Programme – Day Two
Welcome | 9:30am
Steven Sweeney
Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire & Board convenor, Children in Scotland
Adult Chair | Bio
TBC
Young Person Chair | Bio
Keynote | 9:55am
Seeking safety and sanctuary; self-care in challenging times
Amal Azzudin, Freelancer/Activist | Bio
Description to come.
Keynote | 10:30am
Natalie Don, Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise, MSP/BPA
Keynote topic TBC | Bio
Morning Tea & Exhibition Open
Workshop Session Three | 11am
Five workshops to choose from:
- Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland from Kooth | description
- Towards a more diverse Scotland: elevating young voices Multi-Cultural Family Base from Multi-Cultural Family Base | description
- The Allies Project: supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Guardianship Scotland, Aberlour Children’s Charity | description
- Sharing Young People's Voices and Telling Stories from Braw Talent CIC | description
- Trauma from a child's perspective from With Kids | description
Workshop Session Four | 12:10pm
Five workshops to choose from:
- Neurodivergency and sensory processing: experience our world from Three Sisters Consultancy | description
- Understanding animal abuse and how to intervene with children and young people Scottish SPCA | description
- Suicide prevention and creating hope from the Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group | description
- Paying the Price: the cost to families of imprisonment from Families Outside | description
- Relationship based practice: new online learning from OU and STAF from The Open University in Scotland | description
Lunch & Exhibition Open
Workshop Session Five | 2:20pm
Five workshops to choose from:
- Live Music and Mental Health: exploring co-design approaches from Children in Scotland in partnership with University of Stirling and Scottish Ensemble | description
- SAFE/ IVY: Interventions for children and young people who harm and who have been harmed from Kibble | description
- Taking homelessness prevention upstream: Working together to prevent family and youth homelessness from Rock Trust | description
- Youth leadership: youth-led research & youth governance from OPEN | description
- Incorporating children's rights into an education setting from Firrhill High School | description
Afternoon Tea & Exhibition Open
Keynote | 3:35pm
Dr Alexia Barrable, lecturer in Psychology and Education at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | Bio
Dr Alexia Barrable is a lecturer in Psychology and Education and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Alexia will be speaking about the impact of nature on health and wellbeing throughout our lifespans and exploring the necessity of having access to green spaces to achieve this. Alexia will be meeting with Changing our World (CoW) in the next few weeks, Children in Scotland’s young people’s advisory group, to get their views on the subject and look for ways to incorporate aspects of the topic that resonate most with them in her speech.
Yopa, conference associate sponsors, will be introducing Dr Alexia Barrable’s keynote address
Day Two Conclusion | 3:55pm
Steven Sweeney
Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire & Board convenor, Children in Scotland
Adult Chair | Bio
TBC
Young Person Chair | Bio
Judith Turbyne, CEO Children in Scotland
Closing remarks | Bio
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