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
28/08/2025: Two-thirds rise in young people reporting indecent images concerns
A welfare tool that deletes private indecent images of children shared online has fielded a 66% rise in reports from worried young people, according to charity Childline.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
28/08/2025: Why language matters: why we should rethink our use of the term ‘sextortion’
When harm to a child involves numerous forms of abuse, it can be difficult to understand and manage what’s happening and why, let alone find the right words to describe it.
27/08/2025: Safeguarding reforms: what early years settings need to know
A range of changes that strengthen child safety and clarify provider responsibilities across early years settings come into force from 1 September.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
26/08/2025: NCII and the VAWG Strategy: Turning Progress into Real-World Impact
The UK Government’s forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy presents an opportunity to address one of the fastest-growing and most devastating forms of abuse in the digital age – non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
26/08/2025: AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: New Threats, Old Laws
The Internet Watch Foundation’s July 2024 Report Update (the “Report”) highlights the steep and continued growth in the production and circulation of AI-Child Sexual Abuse Material (“AI-CSAM”).
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
26/08/2025: Law Society recommends YJLC Legal Guides to all solicitors representing children and young people in the Youth Court
The Law Society has published new guidance on advocacy in the Youth Court. Within this guidance, the Law Society has recommended the YJLC Legal Guides to all solicitors representing children and young people in contact with the Youth Justice System.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
26/08/2025: Child criminal exploitation: Challenging decisions to prosecute child victims of trafficking
This case concerned a claim for judicial review following a decision to proceed with the prosecution of a child victim of trafficking.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
25/08/2025: Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material.
22/08/2025: Social workers given guidance on children not wanting to see a parent
Updated Cafcass guidance urges family court advisers to first consider whether child’s reluctance is a result of domestic abuse or harmful parenting before contemplating ‘alienating behaviours’.
21/08/2025: Campaigners unveil ‘urgent action plan’ for tackling child homelessness
Immediate local authority action is needed to address the “severe impact” on children of increasing council use of temporary accommodation, campaigners claim.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
20/08/2025: Updated legal guide highlights urgent need to improve education for children with SEN in custody
The Howard League for Penal Reform and Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA) have published an updated version of their joint guide, Education inside penal detention for children in England.
(Source: The Howard League for Penal Reform)
18/08/2025: Reports of ‘red flag’ forms of domestic violence rise by 9%
Domestic abuse campaigners are calling for urgent reform of domestic abuse education in schools amid research suggesting rates of violence and threats are rising among young women and girls.