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PIER22: Child Sexual Abuse: Instigating change in practice, partnership and protection

  • Dates: 14 - 15 June 2022, 09:30 - 16:00
  • Cost: Free
  • Venue: Online
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Join the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER)'s annual conference online on 14 June (9.30am-5pm) and 15 June (9.30am-4pm).

Book online at store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-and-events.

PIER's annual conference is an important event that brings together national leads in areas including violence against women and girls, the voice of the victim and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • John O’Brien, Secretary to the Inquiry, IICSA
  • DCC Maggie Blyth, NPCC lead for Violence against Women and Girls
  • DCC Ian Critchley, NPCC Lead for Child Protection
  • Sir Alan Wood CBE
  • Dame Vera Baird, Victims Commissioner
  • Gareth Edwards, Director of Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP), National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)
  • Lorraine Parker, National Policing Vulnerability Coordination Centre
  • Josh MacAlister, Chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care
  • Sara Tough, Director of Norfolk Children’s Services
  • Tom Farrell, Global Head of Safeguarding Alliances at SafeToNet
  • Sarah Blight, Deputy Director CSA Threat and TMT, Threat Leadership Command, National Crime Agency
  • May Baxter-Thornton, Trainer, Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse

You’ll hear the latest updates and strategic thinking on the crucial issues surrounding child sexual abuse and will have the opportunity to discuss key themes on how changes of approach are being driven by prominent strategic leaders, research in practice, frontline practitioners and practice reviews.

If you have any questions, email [email protected]

Find out about PIER's previous annual conferences.

Book online

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  • Dates: 14 - 15 June 2022, 09:30 - 16:00
  • Cost: Free
  • Venue: Online