Workshop Description

The StopSO 2025 Annual Conference will take place on 7th November 2025

StopSO 2025 Annual Conference will be bigger and better than ever before!

Location:  Mary Ward House Ltd, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN 

StopSO Patron, Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen will be presenting her latest insights. Nina is a leading authority in child protection, trauma recovery, and the wellbeing of frontline responders.

Nina’s global impact is evident through her leadership in groundbreaking initiatives, including the ReDirection research project, which engaged over 56,000 CSA offenders to reshape prevention strategies, and the Our Voice – Global Survivor Survey, which gathered insights from 22,300 survivors to inform victim-centered interventions. In her role as Sub-Group Chair within INTERPOL’s Specialists Group on Crimes Against Children, Nina champions international collaboration in offender management and victim services. Her You Are Enough™ peer support groups offer vital guidance to parents of child victims, complementing her extensive training of thousands of professionals worldwide.

Simon Bailey QPM will once again set the tone scene in his patron’s welcome to delegates. His energy, knowledge and expertise is the perfect start to our conference! We are all grateful, that in his role as one of our patrons, Simon will be around for the day engaging with delegates.

Simon served as a police officer for 35 years, the last 8 as the Chief Constable of Norfolk and the National Policing Lead for Child Protection. Since retiring Simon has built a portfolio of responsibilities working in the child protection and safeguarding arena and continues through these appointments his passion for protecting the vulnerable. He was awarded a CBE in the Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours and serves as a Deputy Lieutenant in Norfolk. Simon has a Masters degree from Cambridge University and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bedford.

More wonderful speaker to be announced very soon!

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