Upcoming Events
Adultification, Children and the Criminal Legal System
12/11/2025
The effects of adultification can be profound and damaging. Children who experience it frequently face harsher treatment within education, care, and justice systems.
£15.00
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
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
06/08/2025: Researchers identify mental health ‘disadvantage gap’
Early experience of socioeconomic disadvantage negatively impacts mental health through adolescence, according to research.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
25/07/2025: Knowledge Partnerships In Youth Justice
Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation.
14/07/2025: School suspensions rise to nearly a million in England
The number of school suspensions and exclusions in England has reached its highest level since 2006, Department for Education figures show.
08/07/2025: Children living in ‘Dickensian’ poverty, says commissioner
Some children are living in “Dickensian” levels of poverty, England’s children’s commissioner has said.
07/07/2025: ‘We have no support’: foster carers take employment rights fight to UK supreme court
Foster carers describe financial struggles and ‘lack of respect’ in ‘broken model’ propped up by benefit system
07/07/2025: Government faces battle over Send overhaul as campaigners voice fears
MPs and parents worry shake-up may abolish vital education, health and care plans that SEN children rely on
07/07/2025: Children should not be strip-searched or detained unless a last resort, say MPs
Parliamentary reports include harrowing testimonies from children in England and Wales about their treatment
07/07/2025: Police to collect ethnicity data for all cases of child sexual abuse
Requirement made as review finds ‘over-representation’ of Asian men among grooming gang suspects
06/07/2025: How Prevent is tackling young extremism 20 years after the 7/7 bombings
Over the last six years, 50% of referrals to the deradicalisation programme Prevent have been children under the age of 18, with 11 to 15-year-olds being the largest age group to get referred.
06/07/2025: Family hubs to open in every council in England
Family hubs offering parenting support and youth services will be rolled out across every local authority in England, the government has announced.
06/07/2025: People with learning disabilities meet 999 crews
Adults with learning disabilities have been encouraged to ask emergency services for help when they need it at a special event.
06/07/2025: ‘Widespread failings’ in Torbay SEND services
Significant concerns have been raised by inspectors over special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services in part of Devon.