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Visit our library of past seminars, training sessions and events, watch recordings and access post-event packs.

Partner and Other Training & Events

Free e-learning courses

SafeCall – SafeCall Lunch and Learn for Professionals, SafeCall County Lines and Child Criminal Exploitation Various 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
Welsh Women’s Aid
- Ask Me project: Training – Face to Face & Online Multiple dates
- Ask & Act Train the Trainer and Practice Development Various courses and dates
- Other training and webinars

2026

Events marked with ££ are not free to attend.

January

Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Responding effectively to sibling sexual behaviour 7 January, 12:30-13:30
Safer Places Training – Understanding Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) 8 January, 10:00-16:30 ££
Department for Education – Webinar for FE Skills providers subject to the Prevent Duty 8 January, 10:30-12:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 2 Train the Trainer 13 January, 09:30-13:30
Department for Education – Online Prevent awareness session tailored for staff in Education 13 January, 10:30-12:00
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) – Wales Open Q&A Session 13 January, 13:00-14:00
Victim Support – Young People & Hate in Wales 14 January, 10:00-11:30
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Strategic planning 14 January, 13:00-14:30
Stori – Domestic Abuse and Suicide – What is the link? 15 January, 09:30-15:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 2 Train the Trainer 20 & 21 January, 09:30-13:30
Resolve ASB – Advanced Level: Effective use of injunctions 20 January, 10:00-11:30 ££
Stori – Effects of Domestic Abuse on Children & Young People 21 January, 09:30-16:30
Safer Places Training – Resilience & renewal: A self-care guide for domestic abuse professionals 21 January, 09:30-13:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Supporting parents/carers when their child may have been sexually abused 21 January, 12:30-13:30
Stori – Working with Male Victims of Abuse 22 January, 09:30-16:30
Community Alcohol Partnerships – Reducing alcohol harm to children and young people in the North of Wales Prestatyn, 22 January, 10:00-12:00, email to register by 15 January
Safer Places Training – Teenager Relationship Abuse 27 January, 10:00-16:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Lunchtime session: Legal Remedies to tackle Knife Crime 27 January, 13:00-14:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Trusted Professional for VAWDASV 27 & 28 January, 09:30-13:30
Westminster Insight – Victims at the Heart of Justice Digital Conference 28 January, 09:30-15:00 ££
Stori – Counter Allegations 28 January, 09:30-16:30
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 3 Train the Trainer 28 & 29 January, 09:30-13:30
Professional Development Group – National Tackling Gangs, Violence and Weapon Crime Conference 2026 29 January, 08:50-17:00 ££
Westminster Insight – Tackling Spiking Online Training 30 January, 09:00-13:30 ££

February

Public Policy Exchange – Tackling Knife Crime: Developing a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder national strategy to bring about meaningful change 3 February, 09:30-13:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Professional knowledge, skills and confidence 3 February, 13:00-14:30
Stori – Understanding Sexual Violence 4 February, 09:30-16:30
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask and Act 2026 Conference 4 February, 10:00-15:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Practice Development Webinar – Note taking 5 February, 12:00-13:00
Public Policy Exchange – Supporting Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities in the UK 10 February, 09:30-13:00 ££
Resolve ASB – Introductory Level: Intro to ASB 10 February, 09:30-13:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 2 Train the Trainer 10 & 11 February, 09:30-13:30
Stori – Stalking in the Modern Day 11 February, 09:30-16:30
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Spotting the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse 11 February, 12:30-13:30
Stori – Understanding Domestic Abuse & Coercive, Controlling Behaviour 12 February, 09:30-16:30
Safer Places Training – Domestic Abuse in Later Life 12 February, 10:00-16:30 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Practice Development Webinar – Non-fatal strangulation 12 February, 12:00-13:00
Stori – Non Fatal Strangulation 16 February, 13:00-16:00
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: Managing noise reports effectively 17 & 19 February, 09:30-13:00 ££
Stori – Child & Adolescent to Parent Violence & Abuse (CAPVA) 18 February, 09:30-12:30
Stori – Understanding LGBTQ+ Abuse 18 February, 09:30-16:30
Public Policy Exchange – Tackling Serious and Organised Crime in the UK 19 February, 09:30-13:00 ££
Stori – Understanding & Responding to Harassment in Public Places 23 February, 10:00-15:00
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) – Wales Open Q&A Session 24 February, 13:00-14:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Trusted Professional 24-25 February, 09:30-13:30
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 2 Train the Trainer 24 & 27 February, 09:30-13:30
VAWDASV Research Network for Wales – Standing Together Conference Cardiff, 25 February, 09:00-17:00
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Responding to harmful sexual behaviour in education settings 25 February, 16:00-17:00
Welsh Women’s Aid – Ask & Act Group 3 Train the Trainer 25 & 26 February, 09:30-13:30
Resolve ASB – National ASB Conference Nottingham, 26 February ££
Stori – Effects of Domestic Abuse on Children & Young People 26 February, 09:30-16:30
Stori – Working Effectively with Perpetrators of Abuse in Wales 26 February, 09:30-16:30
Safer Places Training – Technology Facilitated Abuse Masterclass 26 February, 10:00-16:30 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Fiver Friday Webinar – Exploring ritual abuse 27 February, 12:00-13:00 ££

