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SaFest 2026: From risk to resilience

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We would like to invite you to a day of multi-agency learning, reflection and discussion.

Join safeguarding colleagues from across education, health, social care, police, probation, youth services and the voluntary sector for a thought-provoking day focused on understanding vulnerability, strengthening belonging, and creating safer futures for children and young people.

Drawing on lived experience, research, practice insight, and multi-agency perspectives, we’ll explore exploitation, masculinity, online harms, and the role we all play in safeguarding children and young people - both online and in the community.

Keynote speakers
  • Joshua Chisling, County lines, care experiences adult
  • Chloe Gibson-Blackee, The childrens society / Southwest prevention lead
  • Exeter Co-Lab
  • Sophie King-Hill, Associate Professor, Birmingham University Health Services Management Centre
  • Dan Barton, CEO of SPACE* Youth Service DEVON 
  • Amit Kelly, Founder Of “For Working Parents”
  • Dr Bartosz Zaniewski, Head Of Social Work- Plymouth University
  • John James, Service Manager For Devon Youth Justice Service and Devon Links Team 
Conference programme

View the conference programme here

Audience
  • Safeguarding leads and practitioners
  • Education professionals
  • Social workers and Youth Workers
  • Health professionals
  • Community and voluntary sector staff
  • Anyone working with children and young people

 

Pricing

£35 for NON Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership members 

Fully funded for Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership members

Please note

  • For members to have their price to attend reduced to £0, you will need to apply the voucher code at checkout. The code will have been provided to you by the Partnership. To enquire about subsidised places or any other queries - email [email protected].
  • A late cancellation or non-attendance fee may be charged. Our cancellation terms require at least 10 working days notice of a change to your booking. Notifying us of non-attendance within 10 working days of the event may result in the late cancellation or non-attendance fee. Please ensure to contact the Devon Education Services conference team, who are managing the bookings for this event, directly on [email protected] with any changes to your pre-existing booking. 
  • Please note that booking with the booking code and qualifying for a fully funded place does not guarantee a place at the conference. Capacity at the venue is limited so we need to make sure there is a good spread of agency representation across Devon. We will let you know at least two weeks before the event whether you have been allocated a place.
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Product code: CONF-TRN-09005

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