Events

CPAG Training courses

Date: 1st September 2018 to 1st November 2019
Time: Various
Location: Various

The Child Poverty Action Group is holding a series of training events on a wide range of topics including a session on the welfare system and its impact on children, young people and families.

Using the law to advance rights: Overcoming barriers and creating opportunities

Date: 22nd November 2018
Time: 2pm - 4.45pm
Location: Mackenzie Building, 172 High Street, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh EH1 1QX

Clan Childlaw, Human Rights Consortium Scotland and Amnesty International are holding a conference which aims to explore the opportunities and challenges organisations face when using the law and courts to advance rights.

Shakti Women's Aid: Domestic Abuse and BME Women, Children, and Young People

Date: 29th November 2018 to 30th November 2018
Time: 9:30 am – 4:30pm / 9:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Norton Park Conference Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY

Shakti Women’s Aid is holding an awareness training about domestic abuse in Scotland for practitioners and interested individuals. The training will cover the following areas:

PINS talks: Love

Date: 3rd December 2018
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: The Teacher Building, 14 Saint Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB

Is there a place for love in our professional relationships with children and young people?

Celebrating 50 years of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

Date: 5th December 2018
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Central Hall, 2 West Tollcross, Edinburgh, EH3 9BP

Social Work Scotland and the Scottish Government are hosting an event to launch a series of research papers marking 50 years of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Rights of the Child UK (ROCK) - Annual Conference 2018

Date: 12th December 2018
Time: 9:30am - 3.30pm
Location: Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AP

Rights of the Child UK (ROCK) is holding a conference to explore how domestic law can be used to progress the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child across the four nations and UK-wide.

Talking About Tomorrow - Preparing Parents and Carers For Transition

Date: 13th March 2019
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Location: Scottish Youth Theatre, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, G1 1TF

Contact, Lead Scotland, Gillespie Macandrew and ARC Scotland are holding a conference for parents and carers of young adults with disabilities and learning difficulties which aims to provide information and support about transitions.