Event Calendar

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

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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

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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

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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

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D&C News

Work experience 2025

Work Experience 2025 So brings to an end another successful year of work experience across Devon and Cornwall. With five weeks of programmes run across the force and approximately a hundred year 10 students taking part, this has been our largest experience yet. With applications having been open since September,...
National News

10/01/2024: Child sexual offences remain ‘close to record levels’, NSPCC figures show

The number of child sexual offences being recorded by police has fallen slightly over the last year, but remains ‘close to record levels’ according to analysis by the NSPCC.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

10/01/2024: Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

Parents should be more involved in the design and delivery of services aimed at tackling ‘systemic’ child poverty in communities across the UK, a report is urging.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

10/01/2024: Extra-familial harm: understanding trauma responses in young people

Advice from a Community Care Inform guide on using a trauma-informed approach when supporting young people affected by exploitation and other harms in the community.

(Source: Community Care)

10/01/2024: Critical Success Factors For Working With Domestic Abuse Perpetrators

Nicole Renehan & David Gadd set out key ingredients for effective work with domestic abuse perpetrators.

(Source: Russell Webster)

09/01/2024: How did the pandemic impact babies starting school as children now?

On 25 March 2020, Fiona and Ben Young drove to their local maternity unit through London‚Äôs empty streets. When they arrived, security guards sent them to the back entrance. It was day three of England’s first lockdown and the front was surrounded by patients being treated by doctors in hazmat suits.

(Source: BBC)

09/01/2024: Education Secretary vows to clamp down on ‘absence epidemic’ in schools as parents face steeper fines for letting children stay at home

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has today vowed to clamp down on the ‘absence epidemic’ in Britain’s schools, as she warned parents allowing their children to skip school are significantly diminishing their future earning potential.

(Source: Daily Mail)

09/01/2024: ‘They’re about two years behind’: fears for children born during lockdown as they start at school

Covid’s world of masks and remote health visits has created a generation at risk of social and emotional difficulties

(Source: Guardian)

09/01/2024: Scrapping two-child benefit limit ‘would still leave 100,000 young Britons in poverty’

Impact of abolishing policy would be dented unless overall cap is reformed, figures show

(Source: Guardian)

08/01/2024: ‘Lack of SEND funding partly behind exclusion rise’

A lack of funding for pupils with special educational needs is partly behind a rise in exclusions, a headteacher said.

(Source: BBC)

08/01/2024: Devon scheme for additional needs pupils extended

A pilot scheme to help children with additional needs overcome concerns about going to primary school will continue, it has been confirmed.

(Source: BBC)

08/01/2024: Schoolchildren to be taught dangers of vaping

Twelve and 13 year olds in Plymouth are to be taught about the dangers of vaping as part of a campaign to stop children using them.

(Source: BBC)

08/01/2024: Family support programmes could save councils £87,000 per year, study suggests

The use of specialist family support officers for those affected by child exploitation could save councils more than £87,000 per year, a study finds.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)