Speaking and Writing

Ann Marie is a popular safeguarding specialist and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches and workshops at national and international conferences about inclusion, diversity, child protection and safeguarding. Her first public speaking event was in 2001 where she was invited to speak about safeguarding in schools at a Conference in London. Over the last few years Ann Marie has spoken at various international education conferences in Dubai, Texas, Jamaica and Singapore. Ann Marie has also spoken at various anti racist conferences since the George Floyd murder in the USA by Police in May 2020.

She spreads her good practice and passion about the voice of the child and adults as well delivering the strong safeguarding agenda.

She has spoken at these recent events:

• Early Years Safeguarding Conference 2017
• Optimus Education annual conference 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Leeds Becket University 2019
• Forum Education Conference 2019, 2021
• Dubai Teach Middle East Conference 2022
• Premier League Safeguarding Conference 2019
• Osiris World Summit 2021, 2023
• Protect Children 2016 Jamaica
• Safeguarding Conference Singapore 2018
• Singapore Safeguarding Network 2022
• Nursery World Show 2018
• The Head’s Society 2022
• American School Counsellors Association Conference Texas 2022
• Farrer and Co Racial equality conference 2022

Since 2019, Ann Marie has sat on various Judging panels:

• Teach Secondary 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Children and Young People Now 2022
• Optimus MAT excellence Awards 2023

Contact us if you want her to speak, write or sit on a Judging panel