CYCJ’s National Youth Justice conference takes place in Stirling on June 11 and 12, 2025 and the theme is ‘Childhood, Safeguarding and the Children’s Hearings System’. We have some excellent keynote speakers lined up who will help us to explore complex practice issues such as Contextual Safeguarding and Child Criminal Exploitation. With significant reforms to the Children’s Hearings System already underway, we will address some of the challenges and opportunities when it comes to supporting children in conflict with the law.
Speakers include:
Day 1:
- Natalie Don-Innes, MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Scottish Government
- Professor Carlene Firmin, Professor of Social Work, Durham University
- Nicole Savage, Senior Officer, North Lanarkshire Council
- Stuart Allardyce, Director Lucy Faithfull Foundation Scotland / Chair of NOTA
- Neil Hunter, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
- Charles Rocks, Head of Children, Families and Justice (Depute Chief Social Work Officer), Dumfries & Galloway Council
Day 2:
- Dr Grace Robinson, Founder and Director of Blackbox Research and Consultancy
- Sharon McIver, Director of Criminal Exploitation UK, Action for Children
- Donna McEwan, Practice Development Advisor, The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ)
- DI Craig Thomson, Risk & Concern Unit Manager, Public Protection Unit, Police Scotland
- Ross Gibson, Practice Development Advisor, CYCJ
- Orielle Taylor, Senior Development Officer, Youthlink Scotland
- Pamela Morrison, Practice Development Advisor, CYCJ
Please find here the programme of the National Youth Justice Conference 2025 – Programme
We are now sold out for conference tickets, but if you would like to be added to our waiting list, please email us.
Please email cycj@strath.ac.uk for more information.