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Edward Collins

(See biography)
Regional Officer
Association of School and College Leaders

www.ascl.org.uk
Speakers
Alison O'Brien

(See biography)
Regional Advisor
Anti Bullying Alliance
DAC Rod Jarman

(See biography)

Metropolitan Police Service

http://www.met.police.uk
Ms Aleks Collingwood

(See biography)
Senior Research Analyst
National Centre for Social Research
Julian Stanley

(See biography)
Chief Executive
Teacher Support Network
Julie Young
Regional Manager
Victim Support

www.victimsupport.org
Mark Watson

(See biography)
Inspector
Cheshire Police
Andy Hickson

(See biography)
Director
Actionwork UK

www.actionwork.com
Richard Piggin

(See biography)
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Beatbullying

www.beatbullying.org
Peta Boucher
(See biography)
Youth Programmes Manager
Leap Confronting Conflict

www.leapconfrontingconflict.org.uk
How Best Should We Tackle Bullying, Anti-Social Behaviour And Truancy
This Seminar will be held at The Queens Hotel in Leeds
On Thursday 18th March 2010

Seminar reference BAB/290

MAKING IT SAFE TO LEARN AND SAFE TO TEACH
DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACHES IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
- BETTER PREVENTION; TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT; BETTER VICTIM SUPPORT

How do we develop and deliver most effective approaches to anti-social behaviour, bullying and truancy?
How best do we integrate joined-up approaches in school and community?
What are Government's agenda and expectations?
How prevalent is bullying and how great is the impact on school performance?
How do we achieve more effective partnerships to achieve better prevention and tougher enforcement?
What are the perspectives of the police and other criminal justice agencies?
How best can we tackle cyberbullying, and homophobic, racist, religious and disablist bullying in and out of school?
How should we tackle the serious issues of teachers who are bullied?
How much does bullying cause absenteeism, poor health, poor teaching and shortened careers?
Do we pay too much attention to the perpetrators and not enough to the victims?
How should we develop more effective approaches to identifying, helping and supporting victims?
How best should we work with young people and families to develop a respect for others among young people?
How best should local government provide leadership, guidance and support to tackle the challenges?
How can school leadership and governance be most effective?
How do we develop of peer leadership to create a legacy of preventing violence in schools and streets?
Where can we hope to be in ten years time?


This CPPS seminar brings together key figures from across sectors in the important debate on how to ensure we tackle youth justice more effectively. How best can we achieve a better approach to bullying, anti-social behaviour and truancy in both school and community?

The day encourages brief, focussed presentations followed by engaged discussion by all attending in a relaxed setting. It is hoped that it will make a valuable contribution to taking forward policy and practice on the issues.
The fee for the day's Seminar is £199.00 plus VAT.

GENEROUS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND FOR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.

What People Say About CPPS Children and Justice Seminars

Excellent. Coming up against reality is sometimes a good way to look at new issues. Manager, Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, Wandsworth Borough Council

Excellent presentations and thought-provoking, action-packed abundance of ideas; a very informative, engaging day - Headteacher, Kirklees

Brilliant. Motivating. Like-minded people. Operations Manager, Knowsley Youth Offending Service

Excellent and food for thought, Time to review very welcomed. Excellent chair. All presentations were excellent and informative. The themed approach was useful, as was the time limit on speakers. Safeguarding Officer, Plymouth City Council

Very beneficial for development of subject agenda Deputy Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders Police

An extremely informative and productive day - Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Manchester

Excellent blend of short presentations, group discussion and panel feedback - all presentations informative, well-focussed and interesting - well paced. Thank you! Assistant Director, Derbyshire County Council

Thank you for reminding us that children are people and deserve respect and need to be cared for and about! Good, easily accessible venue. Liked the table format; very good for networking and discussion. Head of Centre, Beacon Children's Centre

Excellent format - opportunities to participate throughout day. Well organised at every level. Area Manager, West Yorkshire Probation

Excellent speakers and chair. One of the best PVE conferences I have attended with high quality speakers and a wide range of attendees. Well done! Chief Inspector, Cambridgeshire Constabulary

An excellent event. I thought the programme and invited speakers were very well put together. All the speakers were great. Combating Hate Crime Co-ordination, Safer Wales

The event has been a brilliant learning experience. It was useful to hear perspectives from various agencies. Youth Voluntary Adviser, Voluntary Centre Westminster

Very good quality and value. Interesting and focussed speakers/venue accessible and comfortable/food excellent/administrative support extremely efficient and pleasant. Presentations were all very interesting and thought provoking - I liked the format of short presentations, time for discussion and time to comment. Senior Policy Adviser, Crown Prosecution Service

I thought the value of the day was huge. All the presentations were very stimulating. Deputy Director, Government Office for the North West

Quality and value were excellent and I particularly enjoyed the discussion time. Student Support Officer, Stoke on Trent College

Very good organisation. High value and opportunities for future networking. All presentations were helpful in expanding horizons. Safer Communities Team, Shropshire County Council

Extremely valuable. Headteacher, Ardstraw School

Excellent speakers - very impressive and interesting. Director, Barnardo's

Very thorough and exceptionally well presented. Excellent. Head of Engagement, Turn2us

Really enjoyable. A good balance of experts on the panel offering a wide range of perspectives. Headteacher, Mill Hill Primary School

It was an excellent forum for forward-thinking people to share and generate ideas - Headteacher, Wigan

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