See all 2025 seminar dates and book your place HERE
Regional networks are key to raising the standards of PSHE education, including RSHE, and sharing best practice. This summer, we're holding 8 regional face-to-face PSHE seminars across England.
Uniquely different to our other training and events, our PSHE seminars aim to encourage and grow regional networks where members can share local knowledge and experiences, discuss key topics, ask questions, and make connections with other PSHE colleagues in their region. We will also have a chance to learn about your priority PSHE/RSHE issues and challenges, so we can best support you. You can find all our learning and a full round-up here: Regional Seminars Roundup & Highlights 2024
Join us at our upcoming PSHE seminar in your region to:
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Find the date and location below that is most convenient for you:
| Regional PSHE Seminar | Date | Location | Bookings now open for 2025! |
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Yorkshire & the Humber PSHE Seminar |
Tuesday 3 June 2025 | Leeds | Book your place |
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London PSHE Seminar |
Friday 6 June 2025 | London | Book your place |
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South West PSHE Seminar |
Tuesday 10 June 2025 | Bristol | Book your place |
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East & West Midlands PSHE Seminar |
Monday 16 June 2025 | Birmingham | Book your place |
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North West PSHE Seminar |
Thursday 19 June 2025 | Manchester | Book your place |
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South East PSHE Seminar |
Thursday 26 June 2025 | Ashford | Book your place |
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East of England PSHE Seminar |
Monday 30 June 2025 | Cambridge | Book your place |
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North East PSHE Seminar |
Thursday 3 July 2025 | Newcastle | Book your place |
Time: 13:45 - 17:00 (registration from 13:30 - 13:45)
Agenda: Seminar 13:45-16.30, networking drinks from 16:30 – 17:00
We would be delighted if you would stay and join us for a relaxed networking session at the seminar venue from 16:30-17:00.
Refreshments: Light refreshments will be available as well as networking drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic).
Transport: All venues are central and near a train station and/or paid parking.
Locations: Please attend the most convenient date and location for you from the list above.
Availability: PSHE Association members only. If you're not yet a member, you can join us here for a 12-month Individual membership, School membership or our brand-new School Plus membership.
These events are exclusively for teachers (including PSHE leads) and school staff as well as those from MATs or local authorities that support schools PSHE/RSHE provision.
Payment method: We encourage members to pay by card, however if this is not possible an invoice can be requested when booking.
New to PSHE?
Our regional seminars are a welcoming, supportive space for all members, regardless of their experience or confidence in teaching PSHE education. With a focus on shared learning and making local connections, we invite all members to join us and learn from each other’s experiences, as well as from our expert team.
2.55 – 3.10pm — Quickfire presentations from local PSHE speakers
3.10 – 3.20pm — Break
4.20 – 4.30pm — Closing remarks
4.30 – 5pm — Drinks and networking (alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages served along with light refreshments)
All delegates can attend both of the following workshops at this year’s event and come away with our new teacher guides on both topics:
By now, you’ve probably all heard children and young people in our schools referring to influencers like Andrew Tate. But do you know your Pick-Up Artists from your Men’s Rights Activists? What about Looksmaxxing or Hypergamy? With the rise of ‘manosphere’ rhetoric online, we can quickly feel left behind in the language to look out for, and how to counter narratives that are harmful to both girls and boys.
Delegates will explore (and take away) our new guidance, co-written with experts from the University of York, explaining the latest manosphere trends, myths and language teachers need to be aware of.
This workshop and accompanying guide explore reasons to be concerned, how we can address this learning effectively in the PSHE/RSHE curriculum, and — crucially — how to challenge offensive comments should they arise. Narratives from the manosphere harm everyone — not least boys who are drawn into, and affected by, ever more extreme content. With our workshop and guidance, you can begin to challenge these in a way that keeps everyone in the classroom safe, respected and ready to reflect critically.
Artificial intelligence is presented as a magic bullet for time-poor teachers. And yes, it can prove useful in some respects, but over-reliance on AI can seriously undermine the truly human value you bring as PSHE education/RSHE teachers and leads, or in some cases even lead to unsafe practice.
This workshop will provide practical examples of how AI might support you, and advice on what to avoid, including an exploration of AI’s limitations, and considerable risks, when relied on too much or in ways that play to its weaknesses.
Delegates will also come away with first access to our new practical guide that assesses the benefits and drawbacks of using AI tools in four key areas: (1) PSHE lesson planning, (2) creating assessments, (3) supporting accessibility and (4) analysing data. This includes essential top-tips to help you get the best out of AI tools (should you choose to use them) and how to avoid likely pitfalls which can make learning unsafe.
Saima Nazir-Desforges, Co-Lead Children, Young People & Families Public Health Team, City of Doncaster Council
Saima has worked in the Public Health team at Doncaster Council since 2018, focusing on improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people. She has previously coordinated the local Healthy Settings Award and currently oversees the local Pupil Lifestyle Survey. Saima also led Doncaster’s local work during the implementation of statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), and is currently working with schools to re-engage them in this area following post-pandemic challenges. Her work is rooted in a commitment to using data and partnership to create meaningful, practical improvements in education and health.
Ayla Malik, Director of Personal Development, Leeds City Academy
Ayla is dedicated to fostering the holistic growth of students by delivering a comprehensive curriculum that supports their social, emotional, and personal development. She works closely with parents to ensure clear communication and understanding of the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum, providing guidance and resources to support their involvement. Ayla also actively champions the needs of EAL learners, tailoring approaches to ensure inclusive access and meaningful participation in all lessons.
Kirsty Blenkins, Evidence & Policy Lead and Deputy Chief Executive, Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH)
Kirsty leads on developing and delivering a programme of evidence and policy work. She co-produces toolkits, good practice guidance, and resources to aid commissioning and evaluation of children and young people’s services. Kirsty has many years of experience in children’s and young people’s health and wellbeing, both in Government and in the voluntary sector. Kirsty previously worked for the Department for Health and Social Care, Public Health England, and the National Treatment Agency, specialising in young people’s substance misuse provision, leading on prevention and specialist provision for under-18s.
Zoe Barkhammanlow & Liz Spendlove, Education Advisors, Health & Wellbeing, Croydon Education Partnership
Liz and Zoe have worked together for almost three years and their ambition is to make Croydon a hub for educational wellbeing with RSHE at its heart.
They have engaged with building an innovative and flexible offer to schools based on bespoke data gathered from an ambitious public health survey programme, but at the same time ensuring that their support is pragmatic, accessible and always has the child at its heart. Working in one of the most diverse boroughs in the country they are also part of a wider drive to improve equality and to help schools negotiate some of the challenges they face in dealing with 21st century challenges.
David Wright, Health & Wellbeing Team Leader, Hackney Council
David is the Health & Wellbeing Team Leader at Hackney Council, and manages the condom distribution scheme for City and Hackney. The Health and Wellbeing Team supports the teaching of PSHE education, including RSHE, for all children and young people ages 5-19 (and up to age 25 for young people with SEND) in Hackney and The City of London. Before this David was the Outreach Lead for Homerton Sexual Health Services where he also worked as a health care assistant, he also holds a qualification in Psychodynamic Counselling.
Caroline Jewell, SEN Advisor for Special Partnership Trust
Caroline has worked within SEN education for over 30 years and prior to her current post led an outstanding special school in Cornwall. She currently works as the SEN Advisor for the Special Partnership Trust. Based in the South West of England, the trust is made up of ten SEN schools and Area Resource Bases (ARBs).
The Trust champions a collaborative and innovative approach to PSHE education. This year, Caroline and her Trust colleagues have actively focused on enhancing the PSHE Association SEND framework to meet the needs of their learners.
Charlotte Harding, Personal Development Lead at The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton
Charlotte has been a teacher for 30 years and has held many varied roles, including Head of Year, Head of Department and Assistant Principal. Nothing has inspired her as much as her current role as Personal Development Lead at The Khalsa Academy, Wolverhampton, where she has based for 10 years and acting as PSHE Lead for the past 5 years. She values learning as much as possible about the PSHE curriculum, and champions a whole-school approach to how PSHE is planned and delivered to students. Charlotte's favourite part of her role is hearing students say they feel more comfortable with an idea or a situation following a PSHE lesson which allowed them space to discuss and learn alongside others.
