Learning & events for forums
Our upcoming learning and events for parent carer forums, from online learning sessions to the national Contact and NNPCF conference.
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Upcoming events/Online learning sessions
Grants online learning session
Taking place on Wednesday 25th March 2026 from 12:00 to 13:00 via Zoom the grants team and Parent Participation Operations Lead and Regional Adviser Olivia Newbolt guide you through the grant application and monitoring process providing helpful hints on how best to complete your application and monitoring forms and outlining any changes that have been made to the process this year.
When: Wednesday March 25th 2026 12:00 to 13:00
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8nisS80LQ2-su-QdmXDrfA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Please note if you are unable to attend on the day, a recording of the session along with relevant documents will be available within a few days on our Resource Pages.
Leading your forum Training programme
We’re delighted to be running another Leading your forum Training programme. The training will start on the Monday 23rd February 2025 from 9:30 to 12:30 and will continue for 5 further sessions so 6 sessions in total.
Please book your place by emailing [email protected] and do include any accessibility issues so we can assist with accessing the sessions. The link will be sent to participants a few days before the training.
Please make sure you can attend all 6 sessions prior to booking. Places are limited to two parent carers per forum with a total of 20 places available. Please ask your forum chair to authorise your place before booking.
Each of the 6 sessions will all run on zoom on Monday mornings from 9.30am to 12.00 :
- 23rd Feb
- 2nd March
- 9th March
- 16th March
- 23rd March
- 30th March
This training is suitable for:
- New Chairs, Co-Chairs or Directors of Forums or those who are looking to refresh or develop their Leadership skills
- Forums who are looking at succession planning and want to develop someone from your team into a leadership role
- Anyone interested in understanding leadership in your area
This training will be presented by Lara Roberts and Fazilla Amide and will:
- increase your understanding of key principles and theories of effective leadership
- provide useful tools and strategies to take back to your steering group or management committee
- offer a unique opportunity to network with other Forum leaders, discuss challenges and opportunities
- share ideas and experiences of what works
Participants will need to commit to all 6 sessions although we understand if something crops up at the last minute that prevents you attending one.
Ideally, you will attend with your Vice-Chair, Deputy or whoever is ready to take the next step up. Please make sure you can attend all sessions prior to booking. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Places are limited to two people per parent carer forum and there are only 20 places so early booking is essential.
Please book your place by emailing [email protected] and do include any accessibility issues so we can assist with accessing the sessions. The link will be sent to participants a few days before the training.
Future online learning
Further upcoming online learning sessions are regularly updated here as they become available. Please note that further information and resources for forums along with recently recorded online learning sessions are available on our Resource Pages.
Please email [email protected] ASAP if you would like to make us aware of any accessibility issues, so that we can assist your access to a session.
After registering for a session, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting – as this is an automated email please check your ‘clutter’ or ‘spam’ folder where this email may be redirected.
Please note if you are unable to attend on the day, recordings of sessions along with relevant documents will be available shortly after the session on our Resource Pages.
2024-25 Conference
The Contact & NNPCF Joint in-person Conference took place on Tuesday 4th February 2025 at the Mercure Northampton. This event was really well attended. See the Highlights film from the day.
November 2024-25 Contact & NNPCF Joint Virtual Conference Recordings.
The Contact and NNPCF Joint Virtual Conference took place on Wednesday 20th November 2024. Recordings from sessions on the day are now available on our dedicated Conference page.
2023-24 Joint face to face Conference recordings now available
The 2023-24 Contact & NNPCF joint face to face Conference took place on 29th February 2024 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Recordings from sessions on the day and a highlights film are now available on our dedicated Conference page.
2023-24 Virtual Conference Recordings now available
We’re happy to share recordings from the November 2023 Contact & NNPCF Joint Virtual Conference, which took place across 14, 15, and 16 November. See our dedicated conference page.
Further upcoming online learning sessions will be updated here as they become available. Please note that further information and resources for forums along with recently recorded online learning sessions are available on our Resource Pages.
2022-23 Face-to-face conference recordings now available
The face-to-face conference took place on 28th February 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton in Bristol City Centre. Many thanks to all of those who joined us in person and those who joined us via the live stream. The face-to-face conference included presentations from key partners including the Department for Education, Ofsted and NHS England. In addition, there was a Q&A panel and a workshop session to co-produce policy areas.
We are happy to share recordings of the conference sessions and relevant presentations. You can view these on our dedicated conference page.
New to online learning?
An online learning session is a presentation live on the internet. You will be able to hear presentations live, follow the slides and ask or submit questions for the presenters to answer.
You will need a home computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone. It’s possible to join via telephone, although you won’t be able to see the presentation or submit questions.
Past online learning
Visit out resources page to view past online learning sessions which cover a range of topics