The Birmingham and Solihull Branch (BASW) in collaborationwith the University College Birmingham

YouTh ViolEnCE, SoCiAlMEdiA & CounTY linESDate: Tuesday, 30th October 2018

Time: 9.30am-3.30pm (registration from 9am)

Venue: University College Birmingham, McIntyre House, 2 Holland Street, BirminghamB3 1PW – Lecture Room 223 (please note there is no onsite parking)

For further information/bookings visit

www.basw.co.uk/events

Building on the success of Working With Gangs andYouth Violence Conference for social workers in2017, we are delighted to present a conference anddevelopment day for social workers to consider twocurrent and prevalent issues in this field: County linesand rural Violence and Social Media and the impacton youth violence with specialist speakers andinteractive workshops.

Solomon Griffiths is the director and founder of 5 StepsForward CIC. Solomon is a consultant, mediator andmentor with over 10 years’ experience, working with highrisk offenders and gang members. Solomon also hasexperience of work within prisons and youth offending.Solomon is well known for his work within the WestMidlands for his services and is amongst some of the bestin promoting anti-youth violence.

Fees:*

Early Bird (offer ends 28/09/18)

Members: £20 / Non-members £25

From 29/09/18Members £30 / Non-Members £40

* Admission fee includes a cold lightlunch

Two themes for the day:‘County lines and Rural Violence’ and‘Social Media and its impact on YouthViolence’

Keynote 1: Solomon GriffithsCounty lines and Rural Violence

Keynote 2: Craig PinkneySocial Media and its impact on Youth Violence

Craig Pinkney is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist,Lecturer and Director of Real Action UK, an outreachorganisation based in Birmingham, which specialises inworking with disaffected youth. Craig will talk about hismost recent publication “Gangs, music and themediatisation of crime: Expressions, violations andvalidations” in his keynote, and what this means forfrontline practitioners. This can be accessed atwww.craigpinkney.com