Tom Waldron, Drugs, Alcohol and Risk-Taking Behaviour Lead for Manchester Healthy Schools
Tom has extensive experience in education and works closely with schools to support high-quality PSHE delivery. His role focuses on helping young people make informed, healthy choices around substance use, peer influence, and risk-taking. With a background in education and public health, Tom collaborates with teachers, health professionals, and local services to ensure PSHE is relevant, evidence-based, and impactful. He also provides training and resources to build staff confidence in addressing sensitive, relevant topics. Tom is passionate about early intervention and supporting schools to promote resilience, wellbeing, and positive decision-making.
Niamh Roberts, Mental Health Lead for Manchester Healthy Schools
Niamh supports Manchester schools with their whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing and supports schools to ensure that this is embedded within their PSHE curriculum.
Prior to working at Manchester Healthy Schools, she worked as an Education Mental Health Practitioner within a Mental Health Support team. Niamh's passions and expertise lie within early identification and prevention of mental health difficulties. She believes that effective knowledge and education for pupils, staff and parents/carers in relation to mental health supports with prevention of poor mental health by helping to normalise certain feelings, creating an open dialogue of talking about mental health and raising awareness of how to access support if needed. Throughout her career, Niamh has realised the importance of educating children and young people about mental health and wellbeing, and is passionate about its place in the PSHE curriculum.
Sam Richardson, Public Health Trainer & PSHE Lead, Public Health at Blackpool Council
Sam is an experienced practitioner, proudly working in his hometown of Blackpool in the public sector. Previous roles include extensive youth and community work relating to addressing health inequalities and social determinants of health, with deliberative and participative approaches to policy and research underpinning his work.
Sam has also played an integral role in supporting organisations to utilise participatory and deliberative approaches to system and service design/redesign and research and policy, including being invited on to the National Institute for Health & Care Research Underserved Communities Programme Board.
Dr Andrew McKechnie, Healthy Schools Programme Manager for East Sussex School Health Service and Children’s Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service
and Elizabeth Latter, Health Improvement Specialist for East Sussex School Health Service
Andrew and Elizabeth oversee the Healthy Schools Programme for East Sussex schools and therapy universal offers to schools. Andrew has presented workshops and keynotes at number of regional and national conferences around PSHE. His previous roles include senior leader at a TES award winning Primary school, PSHE lead and PSHE hub lead.
Elizabeth has 20 years of primary teaching and PSHE leadership across schools, MATs and local PSHE hubs. Her current role supports schools and young people with health and wellbeing, including leading on PSHE CPD across the county.
Sofie Wheeldon, Manager & Named Safeguearding Lead for Children, Child Health Programme, Medway Council
Sofie has worked within Medway Public Health Directorate for 16 years. She has a strategic responsibility for health intervention programmes for children aged 5-19 years. Sofie has a wealth of experience in engaging partners, implementing, and coordinating health projects across a range of settings including schools.
She is the local authority PSHE lead for Medway, supporting Medway schools with their PSHE provision for the last ten years and providing governance, guidance, training, and curriculum support to leads,
teachers, governors and SLT.
Sofie has a number of volunteer roles which include UKPHR Assessor and Mentor and a board trustee for the PSHE Association, supporting national decisions for education and ensuring accountability from the
Association.
Alice Ndiaye, Inclusion Adviser, Communities and Partnerships – REDI (Relocation, Ethnic Diversity and Integration)
With over 25 years of experience in education, Alice worked extensively as a teacher and on impactful initiatives such as Study Support, Healthy Schools, and the PATHS social and emotional learning programme. Her career has been driven by a deep commitment to supporting the holistic development of children and young people.
Currently, she serves as an Inclusion Advisor within Norfolk County Council’s Communities and Partnerships team, where she supports schools and professionals working with children, young people, and their families. Her focus areas include Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), and is proud to be the local lead for Schools of Sanctuary. Through this work, she contributes to the Norfolk ambition that all children flourish and feel welcome, safe, and included in their schools and communities.
She is passionate about creating inclusive cultures, curriculums and environments where every child can thrive, and continues to champion collaborative approaches that strengthen educational and community outcomes.
Second speaker for East of England coming soon!
Speakers for North East coming soon!