Empowering Hard-To-Reach Groups To Participate
Children & Young People Now's One-Day Conference
Engaging Young People Through Active Involvement & Innovative Participation Techniques To Ensure They Are At The Heart Of Youth Services
A One Day Conference: 14 May 2008
The Ibis Hotel, Earls Court, London
Less than ONE WEEK to go. Over 100 delegates booked on.
Please click here for a full programme
Tailor Your Day
1. 2 Breakout Streams.
2. Choose 4 Out Of 8 Hard-To-Reach Groups To Learn About And The Participation Methodologies Used To Engage Them.
3. Then Thrash Out Your Ideas In Our Round Table Discussions
9:35am - Choose between A or B
A Group: Young Offenders
Method: Dance
B Group: Care Leavers
Method: Education & Training
11:10am - Choose between C or D
C Group: White, New Communities, Asian and Black
Method: Communication & Youth Participation
D Group: Substance Misuse
Method: Counselling & Information Sharing
12:05pm - Choose between E or F
E Group: Young People With Disabilities
Method: Language & Poetry
F Group: Corporate Parenting
Method: Youth involvement
2:25pm - Choose between G or H
G Group: Young People Being Bullied
Method: Creative Practices
H Group: Young People On The Streets
Method: Detached Youth Work
Plus, keynote sessions on:
- The 10-year strategy: Clarity from Government on it's commitment to hard-to-reach young people
- Measuring Participation: Techniques on evaluating the effectiveness of your approach
- Building Partnerships: Ensuring your communication with all hard-to-reach groups and youth agencies is honest and open
- Hard-To-Reach Groups Speak Out: Hear insights from young people on the best ways to get engage and motivate them
Vist Children & Young People Now at www.cypnow.co.uk
Speakers
- Nick Wilkie
- Chief Executive
- Changemakers
- Marcella Phelan
- Assistant Director, Children and Families' Services
- Ealing Council
- Sacha Kaufman
- Coordinator
- Camden Detached Project, London Borough of Camden
- Paul O' Hara
- Youth Offending Team Manager
- Bradford Youth Offending Team
- Darren Coyne
- Head of Policy & Development for Youth
- Kirklees Racial Equality Council, Ahead 4Youth!
- Blossom Young
- Children & Young People's Involvment Manager
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Colin Vince
- National Sports Development Manager
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Sandy Prior
- Acting LACHES Team Manager
- London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
- Katie Martin
- Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Deaf Children
- Life & Deaf: Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust
- Javed Ahmed
- Locality Manager City Centre Access Point
- Peterborough Young People's Service, Peterborough City Council
- Margaret Storrie
- Service Manager
- DECCA
- Robin Konieczny
- Active Citizenship County Co-ordinator
- Norfolk County Council, Children's Service
- Viv McKee
- Director of Policy and Research
- The National Youth Agency
- Jane Thomas
- Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Deaf Children
- Life & Deaf: Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust
- Tracey Clarke
- LACHES Mentoring Project Co-ordinator
- London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
- Helena Bollard
- Teacher of the Deaf
- Greenwich Council Children's Services, Deaf and Hearing Impaired Service: Advisory Service
- Andrew Coggins
- Executive Producer
- Dance United
- Robert Butcher
- Head of Business Development
- Kirklees Racial Equality Council Ahead 4Youth!
- Rt. Hon. Beverley Hughes MP
- Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families
- DCSF
- Claire Aylett
- Active Citizens Director
- Changemakers


