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The NBSCCCI will host its National Safeguarding Conference on the 3rd, 4th and 5th September 2025 in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone, County Westmeath.

The theme of this conference is 'Towards a Restorative and Transitional Justice process of Engagement with Victims and Survivors of Abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland’.  

The registration desk opens at 1:00pm on Wednesday the 3rd September 2025.

The Conference Programme will be shared when finalised and will include inputs from academic researchers in this area, Church Bodies who have implemented processes of engagement, and some of the victims and survivors who have participated in them.  This rich montage of knowledge and expertise will inform the future developments in this important area of our work.

The registration for the Conference is €200, whether you attend for 1, 2, or all 3 days.  This flat rate ensures access to all sessions, networking opportunities, and materials for the duration of your participation.  We encourage attendees to join for the full three days to maximise the experience, but the fee remains the same for shorter attendance.

Attendance at this Conference is open to Constituent Members of the NBSCCCI and their representatives, together with invited guests. 

Towards Healing in partnership with the Archdiocese of Dublin and the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) are delighted to bring you this free workshop which is designed for those in Church Leadership, Designated Liaison Officers, Safeguarding Officers, and members of congregations within the Catholic Church working with Survivors of childhood clerical or religious abuse.

The workshop aims to deliver essential knowledge on trauma, its psychological and psychosocial impacts, and practical strategies for grounding and self-regulation.

Join us for this essential training to enhance your knowledge and skills in trauma-informed practice.

Towards Healing is a free and confidential counselling and support service for survivors of childhood clerical or religious abuse in Ireland. Funded by the Catholic Church, it provides professional and trauma-informed therapy and support to individuals who have experienced abuse within Church settings.

Places are limited to 50. However, Towards Healing are committed to providing similiar training online or on site over the coming months.

THIS EVENT IS FREE 

In order to support Church Authorities to build or review Data Protection and Retention polices in line with up to date legislation and best practice we have sourced a training that looks at building or reviewing your policies. Laura Fannin will deliver the training. Laura is a partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes Solicitors.

The training day focuses on understanding:

• DATA sharing and retention principles with specific emphasise on the Church.
• To provide information on complying with best practice in the sharing, storage and protection of data and sensitive data.
• To emphasis best practice in the destruction of data, including policies on period of retention for particular classes of information.
• Consequences of noncompliance with data protection.
• Data access rights.

This day is for Church authorities, DLPs, Leaders and those involved in the creation, review and updating of DATA protection policies and procedures.

The cost for this training is 100 euro per person.

This training is designed for people who have recently taken on the role of Designated Liaison Person or Deputy DLP, or who have never been able to attend role specific training before. It will be co-facilitated by an experienced DLP and it covers the following areas:

• Clarifying the role of DLP
• Hearing safeguarding concerns and record keeping
• Communication and supervision
• Conducting an internal report on cases for the Church authority

The cost for this training is 70 euro per person.