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Upcoming Training

Various dates

SafeCall – SafeCall Lunch and Learn for Professionals, SafeCall County Lines and Child Criminal Exploitation Various dates
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask Me project: Training – Face to Face & Online Multiple dates
Clinks – Series of Events Multiple dates
Victim Support – Free Hate Crime Training – different dates for different sessions
Future Generations Commissioner – Learning and Development sessions multiple dates

2025

Events marked with ££ are not free to attend.

May

Welsh Women’s Aid – Understanding experiences and effects of VAWDASV on deaf survivors 6 May, 09:30-13:00
Resolve ASB – Advanced Level: Effective interviewing techniques in ASB Cases 7 May, 09:30-13:00 ££
Wales Centre for Public Policy and Save the Children – Youth Voice: Poverty Stigma in Wales Cardiff, 8 May, 10:00-15:00
Safer Places Training – Advanced Domestic Abuse 9 May, 10:00-16:30 ££
Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice (WCCSJ) – Conference 2025 Cardiff, 13-14 May ££
Government Events – Tackling Stalking and Harassment Conference 2025: Holistic Strategies for Prevention, Intervention, and Support 14 May, 08:40-16:15 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Supporting parents/carers when their child may have been sexually abused 14 May, 09:00-10:00
Safer Places Training – DASH Risk Assessment Masterclass 14 May, 10:00-16:30 ££
Minus Violence – ‘Gaming, Blaming and Shaming’, online harm and safeguarding in the digital age 14 May, 10:00-11:30
Plan UK – Lead The Change Bystander Intervention 3-day Training Machynlleth, 14, 20 & 27 May, 18:00-20:00
Clinks – Clinks Area Criminal Justice Forum (Wales) 15 May, 14:00-16:00
Government Events – Drugs and Substance Misuse Conference 20 May, 09:00-16:30 ££
Westminster Insight – Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Conference London, 20 May, 09:30-15:15 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Responding to harmful sexual behaviour in education settings 20 May, 16:00-17:00
Barod – Conference 2025 Ketamine: The problem and the answer? Swansea Arena, 21 May, 09:30-16:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Understanding Coercive and Controlling Behaviour 21 May, 09:30-22 May, 13:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: Managing Noise reports effectively 22 May, 09:15 – 29 May, 12:45 ££
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: What is community safety 23 May, 10:00-11:30 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice 28 May, 13:00-14:00
Public Policy Exchange – Supporting Women in the Criminal Justice System 29 May, 09:30-13:00 ££

June

Clinks – Women’s Network Forum 3 June, 10:00-12:00
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Speaking to children about sexual abuse 3 June, 16:00-17:00
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: Introduction to Mental Health and ASB Casework 4 June, 09:15 – 11 June, 12:45 ££
Victim Support – Pride Month 2025 Wales Online Hate Workshop 4 June, 10:00-12:00
Safer Places Training – Understanding Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) 5 June, 10:00-16:30 ££
Plan UK – Lead The Change Bystander Intervention 3-day Training Online & Cardiff, 6, 13 & 20 June, 10:00-12:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Working With Survivors: Trauma Informed Practice 9 June, 09:30-10 June, 13:30 ££
Safer Places Training – Safety Planning Masterclass 9 June, 10:00-16:30 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice 9 June, 12:00-13:00
Clinks – Why gender matters in the criminal justice system – 2 part workshop 10 June, 10:00 – 11 June, 13:00 ££
Westminster Insight – Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) Online Training 11 June, 09:30-16:00 ££
Victim Support – Pride Month 2025 It Starts With Us 11 June, 10:00-12:00
Modernising Criminal Justice Conference – Connecting Justice through Digitisation: Empowering a Modern Workforce London, 12 June, 09:00-17:05
Government Events – Preventing and Countering Extremism in the UK 2025: Understanding the Evolving Threat Landscape and Building Effective Prevention Strategies 12 June, 09:30-15:35 ££
Safer Places Training – Teenager Relationship Abuse 12 June, 10:00-16:30 ££
TARIAN – County Lines Awareness Session for policing partners 12 June, 11:00-12:00
Westminster Insight – Tackling Knife Crime Conference London, 13 June, 09:00-15:15 ££
Safer Places Training – Spiritual and Ritual Abuse (including accusations of Witchcraft) 13 June, 09:30-13:00 ££
Swansea University – Narrative Criminology Symposium 2025: Narrating Harm, Narrating Hope 15-17 June ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – VAWDASV perpetration in a digital age 16 June, 09:30-17 June, 13:30 ££
Clinks – Navigating the criminal justice system workshop 19 June, 09:30-12:30 ££
Westminster Insight – Tackling Domestic Abuse Digital Conference 19 June, 09:30-16:00 ££
Public Policy Exchange – Tackling Image-Based Sexual Abuse 19 June, 09:30-13:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Misogyny and incel culture 20 June, 12:00-12:45 ££
Government Events – The Preventing Child Abuse Conference 2025: A Proactive Approach to Safeguarding and Prevention 24 June, 09:30-16:50 ££
Westminster Insight – Handling Suicidal Conversations Online Training 25 June, 09:30-13:00 ££
Safer Places Training – Domestic Abuse in later life 30 June, 10:00-16:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Resolve Summit 30 June – 4 July

