Barnardo’s Education Community is offering a free online CPD package to help school staff better understand and respond to Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA). This layered learning programme includes a pre-recorded session on the national picture and trauma-informed approaches, followed by two live sessions focusing on reflective practice, practical resources, and staff wellbeing.
Ideal for pastoral teams, safeguarding leads, SENDCos, and senior leaders, this training supports a whole-school approach to improving attendance and emotional wellbeing.
📅 Upcoming sessions:
13 May, 15 May, and 13 June 2025.
The UK education charity SINCE 9/11 has launched a new series of free webinars aimed at supporting educators to navigate the complex and sensitive topics of extremism, radicalisation, and online influence. Developed in partnership with the UCL Institute of Education, this series forms part of the charity’s wider mission to empower schools with high-quality resources and training to help young people build resilience, understanding, and critical thinking in today’s world.
The webinars offer timely insights into current and emerging challenges, including the role of social media, gaming platforms, AI, and mixed-influence ideologies in the radicalisation of young people. Each session is led by leading researchers and practitioners in the field.
All Causes and None At All – Understanding Developments in Mixed-Influence Extremism (7 May 2025)
Work for Idle Thumbs? – Violent Extremism, AI, and 3D Printing (10 June 2025)
Game On – How Extremists and Terrorists Use Online Gaming for Radicalisation (9 July 2025)
Antisocial Behaviour – Violent Extremist Use of Social Media Platforms (25 September 2025)
These webinars are open to teachers, safeguarding leads, and all professionals working with young people. They provide a valuable opportunity to deepen your understanding, stay informed about new trends, and strengthen your school's safeguarding response.
👉 For more information and to register, visit:
https://since911.com/education-programme/since-9-11-webinar-series
A recent government report titled "The Role of Key Workers in Supporting Children and Young People with Experience of Serious Youth Violence" examines how key workers assist youths affected by serious violence. Key workers are identified as trusted professionals coordinating support across services like health, education, and youth justice.
The report concludes that effective key worker support can lead to reduced offending, improved emotional regulation, and better engagement with education and employment opportunities.
Read more about the report here.
This edition includes key updates from Bristol’s Reducing Parental Conflict (RPC) programme, including:
Closure of the Supporting Inter-Parental Communication Project to new referrals (ongoing support until August)
Continued RPC funding secured for 2025–26
Free training dates for professionals (May & October)
Online tools and resources for families, including digital courses, toolkits, and animations
Communication strategies like the Speaker Listener Technique
New resources for separated families and professionals supporting them
Strut Safe is a free, volunteer-led phone service providing reassurance and support to individuals walking alone at night. Operating across the UK, trained volunteers stay on the line with callers until they reach their destination safely. Founded to promote safer public spaces, Strut Safe offers a non-judgmental, confidential, and supportive service for anyone feeling vulnerable.
For more information or to access support, visit https://strutsafe.org.
Yuno is a newly commissioned sexual health service providing free, confidential, and easily accessible support for individuals across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Developed in partnership with the NHS and not-for-profit organisations, Yuno offers a streamlined approach to sexual health care, combining digital innovation with expert clinical support.
Through Yuno’s online platform and local clinics, individuals can access a range of services, including:
STI testing and treatment
Contraception, including emergency contraception for those under 25
Free condoms
Professional advice and support through telephone and in-person appointments
Health promotion and outreach for those most at risk of poor sexual health outcomes
By providing a clinically supported digital ‘front door’, Yuno ensures timely, trusted, and high-quality care for those who need it.
For more information or to access services, visit Yuno.
This is a training designed to have an increased understanding of what parental conflict is and the impact on children, and how we can work with parents to reduce this. Read more and book here.
The National Crime Agency has launched a campaign to combat the threat posed to teenage boys by financially motivated sexual extortion - a type of online blackmail widely known as 'sextortion'. The campaign has been launched today (20 March) and will feature on social media channels including Instagram, Reddit and Snapchat.
Beyond Therapy Festival of Activism Against Child Sexual Abuse is hosted by The Green House, as part of Upfront Survivors.
The festival is set up to challenge attitudes toward child sexual abuse and re-imagine our society’s existing response, by combining research, arts and activism.
You're invited to join on Tuesday 18th March to participate in our community of strong and emerging voices. We believe we can use our collective power to initiate change.
The festival will be held at Watershed, Bristol for up to approximately 300 people and will include:
📢 Panel discussions
🤝 Practice based workshops
📝 Contributions from young survivors of child sexual abuse and their families
This day is being planned to be a positive, creative, and joyful space focussed on the needs of young people and families – the Festival of Activism is an inclusive community-based response to child sexual abuse.
Join us for the Tips for Trauma-Informed Practice from Lived Experience workshop—a unique opportunity to learn directly from care-experienced young people in Bristol.
Taking place on Monday, 12th May at the Mazi Project in Bedminster, this interactive session shares real-life experiences and practical insights into trauma-informed practice across services like care, mental health, autism pathways, housing, and parenting support.
Developed over three years, this impactful workshop has trained professionals in health services, Barnardo’s, and the Vanguard for Integrated Care.
Film Launch ‘What’s the Taboo for you?’
Highlighting the different stigmas of mental health in racialised communities. An event designed by young people to share their key messages about mental health.
Date: Thursday 10th April 2025
Venue: EP1, Frenchay Campus, UWE Bristol
Time: Registration from 9.30am, start 10am - 2:30pm
Join us for a fun and interactive workshop where young people aged 11-20 have the chance to share ideas and shape the future of education.
What don't you like about what you're taught at school or college? What do you like? How could it be better?
11-20 year olds in England are invited to join our youth-led interactive workshop to share what you think about your education and make real change to what we are taught and how we are assessed (e.g. exams and coursework).
If under 16 you must be with a parent or legal guardian.
‘The Clothesline’ project aims to give a voice to the voiceless, promote healthy and inclusive conversations about youth violence and the impact it has on society. The intention is to steer away from the focus of knives and criminality and refocus on productive conversations around ways to reduce violence, increase youth wellbeing and share young people’s testimonies.
Contents:
KBSP/Safeguarding in Education Team Updates
To celebrate Young Carers Action Day, Bristol and South Gloucestershire Young Carers Service in partnership with Creative Youth Network are holding an event for young people attending Bristol secondary schools on 2nd April.
Materials and links for education professionals for the Term's safeguarding updates on the following:
A series of short animated videos to support training, continuing professional development, learning resources on the curriculum and general awareness raising.
The Department for Education are seeking your views on seeking your views on whether the revised 'Use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventions in schools' guidance. Closes 29 April 2025
In light of the current rise in cases within Bristol we have compiled some useful information and advice around the measles outbreak for education settings.
This includes a letter to send to parents/carers reassuring communities around vaccinations.
