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Forthcoming Event

Daycare Trust : Childcare 2007: tackling the cost/quality conundrum and employer-childcare issues

Daycare Trust and Symposium Events have entered into a partnership to combine two important and established childcare conferences for policy-makers, employers and childcare professionals on 14th and 15th November 2007.

Daycare Trust's Annual Conference - 14th November

High-quality childcare is the goal that government aspires to, but how can this be achieved without propelling costs even further out of parents' reach? This is the conundrum that Daycare Trust's annual conference, on 14th November 2007 at the CBI Conference Centre, London, will tackle.

Keynote speaker will be Treasury Minister Jane Kennedy MP, and the day will also include a Question Time with key opposition politicians Maria Miller (Conservatives, Shadow Minister for Family and Welfare) and Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat, Shadow Minister for Children, Schools and Families.

The conference will also look at how quality childcare is delivered in Denmark and New Zealand, both models of good practice in childcare and early years provision. International experts Jytte Jensen from the Jydsk Paedagog Seminarium, Denmark, and Karl Le Quesne from the New Zealand Ministry of Education, will provide fascinating international comparisons, looking not only at excellence in early years but also at how it is funded.

4th Annual Childcare and Employers 2007 Conference - 15th November

The following day will bring childcare providers and employers together for the fourth Annual Childcare and Employers 2007 conference. Case studies, networking sessions and workshops will be an integral part of the day, which will cover areas such as emergency childcare, setting up a childcare voucher scheme, and supporting employees who may have caring responsibilities for older people as well as children.

Book onto one day or both days by phoning 020 7403 3990, or online at http://www.symposium-events.co.uk/

Special discounts are available for booking 2 or more delegates. For further information phone Celia Joseph at Daycare Trust 020 7840 3350 ext 204.