Parent Awareness Conference

Protect your child: spot the signs of child exploitation - free conference

This event has been postponed due to the coronavirus. The conference will be rescheduled at a later date and we will update this page with details nearer the time.

In the meantime, you can find information and support on the topics included as part of the conference and more below:


The Canterbury Community Safety Partnership’s free Parent Awareness Conference on 18 March covers everything you need to know about spotting the signs of child exploitation and raises awareness of risks that impact or harm young children who are of transition-age through to those at secondary school age. This event is aimed at parents, teachers or anyone interested in how the next generation is being affected.

The event features several informative and educational sessions looking at child sexual exploitation, knife crime, county lines, gangs, radicalisation and more.

Speakers include St Giles Trust, the University of Kent Child Protection department and KCC Prevent team.

The event will be held at the Sibson Atrium at the University of Kent and is free for anyone to attend. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please contact csu@canterbury.gov.uk.

Published: 16 March 2020

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