2025 Conference
Come and join us in Cardiff, 9.10.2025, for our much anticipated, next International Conference! Our celebrated Keynotes are booked - details below. This year, the day before the conference, you can also attend a FREE Practitioner Event (book here), or a FREE Supervisor Event (book here). Both on the afternoon of the 8.10.25 at the Holland House Hotel Cardiff by Sunday . Tickets for both events are limited, so book soon! Conference tickets for the next day, 9.10.25 buy here, this will be at All Nations Centre. We also plan to host socials on the 8th and 9th, so keep an eye out to see what's happening!
Opening Address
Opening our conference, we're delighted to have Dr Cerith Waters, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in child and adolescent and perinatal mental health. Cerith completed training in VIG in 2020, going on to secure funding to train staff and embed VIG in perinatal and maternity mental health services in Cardiff and surrounding areas. Alongside clinical practice, Cerith is the director of research for Clinical Psychology Doctoral trainees on the South Wales Programme in Clinical Psychology. Cerith is passionate about early intervention and prevention, and he leads a programme of research developing and testing interventions for the treatment of mental health conditions in parents and children.
2025 Keynote Speakers
Professor Liz Todd was recently awarded an OBE for services to children and young people. She is an AVIGuk supervisor and trainer, a core member of our Research and Publishing Advisory Group, and co-editor of two of the leading VIG books - Video Interaction Guidance: A Relationship-Based Intervention to Promote Attunement, Empathy and Wellbeing and Video Enhanced Reflective Practice: Professional Development through Attuned Interactions. Liz has spent her career endeavouring to make life fairer for children and young people.​
​​Dr Alain Gregoire is the former Chair, and now Honorary President of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. Alain is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Group for Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, contributing to the development of policy, guidance, and clinical services in the UK and abroad. He is determined to ensure that all women have access to care for their mental health which is at least as good as the care available for their physical health during pregnancy and postnatally.​
Workshop and Poster submissions deadline has now passed. We have enjoyed selecting 12 fantastic workshops for the conference! These will be publicised soon.. so do ​​keep an eye on this website, or our socials and the Learning Platform for more information. Late poster entries can still be considered, but please also email us or message AVIGuk Events via the Learning Platform if sending a late entry. ​
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Workshop applications now closed!
​​8.10.25: We're planning to have a local choir sing at the Holland House Hotel Cardiff by Sunday, after the Supervisor and Practitioner events - from 6 - 6.30pm ish.. After this, you could always book yourself in for a meal and/or drinks at the hotel.... please email to arrange this yourself.
​​9.10.25: We're going to The Academy (5 mins walk from the conference centre at All Nations) for an informal evening, after the conference (approx 6-10pm). We might even have a surprise Welsh music event that evening... watch this space!
Last conference, you wanted more time to socialise informally...
...so we listened and are putting on two bonus, social events!
SOCIALS
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Two of our conference keynotes, Alain and Cerith, both feature in this NHS documentary training film that explores how intergenerational trauma affecting parents and babies, and reveals the latest research findings and treatments available - including VIG. The film provides practical tips and signs to spot when dealing with Intergenerational trauma.
LUNCHTIME LIVE
'Lunchtime Live' online events run monthly on a Tuesday lunchtime, with guest speakers, talking about VIG or VERP, with time for questions and discussion at the end. ​These events are open to AVIGuk members and non-members alike.
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Bring your lunch, take a seat, come and join us for a series of fantastic talks and discussion! Our next Lunchtime Live session is on Tuesday 10th June, 12.30 - 1.30pm.
This month we are delighted that Nat Spring and Johnny Boulton from the Riverside Centre Oxford are hosting: "Video Interaction Guidance Outdoors: an introduction to using VIG with families within Children’s Social Care". Nat and Johnny describe how the outdoor environment provides well-documented health and well-being benefits, to which we are adding the therapeutic benefits of VIG. In this workshop we will describe how we have combined VIG with outdoor activities to support vulnerable young people and their families to build stronger relationships and spend positive time together in the natural environment. We will highlight the strengths and challenges of using VIG outdoors and provide examples of activities that we have successfully used with families.​​
Nat and Jonathon are VIG Guiders and Outdoor Education specialists, who did a fabulous, interactive workshop at last year's conference - this will no doubt be a similarly lively and engaging session! You'll be able to ask questions at the end... plus it's great for your CPD! What more could you want from a lunchtime?! ​
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Get your ticket and find out more HERE!
FINAL LUNCHTIME LIVE OF THIS SERIES: 8th July - with past Lunchtime Live presenters and AVIGuk returning to chat and answer questions, regarding all things VIG and VERP!
AVIGuk Conference Team
Helen Gibson, Oonagh Davies, Ava Carlon (left to right, top row)
Michele Corley and Louise Harris (left to right, lower row)​
