The National Childcare Campaign will this year offer a unique opportunity for parents, carers, children and childcare workers to put their point of view across to key players from central government, local authorities and national voluntary organisations.

With the government's Comprehensive Spending Review underway, rarely has there been a more appropriate time for this conference to take place as the government considers how resources will be allocated for childcare for 2008-2011. Daycare Trust's conference will ensure that those with influence listen and learn from the views presented in a variety of ways including film clips, workshops and question and answer sessions by those involved with frontline childcare services.

Daycare Trust will also be releasing a new report detailing progress with the Government's 10-year Childcare Strategy and will be canvassing opinion among delegates as to what more is needed

The conference will be addressed by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills in a keynote speech in the morning session. To close proceedings the Rt Hon Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families will draw lessons from the conference's meetings and discussions, and address the issue of the 'Challenge for Government'.

Speaking on the significance of this years conference Alison Garnham, Joint Chief Executive of Daycare Trust, said:

'This is a conference where everyone's voice will count. We will hear about childcare from the point of view of children and parents as well as hearing the facts and figures about what progress has been made with the Government's 10-year strategy. The timing is perfect for anyone wishing to influence the Government's Spending Review this year and wants to make sure we get the long-awaited universal childcare we deserve and have waited so long for in this country.'

Conference Programme:

Time:
Session

09.00:
Registration, coffee and exhibition

10.00:
Chair's welcome Rita Stringfellow, Chair, Daycare Trust

10.05:
The 10-year childcare strategy - where have we got to?
Launch of Delivering the Vision: the state of childcare today
Alison Garnham, Joint-Chief Executive, Daycare Trust

10.15:
Listening and learning - children's voices - video clip

10.20:
Keynote speech
The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

10.50:
Coffee and exhibition

11.30:
Children shaping national services
Neera Sharma, Head of Policy, Barnardo's (invited)

11.45:
Listening and learning - parents voices - video clip

11.50:
Delivering for families - what do parents say?
Mary McLeod, Chief Executive, National Family & Parenting Institute

12.05:
How will the stakeholder group will shape the childcare strategy
Graham Archer, Childcare Strategy Stakeholder Group, Sure Start, Extended Schools and Childcare Group, DfES

12.20:
Questions to speakers

12.30:
Lunch and Exhibition Lunchtime parallel sessions

12.30:
1. Listening and learning from children: RAMPS
Penny Lancaster & Ann-Marie McAuliffe

1.15:
2. Listening and learning from parents Policy and Research Manager, Daycare Trust

14.00:
Listening and learning - workforce voices - video clip

14.05:
Views from the workforce - building our future workforce
Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children's Workforce Development Council

14.20:
Listening and learning from local authorities
Carey Oppenheim, Consultant, LGA/IDeA/Childcare Implementation Project

14.35:
Making communities count - an elected member's view
Councillor James Kempton, Vice-chair, Children and Young People's Board, Local Government Association

14.50:
Questions to speakers

15.00:
Looking ahead - what delegates have said today
Emma Knights, Joint-Chief Executive, Daycare Trust

15.10:
Delivering the strategy - the challenge for Government
Rt Hon Beverley Hughes MP, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, DfES

15.35:
Chair's closing remarks

15.50:
Tea / coffee and exhibition

16.15:
Daycare Trust's AGM - wine reception

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