Event Calendar

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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D&C News

Work experience 2025

Work Experience 2025 So brings to an end another successful year of work experience across Devon and Cornwall. With five weeks of programmes run across the force and approximately a hundred year 10 students taking part, this has been our largest experience yet. With applications having been open since September,...
National News

08/12/2024: ‘I want to show teens it’s ok to talk’

A 13-year-old boy who is starring in a short film about mental health has said he hopes it will show teenagers that it is “okay to talk”.

(Source: BBC News)

08/12/2024: How many rape cases are derailed by ‘sexsomnia’ claims? The CPS doesn’t know

Despite pledge to challenge claims, the prosecutions agency is not tracking how many cases it has dropped

(Source: Guardian)

06/12/2024: High number of pupils regularly missing school

Almost a quarter of children in Bristol are persistently absent from school, according to Ofsted.

(Source: BBC News)

05/12/2024: Ofsted ‘alarmed’ by absences and ‘flexi-schooling’

The “alarming” level of children missing school has become a “stubborn and damaging issue”, according to the chief inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools regulator.

(Source: BBC News)

05/12/2024: Disadvantaged children hardest hit by education and social care challenges, warns Ofsted

The most vulnerable and disadvantaged children are those worst affected by recruitment and demand pressures across children’s social care and education, Ofsted is warning.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

05/12/2024: Prime Minister sets school readiness target

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to boost the proportion of children starting school “ready to learn” as part of the government’s reboot of its targets for this parliament.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

05/12/2024: Welcome Rise Of Numbers In Drug & Alcohol Treatment

2023/24 treatment stats show welcome (7%) rise in numbers in drug & alcohol treatment.

(Source: Russell Webster)

04/12/2024: Schools given £740m to adapt buildings for Send pupils

The government has announced £740m of funding to increase the number of places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in mainstream schools in England.

(Source: BBC News)

04/12/2024: Murdered teen’s mum fears more lives will be lost

The mother of a teenager killed by her ex-boyfriend fears others are likely to die if more is not done to tackle abuse and violence in young people’s relationships.

(Source: BBC News)

04/12/2024: Parent mental health service is ‘like a lifeline’

Two mothers who have been helped by a “pioneering” adult mental health service have said it helped them keep their families together.

(Source: BBC News)

04/12/2024: Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme

After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

(Source: BBC News)

03/12/2024: Government hopes junk food advert ban will prevent 20,000 childhood obesity cases

Measures to tackle childhood obesity including restrictions on advertising junk foods to children have been unveiled by the government.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)