Upcoming Events
You can find a list of all bookable events (including district network meetings, conferences and CPD) below.
See our dedicated CPD page for more details on which course best suits your needs.
Managers Let’s Talk: Risk Assessments and the Importance of Risky Play
An online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Risk Assessments and the Importance of Risky Play
DSL Network Sessions - Nov 2024
Nov 2024 DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Choice of date/time - please only attend ONE session.
WM VRP: Working with Trauma in the Early Years
This FREE online training from the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (WM VRP) aims to support practitioners in understanding signs of trauma and how it may present in the early years.
Level: Introductory
Multiple dates throughout the year
WORKSHOP: WellComm Part 2 - What Next?
WellComm Part 2: Tips and good practice for WellComm screening and embedding WellComm into your everyday practice.
This workshop should be taken AFTER you have attended ‘WellComm Part 1: Introduction to Wellcomm’.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2024/25
WORKSHOP: Aiming for a Successful Ofsted Inspection
This free online workshop will support you on your journey towards success at your next Ofsted inspection.
Level: Intermediate
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2024/25
WORKSHOP: WellComm Part 1 - Introduction to WellComm
WellComm Part 1: This free online workshop will enable practitioners to use the WellComm Toolkit within their setting.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2024/25
Online Information Briefing Sessions - 2024/25
Termly online information briefing sessions - hear key messages and updates from partners, projects, and organisations across Birmingham.
DSL Network Sessions - Feb 2025
SAVE THE DATE: Feb 2025 DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Choice of date/time - please only attend ONE session.
Online Network Meeting: In Conversation with Gary Wilson
Termly online network meeting featuring a guest speaker - Spring Term webinar with Gary Wilson exploring the issues around boys' underachievement.
DSL Network Sessions - June 2025
SAVE THE DATE: June 2025 DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Choice of date/time - please only attend ONE session.
Online Network Meeting: In Conversation with Dr Stella Louis
Termly online network meeting featuring a guest speaker - Autumn Term webinar with Dr Stella Louis, talking about partnership with families.
DSL Network Sessions - Sept 2024
SAVE THE DATE: Sept 2024 DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Choice of date/time - please only attend ONE session.
WORKSHOP: WellComm Part 1 - Introduction to WellComm
WellComm Part 1: This free online workshop will enable practitioners to use the WellComm Toolkit within their setting.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
Birmingham Childminder Network - July Meet-up
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: Nurturing Wellbeing
WORKSHOP: WellComm Part 2 - What Next?
WellComm Part 2: Tips and good practice for WellComm screening and embedding WellComm into your everyday practice.
This workshop should be taken AFTER you have attended ‘WellComm Part 1: Introduction to Wellcomm’.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
WORKSHOP: Aiming for a Successful Ofsted Inspection
This free online workshop will support you on your journey towards success at your next Ofsted inspection.
Level: Intermediate
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
Managers Let’s Talk: June 2024
A new online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Preparing for Ofsted
Birmingham Childminder Network - May Meet-up
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: Demystify the language of maths
DSL Network Sessions - May 2024
DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
The May session(s) will be lead by the Birmingham LADO team.
Choice of date/time - please only book on for ONE session.
WORKSHOP: Transition
This free online workshop will explore how to prepare children and their families for a successful transition.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
Managers Let’s Talk: May 2024
A new online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Successful transitions
WORKSHOP: Assessment and Moderation
This free workshop will touch on all assessments in the EYFS; two-year-old progress check, baseline, EYFSP, as well as continuous assessments to support ongoing planning and assessments.
Level: Introductory
WORKSHOP: Extending Vocabulary Through Language-Rich Environments
This free online workshop will enable practitioners to improve their speech, language, and communication practice with self-evaluation tools.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
BCC Briefing: EYFS regulatory changes for childminders
Briefing for Birmingham childminders: Find out about regulatory changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) affecting childminders from January 2024.
DSL Network Sessions - March 2024
DSL Network Session(s) for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
The March session will cover a range of topics and include key safeguarding updates.
Choice of date/time - please only book on for ONE session.
Birmingham Childminder Network Meeting
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: TBC
Managers Let’s Talk: March 2024
A new online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Early Education Entitlement changes
WORKSHOP: Supporting Maths in the Early Years
This free online workshop will cover how you can provide effective support to develop children’s concepts for learning mathematics, in partnership with their parents.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
BCC Briefing: EYFS regulatory changes for group and school-based providers
Briefing for Birmingham group and school-based providers: Find out about regulatory changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) affecting group and school-based providers from January 2024.
Managers Let’s Talk: February 2024
A new online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Wellbeing
Birmingham Childminder Network: Look, Say, Sing, Play
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: NSPCC - Look, Say, Sing, Play
DSL Network Sessions - Dec & Jan 2023
December DSL Network Sessions for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Guest speaker: Recognising the difference between domestic abuse and parental conflict.
Choice of date/time - please only book on for ONE session.
WORKSHOP: Storytelling - Promoting a Love of Books and Stories
This free online workshop will explore ways you can encourage children to develop a love of books and reading, raise practitioners’ confidence in storytelling, and support parents to read with their children.
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
Managers Let’s Talk: December 2023
A new online networking session for Nursery Managers/Early Years Leaders: Managers Let’s Talk!
The topic for this meeting is: Updates to EYFS from January 2024 and staff wellbeing
Birmingham Childminder Network: Role of play
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: Role of play
BSCP Annual Practitioners Conference: Safeguarding Children from Domestic Abuse
SAVE THE DATE: Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership’s Annual Practitioners Conference on Safeguarding Children from Domestic Abuse.
The conference is FREE to attend and targeted at front-line practitioners working with children and families in Birmingham.
Birmingham Virtual School: Attachment, Trauma and Resilience Training
FREE COURSE: Attachment, Trauma and Resilience: The power of connected relationships to promote recovery from trauma and provide the optimum conditions for learning.
Delivered in partnership with Birmingham Virtual School (BVS) & Knowledge Change Action (KCA).
Level: Introductory
WORKSHOP: Working with Families to Support SLC for Children with EAL
This free online workshop will share tools and good practice to develop an inclusive setting for families with English as an additional language (EAL).
Level: Introductory
NEW WORKSHOP DATES for 2023/24
DSL Network Sessions - October 2023
October DSL network sessions for setting managers and Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
Multiple dates/times available - please only book on for ONE session.
Birmingham Childminder Network: Welcome & what’s new?
A regular online networking event for Childminders across Birmingham to meet up, offer peer support and share ideas and information.
The topic for this meeting is: Welcome back & what’s new