No Going Back: Empowering Single Parents Out of Poverty – SPAN – 19th November 2009
Single Parent Action Network is very pleased to host a major event on 19th November in Westminster:
No Going Back: Empowering Single Parents Out of Poverty
The conference will highlight present and future strategies at a national and local level to reduce one parent poverty, combat discrimination, and support single parents in their demanding role. Participants will consider how we can work together in the midst of a recession to prevent a return to the deeply embedded poverty and stigmatisation of the past.
The conference will be opened by leading politicians and civil servants with a brief on child poverty. They will speak on present and proposed initiatives for ending child poverty in one parent families followed by questions. You will be able to participate in roundtables discussing a variety of topics:
Each roundtable will include single parents, civil servants, public and voluntary sector representatives, funding bodies and researchers. The workshops will be facilitated by key contributors marked here with including:
1. Financial Security: Head Child Poverty Unit – Caroline Kelham; Director Working Families-Elizabeth Gardiner
2. Training and Education: Director of Welfare to Work Tomorrows People Steve Swan; Head of Development Hillcroft College- Stacey Morgan
3. Holistic Support for Families at Risk Director DCSF Families Group – Shirley Trundle, Director Andrews Charitable Trust – Sian Edwards;
4. Childcare: Chief Executive Daycare Trust ; DWP Parents Employment Division – Elaine Squires
5. Parenting Support: Race Equality Foundation – Leandra Box; Parenting UK Chief Executive – Pamela Park;
6. Participation, Volunteering and Empowerment: Oxfam GB Team; Director Family Education Development Trust – Julia Bolt; Director Consultus – Jo Muscat
Conference attendees will include Single parents; One parent family groups; Regeneration professionals ; Job Centre Plus advisers; Health professionals ; DWP and DCSF civil servants ; Children’s Centres; Early Years professionals ; Children’s Trusts; Parenting projects; Family learning initiatives; Training providers; Organisations and researchers working on family poverty; Grant-making bodies.
Please bookings to me: isobel@spanuk.org.uk.
Details and Booking form http://www.spanuk.org.uk/uploads/SPAN%20Westminster%20Event%202009.pdf
