Children in Scotland welcomes submissions for 2025 conference

03 October 2024

Children in Scotland has called for workshop submissions for its 2025 Annual Conference.  

Taking place from 28-29 May in Glasgow, the renowned children’s sector conference will take on theme of ‘Making space for voices’, covering a range of topics like UNCRC Incorporation, children and young people’s mental health, equality, diversity and inclusion and education and learning, as well as a special focus on The Promise, which is now halfway into its 10-year plan.  

The conference team are now welcoming workshop submissions until 15 November 2024. Workshops are free to host and a fantastic opportunity to engage a broad range of professionals working with children across Scotland.  

In 2024, their annual conference included 25 workshops on a diverse range of topics, including everything from supporting distressed behaviour in school, a day in the life of a young carer and digital health and wellbeing, to understanding animal abuse by children and young people and how to intervene.  

Previously the team have leaned toward workshops that feature children and young people’s voices and have a strong interactive or dynamic element, but they welcome workshops of all types to apply. They are seeking a wide range of possible event hosts, from a variety of backgrounds and are keen to see people with lived experience taking part.  

Conference workshops will this year feature alongside an exciting and developing programme, which already includes keynotes from Juliet Harris, Director of Together, speaking out UNCRC incorporation, and Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive Officer of The Promise Scotland, on progress The Promise has made and what still needs to be done by 2030.   

Fiona Duncan, Independent Strategic Advisor of The Promise and Chair of the Board of Directors, and Nicola Killean, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, will both taking up chairing roles during the two-day event.  

Further to workshop submissions, early bird bookings are now open, with all information and tickets available by visiting www.childreninscotland.org.uk/AC25