Events

Discover upcoming events this month and throughout the forthcoming year.

Since the beginning of the pandemic we recognised the need to change the way we deliver events, that’s why we brought all of our events online.  We continue to review the appetite for face to face events and regularly review our model at our Board meetings.

Lunch and Learn sessions provide a space for challenging, supportive and educated discussions about key topics of our members’ choice. At each meeting we bring academics, experts, practitioners and students along to facilitate discussion and learning with plenty of time to ask questions and share views. Held online.

Conferences typically combine leading keynote speakers and workshops, for delegates to gain a deeper understanding about the live topics and challenges within child protection and adult safeguarding. Where possible, we seek to bring you the perspectives of academics, practitioners and experts by experience. Our conference programme is available online, and if you can’t attend, you can download keynote presentations from our online shop for a small fee.

Special Interest Groups provide a forum for the exploration of professional curiosity into a single area of child protection or adult safeguarding. From Practice Learning Reviews, to Care Experience People we recognise our responsibility to explore the most challenging of subjects. Our aim here is to create a safe and professional space for child protection and adult safeguarding professionals to learn from each other and develop the knowledge and skills they need to deliver the highest level of service to those who need it. Over the last two years we have significantly expanded our range of Special Interest Groups.  Visit the events page to see what is planned in the coming weeks and months.

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5 February 2026 | 9:30 am Special Interest Group - Youth Justice: The Impact of children/young people accessing pornography - Dr Jodie Howarth-Beal Online
11 February 2026 | 12:00 pm LUNCH & LEARN: Rethinking Cultural Sensitivity | Child Protection Challenges in the Charedi Community - Yehudis Goldsobel Online
24 February 2026 | 12:00 pm Special Interest Group - SEND- Communication with neurodivergent and learning disabled children in sexual abuse and exploitation enquiries and investigations - Sarah Goff Online
26 February 2026 | 9:30 am Special Interest Group - Domestic Violence and Abuse: Practitioners understanding of technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) - Dr Loren Parton Online
3 March 2026 | 12:00 pm Joint special Interest Groups - Child Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence & Abuse. Protecting Animals, Protecting People: What’s it got to do with me? Online
4 March 2026 | 12:00 pm Special Interest Group - History & Practice | ‘Relating to children in time: Locating the voice and experience of babies and older children in child protection work since 1880.’ - Professor Harry Ferguson Online
5 March 2026 | 11:00 am Special Interest Group - Neurodiversity | Towards a new frontier of understanding: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Stalking Behaviours - Daniel Lodge Online
9 March 2026 | 9:30 am EXTERNAL EVENT: Nagalro Spring Conference: No Safe Place? - Rethinking Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Across Contexts Online
12 March 2026 | 1:00 pm LUNCH & LEARN: Practitioner-led research in child protection: options, opportunities and approaches - Laura Tucker and Professor Robbie Duschinsky Online
19 March 2026 | 12:00 pm LUNCH & LEARN: Exploring trauma & PTSD in young people experiencing violence in the context of gangs/community violence. Dr Ron Dodzro Online
21 April 2026 | 12:00 pm LUNCH & LEARN: Child focus, curiosity, and openness to complexity - an approach to child protection practice with families impacted by domestic violence- Dr Ulrike Marwitz Online
22 April 2026 | 12:00 pm LUNCH & LEARN: Understanding organised ritual abuse - Elly Hanson Online
4 June 2026 | 9:30 am Special Interest Group - Joint Session - Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities & Domestic Violence & Abuse: Understanding Domestic Violence and Abuse: Developing the Power & Control Wheel to support the Roma Community - Professor Michaela Rogers and Maria Palmai Online