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RRN Conference 2026 keynote programme now live!
The keynote speaker programme for this year’s Restraint Reduction Network Conference, Beyond the hold: restraint reduction through trauma informed systems, is now live! We’re delighted to share this year’s line up of lived experience speakers, practice leaders and academic experts…
Understanding restrictive practices in eating disorder care for children and young people
The University of Cumbria, Beat, and the NIHR are looking for people to join a Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) advisory group for a funded project exploring children and young people and families’ experiences of eating disorder services and restrictive…
An exciting update to our practice-Based Diploma qualifications
The Restraint Reduction Network is pleased to share an update to our Diploma qualifications, designed to strengthen the expertise we offer learners and provide greater choice in how practitioners develop the practical skills they need for their roles. From today, our partner organisation, Bild, offers 5 Bild Diploma BTEC Level 5 qualifications in…
Education, Children and Young People Committee publish report on Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill
The RRN welcomes the Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill – Stage 1 Report, published 16 January, by the Scottish Parliament Education, Children and Young People Committee. Following several months of scrutiny, during which Ben Higgins, RRN CEO, and Beth…
RRN Conference 2025: The art of the possible – paving the way towards a restraint-free future
Paving the way towards a restraint-free future On 13-14 November 2025, professionals and practitioners across education, health and social care, together with people with lived experience, gathered in Liverpool and online for this year’s Restraint Reduction Network Conference. Brought together…
RRN responds to BBC Panorama Investigation showing abuse in special school
The Restraint Reduction Network is dismayed at actions uncovered in BBC Panorama’s latest expose of the degrading, abusive treatment of pupils, by staff, at an English independent school for children with additional needs. The abhorrent language used to talk to…
“A friendship like no other” Buddies Project for people detained in hospital
An innovative West Midlands befriending project has matched 24 autistic people and people with learning disabilities detained within mental health hospitals, with individuals who have lived experience of being a hospital inpatient, creating ‘friendships like no other’. The Buddies Project…