves.
£15.00
School Attendance Digital Conference
22/10/2025
The evidence is clear that every day at school counts. School absence was at 7.1% last academic year, a reduction from 7.4% in 2022/23, but still significantly higher than pre-pandemic rates (4.7% in 2018/19). Particularly concerning is that one in five children are now persistently absent (missing more than 10% of school days) and severe absence (missing more than half of school) has more than doubled since the pandemic.
From £279.00
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
Work experience 2025
07/04/2025: Probe reveals ‘concerning’ rates of young arson suspects
Nearly 4,000 young arson suspects were investigated by police over just three years, data analysis shows.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/04/2025: Family support spending recovers following years of stagnation, data shows
Annual family support spending grew by 21% in real-terms from 2020-21 from 2023-24, but remains well below expenditure on statutory social care, ahead of reforms designed to rebalance system.
05/04/2025: ‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?
More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?
04/04/2025: ‘I’ve been scarred by social media’
A woman has spent a year without using some social media apps after realising they had “completely consumed” her life.
04/04/2025: DoL applications decline despite ongoing shortage of secure children’s homes
Applications for deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders for children fell more than 6% last year, latest analysis shows – the first annual decline this decade.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2025: Tool supports youth workers to tackle gender-based violence
A new toolkit is supporting youth workers in Wales to address gender-based violence, touching on some of the themes in the high-profile TV drama ‘Adolescence’.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
04/04/2025: Girls in England feel less safe at school than they did pre-Covid, survey finds
Study finds larger drop-off among girls aged 13-14 who feel safe than among boys, compared with age group in 2019
03/04/2025: No drinks with sweeteners for younger children, say UK advisers
Younger children should not be given any drinks containing artificial sweeteners, UK experts are now advising, external.
03/04/2025: Councils’ early help spending plummets by £2bn
Council spending on early intervention services has fallen by more than £2bn over 15 years, a drop of 42%, analysis shows.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/04/2025: MPs call for action on record number of children in temporary accommodation
Government action is needed to address the record high number of children living in temporary accommodation, with many “in appalling conditions”, say MPs.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/04/2025: Racial bias greatly affects child protection practice, say social workers
Results of poll follow report into serious cases, which found the race and ethnicity of children was often not recognised or appropriately explored by practitioners.
03/04/2025: We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister
Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence.