NNECL Events

NNECL Annual Conference 2026 - Call for Workshop Proposals
Theme: Belonging in action: where everyone matters

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026

Venue: UCAS, Rosehill, New Barn Ln, Cheltenham GL52 3LZ

Workshop duration: 45 minutes

We are excited to invite workshop proposals for the NNECL Annual Conference 2026, centred on the theme Belonging and Mattering. This year’s conference will explore how we create environments across further and higher education where care experienced and estranged learners not only access opportunities but genuinely feel they belong and that they matter. We welcome proposals that share practice, research, and lived experience that challenge, inspire, and inform. Our aim is to spotlight impactful work shaping inclusive, compassionate, and effective systems of support.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Co-production with care experienced and estranged learners
2. Implementing inclusive practice
3. Whole institution approaches
4. Creating safe and welcoming spaces
5. Collaborating with communities beyond your institution

The full details of the Call for Workshop Proposals, how to submit your proposal and how to write your proposal are here. You will need to confirm you have read this overview before your submission will be accepted.  

Please submit you workshop proposal by 5:00 pm, 11 June 2026. If you have any enquiries, feel free to get in touch - info@nnecl.org

Submit your proposal