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Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Preventing Forced Marriage: Evaluating UK efforts to tackle forced marriage domestically and internationally and assessing avenues for improvement which will take place on Thursday, April 10th 2025 between 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM. 

Confirmed Speakers:

• Aneeta Prem MBE, Founder & Trustee of Freedom Charity
• Halaleh Taheri, Founder & Executive Director of Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation (MEWSo)
• Dame Jasvinder Sanghera DBE, Domestic Homicide Review Chair & Independent Advocate for Justice for Harrods Survivors

Programme:

• Understand current trends in forced marriage in the UK and its drivers and evaluate existing police and judicial efforts to tackle it and key challenges in this regard
• Review existing UK legislation and policies relating to forced marriage and child marriage and consider avenues for improvement
• Learn about and assess what the thew new Labour government is doing to tackle forced marriage in the UK and internationally
• Devise mechanisms to better report incidents of child marriage in the UK
• Develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate forced marriage in the UK
• Assess the role that the Forced Marriage in Domestic Legislation Database
• Exchange views on how the UK can learn from and engage with international partners and institutions to improve domestic efforts and strengthen and better coordinate the global fight to tackle forced marriage
• Examine examples of good practice and different approaches to tackling forced marriage internationally

Tuesday, April 29th 2025

Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour: Turning the page on ASB, holding perpetrators to account, and improving support for victims which will take place on  Tuesday, April 29th 2025 between 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM GMT.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Keeva Baxter - Communications and Campaigns Manager at Why me?
• Dave Walker MBE - Director at Calm Mediation
• Dr Rona Epstein - Honorary Research Fellow at Coventry University Law School
• Sarah Davis - Senior Policy and Practice Officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing

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Programme

• Evaluate the drivers of anti-social behaviour and the Labour government’s plans for tackling ASB and explore avenues for improvement
• Assess the impact that new Respect Orders might play in tackling ASB and how to make best use of the new powers
• Exchange views on how best to strengthen the rights of and support provided to victims of ASB and the requirements placed on local authorities, police, and housing providers and other stakeholders to meet their needs
• Develop comprehensive, multi-agency strategies to significantly reduce incidences of ASB
• Exchange best practice on tackling ASB among local authorities, police forces, housing providers, and other stakeholders tasked with tackling ASB
• Implement plans for ensuring victims of ASB are unaware of their rights and know how to access the ASB case review.
• Promote the provision of appropriate training aimed at ensuring that all stakeholders tasked with tackling ASB are able to use the tools and powers available within the ASB Crime and Policing Act correctly and effectively

Understand the wider causes of ASB and the radical socio-economic, cultural and educational reforms required to improve societal behaviours

Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Preventing Forced Marriage: Evaluating UK efforts to tackle forced marriage domestically and internationally and assessing avenues for improvement which will take place on Thursday, April 10th 2025 between 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM. 

Confirmed Speakers:

• Aneeta Prem MBE, Founder & Trustee of Freedom Charity
• Halaleh Taheri, Founder & Executive Director of Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation (MEWSo)
• Dame Jasvinder Sanghera DBE, Commissioner at the National Commission on Forced Marriage UK, Domestic Homicide Review Chair & Independent Advocate for Justice for Harrods Survivors
• Dr Nasreen Rehman, Director of the National Commission on Forced Marriage UK
• Dr Perveez Mody, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Programme:

• Understand current trends in forced marriage in the UK and their drivers 
• Evaluate existing policing and prosecution efforts to tackle forced marriage and key challenges in this regard
• Review existing UK legislation and policies relating to forced marriage and child marriage and consider avenues for improvement
• Learn about and assess what the thew new Labour government is doing to tackle forced marriage in the UK and internationally
• Devise mechanisms to better report incidents of child marriage in the UK  
• Develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate forced marriage in the UK
• Assess the role that the Forced Marriage in Domestic Legislation Database
• Examine examples of good practice and different approaches to tackling forced marriage internationally

This report shares the latest insights on the growing problem of youth recruitment into organised crime, the multifaceted risk factors and opportunities for prevention. It highlights key insights relevant for intervention frameworks and actionable recommendationsThis report shares the latest insights on the growing problem of youth recruitment into organised crime, the multifaceted risk factors and opportunities for prevention. It highlights key insights relevant for intervention frameworks and actionable recommendations.

This paper summarises the findings from an expert meeting on youth recruitment into organised crime held in Brussels on 26 and 27 March 2024. In this meeting, co-organised by EMPACT Cocaine, Cannabis, and Heroin (OA 7.1) and the EUCPN, twenty-one experts, representing 15 EU Member States, the European Commission, and the European Crime Prevention Network, shared the latest insights on the growing problem of youth recruitment into organised crime, the multifaceted risk factors contributing to youth involvement in organised crime, and opportunities for prevention. This report highlights key insights relevant for intervention frameworks and actionable recommendations.

Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Tackling Bullying in Schools: Improving understanding and building environments of prevention which will take place on Tuesday, April 1st 2025 between 9:30 AM — 1:00 PM GMT.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Charlotte Hopkins - Chair at Bullies Out
• Professor Lucy Betts - Professor of Social Developmental Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and Lead the Bullying and Aggressive Behaviour Research Group
• Kamila de Nada - Deputy Clinical Director at Kids Inspire
• Professor Judy Hutchings - Director for Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention at Bangor University
• Robert Higgs - Anti-Bullying speaker, author & acto

Programme

• Understand current trends and drivers of bullying in the UK
• Learn about and assess the new Labour government’s plans for tackling bulling in schools
• Analyse ways to improve teacher training to increase awareness and understanding of bullying in schools.
• Assess current efforts to improve online safety and tackle cyber-bullying
• Explore methods to engage students in youth-led initiatives to address bullying
• Develop strategies to limit the disproportionate impact of school bullying on marginalised groups
• Explore avenues for integrating mental health professionals into educational systems to provide students with necessary support
• Consider how to improve resources and effectiveness of in-school pastoral teams
• Analyse effectiveness of anti-bullying organisations in tackling hate-related bullying
• Integrate respectful interactions and anti-discriminatory behaviours into the school curriculum