CONFERENCE - October 2009 - Inside Government's Second Annual Social Exclusion Conference

Thursday October 22nd 2009, Central London, 08:30 - 16:00
Inside Government's Second Annual Social Exclusion Conference "Tackling Social Exclusion in the Economic Downturn: The Way Forward"

Dear Reader,

The Government has made it a priority to tackle worklessness and reduce the long-term risk of unemployment. On 13 January, the Prime Minister launched the New Opportunities White Paper, which sets out the Government's plans for building fair chances for everyone to succeed in the new economy.

It sets out the Government's agenda for capturing the jobs of the future and investing in families, communities and citizens throughout their lives to help them get on and ahead.

This national conference will focus on a number of key areas such as the government's plans for social inclusion, early intervention, child poverty, developing coherent and formal strategies at local and strategic level, new inclusion initiatives and pilot projects, education and case studies:
preventing, tackling and working with the excluded.

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SOCIAL EXCLUSION 2009 EVENT AGENDA

08:30 Coffee and Registration

09:25 Opening Remarks by Chair
Rt. Hon. Hilary Armstrong MP, Former Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion( CONFIRMED)

09:35 Preventing the Recession from Triggering Long Term Social Exclusion

- The Social Exclusion Taskforce: moving the agenda forward
- Social exclusion and the economic downturn
- Using Public Service Agreements and Local Area Agreements to tackle exclusion
- Working in partnership to deliver the socially excluded adults PSA

Ann Watt, Deputy Director, Social Exclusion Task Force, Cabinet Office
(CONFIRMED)

09:55 Working Together in Partnership to Tackle Child Poverty

- Is eradication of child poverty by 2020 still a realistic aim?
- The work of the Families at Risk Review and the Sure Start Programme
- Early intervention: identifying those at risk and establishing lasting support
- Developing effective partnerships and engaging communities
- How to ensure that child support payments reach and benefit children?
- Stronger and more accessible services - Building on and expanding the success of children's centres and increasing childcare provision
- New initiatives and pilot projects - The Child Development Grant initiative and new grants for local authorities

Caroline Kelham, Head of Joint DCSF/DWP/HMT Child Poverty Unit, Department for Children, Schools and Families (CONFIRMED)

10:15 Questions and Answers Session

10:30 Keynote: Building Britain's Future: Providing Employment and Training to Those That are Excluded and at the Risk of Exclusion

- Future Jobs Fund
- Commissioning services from the private and third sector
- Addressing the needs of excluded and disadvantaged groups through the personalisation of services
- Steps towards delivering a sustainable workforce
- Overcoming barriers to employment

Jim Knight MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Department of Work and Pensions (invited)

10:50 Tackling Worklessness in a Recession: Role and Contribution of Local Authorities

- Empowering local communities: meeting the needs of workless people
- Support for local authorities: developing the Working Neighbourhoods Fund
- How local authorities can do more and differently 43
- Doing more in the most vulnerable economies 55
- Investing in capacity
- Summary of recommendations

Councillor Stephen Houghton, Chair of Review Team and Leader, Barnsley MBC
(CONFIRMED)

11:10 Questions and Answers Session
11:20 Coffee and Networking
11:50 Inclusion and the Community

- Keeping our thinking of inclusion broad
- Linking inclusion closely to local work with communities
- Community engagement and social inclusion in mental health
- Experiences from the cross-government National Social Inclusion Programme

David Morris, Professor of Mental Health, Inclusion and Community Director, Inclusion Institute International School for Community, Rights & Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire and The Kings Fund (CONFIRMED)

12:10 Case Study: Social Enterprise Solutions to Addressing to Addressing Exclusion

- Addressing health inequalities through social enterprise
- Joining up agendas and partnership working - how can social enterprises develop closer partnerships?
- Public sector commissioning
- What innovative measures has Sunlight Development Trust / Sunlight Social
- Enterprises CIC taken to address health disparities

Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive, Sunlight Development Trust / Sunlight Social Enterprises CIC (CONFIRMED)

12:30 Strategies to Improve the Employment Rates of People with Mental Health Illness

- Support and employment opportunities people with mental health issues
- Development of the Statement of Priorities
- Increased Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) , how can this help employment retention
- Public Service Agreements and the indicators that support mental health and employment

Timothy Bird, Timothy Bird's, Regional Employment Lead for Mental Health, North East Mental Health Development Unit (CONFIRMED)

12:50 Questions and Answers Session
13:00 Lunch and Networking

14:00 Adult Years: Improving Outcomes for Everyone

- Facing Exclusion (ACE) Pilots and work to deliver Public Service Agreement
16 (Socially Excluded Adults)
- Overview of ACE and PSA 16

Nick O'Shea, Head of the Adults facing Chronic Exclusion Programme, Communities and Local Government (CLG) & ACE Pilot (CONFIRMED)

14:20 Intervening To Break the Cycle of Financial Exclusion

- Context of financial exclusion: 70% financially excluded are social housing tenants
- Working with the housing sector to assist and develop strategies and initiatives to promote financial inclusion amongst tenants and residents; these include:
- accessing money advice
- accessing bank accounts
- working in partnership with credit unions and other agencies
- Promoting the benefits of prevention and early intervention

Sharon Wheeler, Strategic Financial Inclusion Champion for Housing, Chartered Institute of Housing (CONFIRMED)

14:40 Intervention Strategies to Combat Homelessness and Social Exclusion

- Ending rough sleeping by 2012
- Meeting the housing needs of vulnerable group
- Empowering people to make informed decisions and positive changes
- Supporting the homelessness to find training and employment
- Breaking the cycle of the revolving door syndrome

Jenny Edwards, Chief Executive, Homeless Link (CONFIRMED)

15:00 Coffee and Networking
15:20 Empowering Communities: Combating Exclusion Through Engagement

- An increasingly aging population will mean a significant increased cost in the provision of health care
- How can digital technologies be used to provide 'telecare' to support older people to continue living independently in their own homes?
- Preventing social isolation for older people
- Tackling access issues
- Meeting the needs of older people through technology
- Remote assistance for rural older people: VITAL

Alan Hodgson, Chief Executive, DurhamNet (invited)

15:40 Closing Keynote: Delivering Digital Inclusion: An Action Plan for Consultation

- Key issues relating to the use of digital technology
- Step-change needed to respond to the issues digital exclusion can create
- Taking the issue of digital inclusion into mainstream service delivery across all sectors
- What are the most effective ways to remove these barriers and ensure all individuals can exercise an empowered choice about their use of digital technologies?
- Promoting the best use of technology
- Role of partnership working

Minister for Digital Inclusion (invited)

16:00 Chair's Summary and Conclusion's





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