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
15/07/2024: NHS trusts struggling to cope with demand for children’s support, study finds
Just 16% of NHS trusts are keeping up with demand for children and young people’s services with waiting lists for autism and ADHD assessments as long as three years in some areas, a survey has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
15/07/2024: Number of children’s homes up 44% since 2020 as fostering sector shrinks
Ofsted chief raises concerns about homes being set up in the wrong areas and staff skills gaps, despite more services being rated good or outstanding.
15/07/2024: Agency social worker numbers coming down in children’s services, says ADCS president
Andy Smith suggests trend is result of planned DfE rules to curb councils’ use of locums and urges new government to go further than predecessors in banning agency project teams outright
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
15/07/2024: Our Helpline has seen a 65% increase in adult concerns about children being left home alone
Last year, our Helpline supported over 7,800 contacts where concerns about a child being left home alone or unsupervised was mentioned, with more than half of contacts resulting in a referral to a local authority.
12/07/2024: Starmer against ‘simply banning’ children’s phones
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he is not in favour of “simply banning” phones for children under 16.
12/07/2024: Hundreds of organisations pressure Labour to overturn draft RSHE guidance
Children’s charities and teaching unions are among hundreds of organisations calling for a ‘fresh start and a new review’ of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE).
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
12/07/2024: New Online Safety Training Sessions Available For Autumn
SWGFL announced, “We’re pleased to announce that we have new Online Safety Clinics available, and our Online Safety Live events are also starting up in September again”
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
11/07/2024: DfE committed to cross-government focus on tackling child poverty, Phillipson tells DCSs
New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has committed to a cross-government focus on tackling child poverty.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
11/07/2024: Consistent lead workers vital to supporting vulnerable older teens, report finds
Vulnerable older teenagers could become ‘disengaged’ from education, training and work opportunities without the continued help of a lead support worker, a report has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
11/07/2024: Young people ‘unaware’ they are subject to DoL orders, research finds
Young people have shared experiences of being unaware they were placed under deprivation of liberty orders (DoL) as part of a study designed to improve outcomes for other children.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
11/07/2024: Online signposting platforms must ‘speak children’s language’, think-tank recommends
Online signposting of support is blighted by jargon and leaving young people feeling overwhelmed by too much information, analysis has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
10/07/2024: ‘Parents know they are not alone’: UK pact to withhold smartphones until 14 gathers pace
Signatories to online pledge say it offers support in family reckonings over phone usage