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
31/10/2024: Youth club on wheels hoping to improve young lives
A mobile youth club that aims to stop children “going down the wrong path” has launched with an amnesty bin to allow knives to be surrendered.
31/10/2024: Care-experienced teenagers ‘nine times more likely to face homelessness’
Young people with experience of care are nine times more likely to face homelessness than their peers, the charity Become is warning.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
31/10/2024: Addressing Racial Disparity in the Youth Justice System: a report into the success of local practices
This report, commissioned by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), was published on 24 October 2024. The report, authored by the charity Revolving Doors, uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to appraise local programmes in England and Wales that carry out interventions with the aim of preventing children and young people from re-offending.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
30/10/2024: Child mental health referrals top one million for third year in a row
The number of children being referred to mental health services for support has topped one million for the third year in a row.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
28/10/2024: Child Poverty Taskforce aims to ‘give all children the best start in life’
Voices of struggling families, anti-poverty organisations and local leaders will be put at the centre of the Child Poverty Taskforce’s work to build an ambitious strategy to give all children the best start in life, ministers have pledged in a new framework published today.
28/10/2024: The Tragic Rise Of Drug-Related Deaths
There were 5,448 deaths related to drug poisoning in 2023; the highest number on record.
28/10/2024: Navigating the Latest Changes in DfE Filtering and Monitoring Standards for Schools and Colleges
The Department for Education (DfE) has recently updated its Filtering and Monitoring Standards for Schools and Colleges, introducing changes designed to address evolving digital risks and strengthen safeguarding measures.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
27/10/2024: Reeves pledges £1.4bn for ‘crumbling’ classrooms
The government has pledged £1.4bn to meet a target of rebuilding 50 schools in England a year, so that children do not have to learn in “crumbling” classrooms.
27/10/2024: The Online Safety Act is one year old. Has it made children any safer?
There’s an online forum I hope you’ve never heard of. It’s a place I hope your loved ones don’t know about either. It has tens of thousands of members and millions of posts. It’s a forum where anyone, including children, can go to discuss one topic – suicide.
27/10/2024: Budget to include £44m for kinship and foster care
Package includes testing allowances for kinship carers in up to 10 areas and extension of regional hubs to boost fostering recruitment to all local authorities.
27/10/2024: Parents trapped in special needs tribunal backlog as disputes surge by 50%
Waits of more than a year for hearings into councils’ failure to meet growing needs of Send children
25/10/2024: Future of new secondary school uncertain – trust
Plans for a new secondary school on Cornwall’s north coast are in doubt after a review of government funding, an education trust has said.