Exploitation Awareness Week 2026 – Training Schedule
We have worked with our partners in the VRP to put on a weeks’ worth of awareness raising sessions for parents and carers .
For parents and carers there are sessions such as : Knife Crime & County Lines, building safety
For professionals there are a range of sessions ranging from exploitation and neurodiversity and safety planning within extra familial harm context
| Training Provider | Facilitator(s) | Training Title | Target Audience | Date & Time | How to join |
| West Midlands VRP | Robert Pedley | Building safety for our children & young people | Parents, carers and grandparents | Monday 23rd February 10:00 – 11:00 | To sign-up to this training, please follow this Eventbrite link |
| Catch 22 | – | Knife Crime & County Lines: Understanding the Hidden Link | Parents, carers and grandparents | Monday 23rd February 10:30 – 12:00 | To sign-up to this training, please follow this Eventbrite link |
| Children Heard and Seen | Nazrin Begum | Impacts of Parental Imprisonment linked to County Lines | Parents, carers and grandparents | Monday 23rd February 12:00 – 13:00 | To join this webinar, please follow this Microsoft Teams link |
| West Midlands VRP | Robert Pedley | Building Safety for our Children & Young People | Parents, carers and grandparents | Tuesday 24th February 13:30 – 14:30 | To sign-up to this training, please follow this Eventbrite link |
| Clewer Initiative | Lois Bosatta | Breaking County Lines | Parents, carers, grandparents | Wednesday 25th February 12:30 – 13:30 | To join this webinar, please follow this Microsoft Teams link |
| West Midlands VRP | Robert Pedley | Building Safety for our Children & Young People | Parents, carers and grandparents | Wednesday 26th February 18:00 – 19:00 | To sign-up to this training, please follow this Eventbrite link |
Additional webinars surrounding this awareness week are also included below:
2nd March 17:30 – 19:00 – County Lines Awareness Webinar for Parents/Carers (Catch 22)
Sign up using the following link: County Lines Awareness Webinar for Parents/Carers – Eventbrite
4th March 16:30 – 18:00 – Knife Crime & County Lines: Understanding the Hidden Link (Catch 22, Parents and Carers)
Sign up using the following link: Knife Crime & County Lines – Parents/Carers – Eventbrite
5th March 10:00 – 11:30 – County Lines Awareness Webinar for Parents/Carers (Catch 22)
Sign up using the following link: County Lines Awareness Webinar for Parents/Carers – Eventbrite
