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
06/07/2025: Nearly one in eight young women and girls have attempted suicide, figures show
Almost one in eight 16– to 24- year-old girls and women have attempted suicide, the most of any group, according to NHS figures.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
06/07/2025: Munro: children’s social care reforms ‘very likely to fail’ due to scale of change and lack of testing
Leading social work academic questions overhaul of child protection conference chair role and raises concerns about non-social work qualified staff taking on child in need cases
06/07/2025: Nearly a quarter of foster places in England provided by private equity-backed firms
Experts raise alarm over ‘commodification’ of vulnerable children as independent fostering agencies make millions in profit.
03/07/2025: Campaigners warn over impact of benefit cuts to care leavers
Thousands of care leavers could be at risk of benefit cuts under the government’s watered down welfare reforms, according to campaigners.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
03/07/2025: Children In Police Custody
Miranda Bevan, King’s College London, guest blogs on new research from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Police Custody.
01/07/2025: Parental leave and pay for new parents to be reviewed
The amount of time off and pay new parents can get after the birth of a child will be looked at in a “landmark” review, the government says.
01/07/2025: Youth voices ‘critical’ to £5m employment plan
A new youth forum is being set up in a county where data shows economic inactivity among young people is at a record high.
30/06/2025: Group helps young people get into fishing industry
A new Devon community interest company (CIC) is hoping to help with the future of the fishing industry by bringing in new recruits.
30/06/2025: Childminder decline shows no sign of slowing down
The long-term decline in childminders has continued over the past year, latest Ofsted figures reveal.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
30/06/2025: ‘Family breakdown’ behind 25% rise in young rough sleepers
The number of young people sleeping rough in London has soared by 25% in the last year and by nearly 70% in five years, according to official data.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
27/06/2025: Childcare leaders warn over impact of delays in EHCP assessments
Delays in councils assessing young children for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is resulting in childcare settings not being able to put suitable interventions in place, say sector leaders.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
27/06/2025: ‘I don’t think my brain should have gone through that’: five young people on their experience of smartphones as teens
What do people who got – and one who didn’t get – internet-connected phones in their adolescence actually think about the impact they had on them?