July onwards

Victim Support – All Wales Understanding Hate Crime 1 July, 13:00-15:00
WCVA – gofod3 2025 Cardiff City Stadium, 2 July
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: Tools & Powers 2 July, 09:15 – 9 July, 12:45 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Spotting the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse 9 July, 09:00-10:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – VAWDASV & working with individuals with co-existing multiple support needs 9 July, 09:30-10 July, 13:30 ££
Government Events – The Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees Conference 2025: Using a Human Rights Based Approach 9 July, 09:30-16:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Introductory Level: Intro to ASB 15 July, 09:30-13:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice 22 July, 12:00-13:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Safeguarding implications of social media use in teens 25 July, 12:00-12:45 ££
Resolve ASB – Lunchtime session: Mental Capacity & Injunctions 26 August, 13:00-14:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Domestic abuse, mental health and suicidality 9 September, 09:30-13:30 ££
Government Events – Tackling Modern Slavery Conference 2025: Reinvigorating Strategies for Prevention, Identification, and Victim Support 10 September, 08:30-16:00 ££
Government Events – The Youth Justice Conference 2025: Implementing a Child First Approach 11 September, 09:30-16:00 ££
Government Events – Adult Safeguarding Conference 2025 16 September, 08:20-16:30 ££
Institute of Government and Public Policy – Public Sector Cyber Security Conference and Exhibition 2025 Manchester, 17 September, 09:00-16:00 ££
The Emergency Services Show Birmingham, 17-18 September
Government Events – The Prisoner Health and Wellbeing Conference 2025 18 September, 09:30-16:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice 23 September, 12:00-13:00
Resolve ASB – Lunchtime session: Legal Remedies to tackle Knife Crime 24 September, 13:00-14:00 ££
Safer Places Training – Stalking Masterclass 1 October, 10:00-16:30 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Understanding Sexual Violence 7 October, 09:30-8 October, 13:30 ££
Government Events – The Digital Policing Conference 2025 8 October, 09:30-16:30
Welsh Government – Anti-Slavery Wales 2025 Conference Conwy Business Centre, 16 October, 09:30-15:30
Government Events – The Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation and Harm Reduction Conference 2025 23 October, 09:00-16:10 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Working With Survivors: Trauma Informed Practice 5 November, 09:30-6 November, 13:30 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Domestic Abuse Awareness (Welsh language) 6 November, 09:30-13:30 ££
Resolve ASB – ASB Case Law Update 12 November, 13:00-14:00 ££
APCC & NPCC – Partnership Summit 2025 London, 18-19 November
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into practice 26 November, 13:00-14:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Domestic abuse, mental health and suicidality 3 December, 09:30-13:30 ££

Free e-learning

Adferiad – Against All Odds: End the Stigma of Women’s Gambling Harms
ACE Hub Wales – Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma-Informed Practice in Wales
Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse – Identifying and responding to intra-familial child sexual abuse
National Federation of Women’s Institutes (Wales) – The important role of workplaces in responding to and preventing gender-based violence Click the link to view the recording
Open University – Understanding devolution in Wales
Open University – Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Plan UK – Create the Conditions Gain the knowledge, tools and mindset to ‘Create the Conditions’ where young people feel safe, heard and empowered
Suzy Lamplugh Trust – Stalking Awareness
UK Government – Prevent Duty Training
UK Government – Modern slavery training: resource page

Past Wales Safer Communities Network Seminars & Events

The Wales Safer Communities Network runs regular sessions on community safety and has lots of opportunities for you to get involved. Where possible, we aim to record all of our seminars.

Spring / Summer Seminar Series 2024

Here you will find the post-seminar packs and, where possible, a copy of the presentations from the seminars in our Spring/ Summer Series 2024.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Overview – Thursday 18 April
Suicide Prevention – Tuesday 30 April
Anti-Social Behaviour Hotspot funding – Tuesday 21 May
Local Place Shaping – Tuesday 11 June

Spring / Summer Seminar Series 2023

Here you will find the post-seminar packs and, where possible, a copy of the presentations from the seminars in our Spring/ Summer Series 2023.

Understanding & Preventing Violence with Children and Young People, 2 May 2023
Wildfires: A strategic partnership approach in Wales, 16 May 2023
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Overview, 1 June 2023
Taking a different approach to achieve an anti-racist Criminal Justice System in Wales, 22 June 2023

Autumn / Winter Seminar Series 2022-23

Here you will find the post-seminar packs and, where possible, recordings of the seminars in our Autumn/ Winter Series 2022/23.

Encouraging Safety in the Home: Home Safety Checks and Mapping, 15 November 2022
An Introduction to the Single Unified Safeguarding Review (SUSR), 6 December 2022
New Communities: A trauma informed approach to welcoming refugees and asylum seekers, 17 January 2023

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week 2022

Here you will find the post-seminar pack and recording of the Network’s ASB Awareness Week 2022 Seminar: Preventing Young People Involved in Anti-Social Behaviour from Escalating into Serious Violence and Organised Crime, 18 July 2022.

Wales Safer Communities Network Virtual Launch – March 2022

Here you will find the post-launch pack and recording of the virtual Wales Safer Communities Network Launch: Reinvigorating Community Safety in Wales Together, 2 March 2022.

Winter Seminar Series 2022

Here you will find the post-seminar packs and recordings of every seminar in our Winter Seminar Series 2022.

Citizen & Community Engagement: Strengthening local response to Serious Organised Crime (SOC) with Clear Hold Build, 10 February 2022
Right Wing Extremism in Wales: What we’ve heard and what works, 22 February 2022
Safer Streets Wales: Sharing good practice and learning, 14 March 2022

Summer Seminar Series 2021

Here you will find the post-seminar packs and recordings of every seminar in our Summer Seminar Series 2021.

Responding to challenges of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), 8 June 2021
Wales Data Analysis Innovation and Improvement Network (WDAIIN) Showcase Event, 22 June 2021
Developing your own Public Information Campaign, 22 July 2021