Safeguarding with young people who questioning, leaving, or changing faith

One-day conference in Birmingham, 21^st October 2026

We are pleased to be supporting Resonant Collaboration with their conference, entitled: Safeguarding with young people who questioning, leaving, or changing faith, taking place in Birmingham on 21^st October 2026.

Formed from a team of professionals with experience and expertise in children’s services, education, youth work and other areas, Resonant Collaboration work with safeguarding professionals to create spaces for learning and professional development.

The conference will bring together professionals working with young people in educational settings, youth workers, faith and community leaders, and others to explore what helps and what harms young people during faith transitions, and what joined-up support can mean in different settings.

Speakers at the conference include:

• Young community researchers from Birmingham charities
• Yehudis Fletcher, PhD researcher at Durham University
• Dr Naomi Thompson, Reader in Youth and Community Work, Goldsmiths, University of London
• Dr Lucy Potter, ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of York
• Kathleen Hallisey, solicitor at Scott-Moncrieff & Associates and trustee of Thirtyone:eight
• Dr Rachael Owens, Associate Professor, Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding, Durham University
• Canon Dr Andrew Smith, Director of Interfaith Relations, Church of England,
• Donna Craine, Support and Advocacy Services Manager, Faith to Faithless Humanists UK
• Dr Luke Billingham, youth worker and researcher, Hackney Quest and Open University.

You can find out more about the conference on Resonant Collaboration’s website – via their blog and a dedicated webpage for the conference. 

There’s also details on getting involved and how to book your place on the conference’s Eventbrite page: here.