Special in-person full-day workshop
With Colin Michel, Rachel Ringham, and Luke Billingham

Relational practice is often spoken about in youth safeguarding, but rarely defined. At its heart, it’s about relationships:

• between practitioners and young people

• how young people relate to themselves, their identities, and their communities

• and how professionals, organisations, and sectors work together.

This in-person workshop creates space to explore what makes relational practice possible — and what gets in the way. Through reflection, dialogue, and practical tools, we’ll look at how to nurture awareness, agency, and wellbeing for young people in safeguarding contexts.

Designed for practitioners in youth work, social care, education, health, and beyond, the day combines reflective depth with practical takeaways you can use immediately in your role and organisation.

“The energy we need to create change is not something we own—it is something we participate in. And in this room, it is clear we can create it together.”
— Hartmut Rosa, sociologist, philosopher and political scientist.

How can this idea shape youth safeguarding?

Join Colin and Rachel as we chat about Social Energy, connectedness, resonance and collaboration.