Upcoming Events
In this section you will find information about upcoming sector and cross sector events which might be of interest in respect of the work you do with young people who are disaffected or excluded from school. Information about upcoming events organised by PINS can be accessed from the Our Events section.
Emotional Wellbeing in Schools
9 September. Twilight meeting of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Scottish Branch followed by AGM. Glasgow. Speakers Dr Chris Williams, Prof. of Psychosocial Psychiatry and Hon. Consultant Psychiatrist, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, and Dr Christabel Boyle, Specialty Registrar in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dumfries and Galloway NHS. For more information go HERE
The Child’s Curriculum
11th September. A one day event with speakers including Dr Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland; Detective Chief Superintendent John Carnochan, Head of Violence Reduction Unit, Glasgow; and Alan Sinclair of the Work Foundation. Discussing the value of early childhood education and care, with a particular focus on the implications for future practice and policy in Scotland. Edinburgh, Saturday 11th September. For more go HERE
Improving Children’s Services in Scotland Conference
14 September, 2010, Edinburgh. This interactive forum aims to bring together leading experts and practitioners to identify and put in place revised strategies to strengthen children’s services and improve outcomes for all children and young people. (meeting the GIRFEC agenda). Cost for a charity, £195 plus VAT. For more information go HERE
NEW - Supporting children and young people with diabetes and other long term conditions in school
16 September, Clydebank. A conference for education and health professionals. The programme includes workshops and speakers. There is no delegate fee. Closing date for registrations is Monday 6 September. For more information download the pdf document HERE
NEW - Child neglect – Challenges and Dilemmas
21st September, Aberdeen. North East of Scotland Child Protection Committee event. Speakers include Professor David Howe, the Children’s Commissioner Tam Baillie, and Dr Elizabeth Myerscough. For more information go HERE
NEW - It’s up to Youth
Scottish Peer Education Network event to demonstrate the advantages of Peer Education, 29th September, Stirling. For more information download the pdf document HERE
NEW - Children’s Rights: Spice them up
This one-day special guest workshop for practitioners gives participants a toolbox of training methods for use with children and young people to raise awareness of their rights. 8th October, Edinburgh For more go HERE
NEW - Everything but the house: The Youth Homelessness Prevention Conference
13 October Edinburgh. Finding ways to prevent youth homelessness has never been more important. For more about this Scottish Council for Single Homeless event go HERE
Our voices, our health: Young people in public health research
27 October, 2010, London. This is a free conference for adults and young people,. To find out more, go HERE
Youth Voices: National Youth Work Week Conference and Youthlink Scotland AGM
Edinburgh, 3 November 2010. This event links into Curriculum for Excellence and pupil inclusion. For more information go HERE
NEW - Children in Scotland Annual Conference
4th/5th November Stirling.On the theme of ‘Wealth of a nation: Building smarter services for Scotland’s children and young people’ Speakers include Richard Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham Peter Moss, Professor in Early Childhood Provision, Thomas Corum Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, Richard Holloway, Chair, Sistema Scotland. For more go HERE
NEW - Mental health and school readiness – do we know what we need to know?
8 November, 2010, Glasgow. This aims to raise awareness of recent research findings from Scotland and further afield and of current service developments. There will be a specific focus on the ways we can use data to support evidence based policy and practice both at national and local level. Target audience includes community and voluntary sectors working in early years services or primary schools.’ To find out more email: earlychildhoodmentalhealth@shsevents.co.uk
NEW - National Anti-Bullying Week 2010
Takes place from Monday 15 to Friday 19 November, and is designed to raise awareness of anti-bullying initiatives among children, young people and adults across the UK and Ireland. To mark the event Scotland’s anti-bullying service respectme are launching a national competition based around the theme, 'what bullying means to me'. Schools and youth groups across Scotland will shortly be receiving their competition packs and the deadline for all entries is Friday 8 October. Find out more about the week and competition HERE
NEW - Getting it Right for Early Years
11th November, Edinburgh. The Scottish Pre-school Play Association’s National Conference has an emphasis on GIRFEC. The programme aims to improve outcomes for children by promoting an approach that builds solutions with and around children and families. For further information email mags.harwood@sppa.org.uk
NEW - respectme annual conference
Taking place on 16 November in Glasgow. Speakers include Adam Ingram, Minister for Children and early Years and Heather Gray Director of Who Cares? Scotland. The conference will feature children and young people in workshops and sharing experiences. The conference will also see the launch of the Scottish Government’s National Approach to Bullying. For more go HERE