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
18/06/2025: Professional Curiosity In Probation
Helen Amor, Effective Practice Lead at HM Inspectorate of Probation, guest blogs on professional curiosity in probation.
18/06/2025: AI puts real child sex victims at risk, experts say
An increase in sophisticated AI-generated images of child abuse could result in police and other agencies chasing “fake” rather than genuine abuse, a charity has said.
17/06/2025: Cooper backs national inquiry to ‘root out scourge of grooming gangs’
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has launched a new national inquiry as part of the “biggest programme of work ever pursued to root out the scourge of grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation”.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
16/06/2025: Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’, Casey report says
Public inquiry will examine repeated failures that prevented abuse against children being properly investigated.
12/06/2025: Report calls for further free school meal reform to tackle regional differences
A think tank is calling for the government to bring in further reform of the free school meal system and bring in national auto-enrolment to tackle regional differences.
12/06/2025: Pupil SEND numbers exceed 1.7mn
The number of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has risen by 5.6% to more than 1.7 million, according to data released by the Department for Education today.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
10/06/2025: Child neglect concerns the number one reason for adults reaching out to our Helpline
We’re calling for neglect to be considered a ‘national emergency’ as well as a new amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to introduce a national neglect strategy.
09/06/2025: MET Police dissolve the role of Safer School Officer: 371 police officers stationed in London schools have been removed
In June 2025, in response to an FOI request, the Metropolitan Police announced that on the 1st of May 2025, the Safer Schools Officer (SSO) role in London was to be dissolved. A new role, Designated Ward Officer – Children and Young People (DWO-CYP) has been created and aligned to neighbourhood policing wards, with all 371 former Safer School Officer posts being transitioned to this new role profile.
(Source: Youth Justice Legal Centre)
08/06/2025: UK government looking at social media ‘app caps’ for children, minister suggests
Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with tech.
05/06/2025: Greater awareness behind ADHD surge, study suggests
ADHD is not becoming more common despite the surge in people in people asking for help, research suggests.
05/06/2025: Free school meals to be extended to 500,000 more children
Any child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said.
05/06/2025: Safeguarding First: Children and the criminal legal system
Hear from experts on how to use safeguarding and welfare law to better defend children in the criminal legal system.