Annual Safeguarding Conference 2024
The Pillars of Safe Organisations in 2024
Wednesday 16 October 2024
BMA House, Tavistock Square, WC1H 9JP
9.00am - 4.30pm
9.00am
Registration and coffee
9.50am
Introduction
David Smellie (Partner and Head of the Safeguarding Unit, Farrer & Co).
10.00am
Keynote speech
The Pillar of Culture: Marcus Erooga (Independent Sexual Abuse and Safeguarding Consultant) - Where we were, where we are now and where we need to go.
10.20am
Panel of Ambassadors
The Pillar of Partnership: How we can effectively incorporate our young people’s voices, in creating safer organisations, facilitated by Veryan Exelby (Senior Counsel, Farrer & Co) with input from a panel of ambassadors, Paul Bambrough (Principal, The Purcell School), Richard Watson (Senior Safeguarding Manager, England and Wales Cricket Board), and Christina Shevill (Programme and Girl Voice Lead, Girlguiding).
11.00am
FarrersEd Talk
The Pillar of Culture: Katie Fudakowski (Partner, Farrer & Co) - Fostering Tolerance: When protected characteristics collide.
11.10am Morning refreshment break
11.30am
Breakout sessions
Breakout one: Dr Nathan Eisenstadt and Alice Clarke (Kindling Transformative Interventions) - Stepping up to the duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace: a practical taster on bystander intervention for workplace culture change, with Kindling Transformative Interventions.
Breakout two: Leah Morris and Steve Shaw (Wyndham James Consultancy) - Fostering safety and wellbeing in your organisation: Embracing diversity in the boardroom.
Breakout three: Veryan Exelby (Senior Counsel, Farrer & Co) - Case study: Safety planning: demystifying safety plans and risk assessments.
Breakout four: Maria Strauss (Partner, Farrer & Co) and Elizabeth Melville (Barrister, Old Square Chambers) - Practical tips on conducting a robust, trauma informed investigation.
12.30pm Lunch
1.45pm
Keynote speech
The Pillars of Governance and Accountability: Dr Simon Camby (Group Chief Education Officer, Cognita) - How effective governance directly impacts organisational culture.
2.05pm
Session
The Pillar of Empowerment: Charlie Herbert (Director Countryside Centre, Radley College) and Al Fagan (Countryside Centre Partnership Assistant, Radley College) – Breaking down barriers and levelling the playing field.
2.25pm
Breakout sessions
As above.
3.25pm
Guest Speaker
Nicola Benedetti CBE (Founder and Artistic Director, The Benedetti Foundation).
3.35pm
Panel of Experts
4.15pm
FarrersEd Talk
The Pillar of Transparency: Owen O’Rorke (Partner, Farrer & Co) - Low-Level Concerns part two: Developing and implementing a low level concerns approach in your organisation.
4.25pm
Closing comments
David Smellie (Partner, Head of the Safeguarding Unit, Farrer & Co).