Date: Friday 14th March 2025

Venue: The Priory Rooms, Quaker Meeting House, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF

We are very pleased to be offering another Development Day in November this year for practitioners to come together in a stimulating environment to learn and share. 

Registration will be open from 10.00am and the day will close at 4.30pm. A timetable of the day can be found here :  NPA Development Day timetable 2025 (34.62 KB)

This year’s Keynote speech Developing and implementing and effective evaluation of Portage Service outcomes  will be delivered by Joel Wilson, there will be an opportunity to attend another 2 seminars on a range of topics and spend time networking with colleagues.

The seminars on offer are:-

• TacPac - sensory communication resource using touch and music – Presented by TacPac
•  Understanding sleep for pre-school children with SEND – Presented by The Sleep Charity
• What is Gestalt Language Processing? - Presented by Elklan
• Supporting neurodiversity in the workplace and beyond – Presented by Juliet Davies

For further details of the seminars and presenters, as well as our booking terms and conditions, please download the Conference information document here:  Conference Information NPA DD 2025 (52.61 KB)

You will then need to complete and return a copy of the  Booking Form Seminar & Networking choices (44.92 KB)

The cost is £140.00 + VAT for NPA members and £185 + VAT for non-members, including refreshments and lunch.  (Non-members please note, membership is £40 for the year and you can join easily here  .We are also pleased to be able to offer Virtual bookings for the Keynote speaker only for those who are unable to attend on the day at a price of £25+VAT.

Booking & Seminar Choice Forms should be returned to conference@portage.org.uk. 

We do hope you are able to join us!