March onwards

Safer Places Training – Trauma Informed and Trauma Responsive in the context of Domestic Abuse 3 March, 10:00-16:30 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Supporting parents / carers when their child may have been sexually abused 4 March, 14:00-15:00
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Communicating with children when there are concerns of sexual abuse – for health professionals 10 March, 09:30-16:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Workshop: Supporting Victims & Witnesses 10 March, 09:30-13:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Enquiries and investigations 12 March, 10:00-11:30
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Speaking to children about sexual abuse 17 March, 12:30-13:30
Resolve ASB – Law, Order & Equality: Navigating Crime, Housing and Rights Manchester, 18 March, 09:30-16:00 ££
Resolve ASB – Law, Order & Equality: Navigating Crime, Housing and Rights Manchester, 19 March, 09:30-16:00 ££
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: Hate Crime Awareness 24 March, 09:30-11:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Fiver Friday Webinar – Understanding spiritual abuse 27 March, 12:00-13:00 ££
Westminster Insight – Tackling Stalking Digital Conference 31 March, 09:30-13:15 ££
Resolve ASB – Law, Order & Equality: Navigating Crime, Housing and Rights London, 13 April, 09:30-16:00 ££
Resolve ASB – Advanced Level: Canine Considerations 14 April, 09:30-11:00 ££
Safer Places Training – Professional Practice in Recognising and Responding to Stalking 14 April, 10:00-16:30 ££
Resolve ASB – Law, Order & Equality: Navigating Crime, Housing and Rights London, 14 April, 10:00-16:00 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Online sexual offending: supporting families following arrest of a parent 14 April, 16:00-17:00
Professional Development Group – The Domestic Abuse Conference 2026 21 April, 09:00-16:25 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – Responding to harmful sexual behaviour in education settings 21 April, 16:00-17:00
Resolve ASB – Foundation Level: ASB Case Management 21 & 23 April, 09:30-13:00 ££
Welsh Women’s Aid – Fiver Friday Webinar – Animals and domestic abuse 24 April, 12:00-13:00 ££
Safer Places Training – Understanding children’s experiences of domestic abuse 29 April, 10:00-16:30 ££
Safer Places Training – Understanding Domestic Abuse Training 29 April, 10:00-12:00
Safer Places Training – Recognising & Responding to Sexual Violence: Professional Practice 30 April, 10:00-16:30 ££
Safer Places Training – Effective Safety Planning in Domestic Abuse Practice Training 12 May 10:00-16:30 ££
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Assessment of people presenting risk of sexual harm 21 May, 10:00-11:30
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Talking to children 17 June, 10:00-11:30
Child Sexual Abuse Centre – National Review Workshops: Health 13 July, 13:00-14:30

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
Anti-Slavery Team, Welsh Government – Anti-Slavery online training
Cardiff Council & WISE Kids – Preventing Online Radicalisation: Supporting Parents/Carers and Practitioners, or to assist those working alongside parents and carers help understand the dangers online
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
Welsh Government – Anti-Slavery Wales Online Learning