[WiLT] Child Poverty Summit

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Child Poverty Summit
Wednesday 12th December 2007 - Central London

"In the fourth richest country in the world it is simply wrong - wrong
that any child should grow up in poverty" Gordon Brown, June 2007

The UK still has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the
industrialised world with 1 in 3 children living in poverty. As the
2010 target to halve child poverty and the 2020 deadline to eradicate
it move closer, the urgency to tackle child poverty grows greater.

However, the debate on child poverty is not just a matter of targets.
We must take a holistic view of children's lives and everything that
contributes to the downward spiral of poverty. To achieve this we need
to work in partnership with each other to adopt a cross-departmental
co-ordinated approach to the problem.

This conference brings together experts, practitioners, policy makers
and strategists fighting to eliminate child poverty, to discuss
strategic and practical ways to move the agenda forward. Covering
issues such as:
* Tackling educational inequality
* Narrowing the gap for those at greatest risk of poverty
* Developing localised child poverty strategies
* Taking a preventative approach
* Making work pay for more families

Benefits of attending
* Get to grips with the latest strategy from the DWP on how they are
making work pay for more families
* Learn how you can develop a localised child poverty strategy in your
area
* Hear the latest from the parliamentary enquiry into child poverty
* Discover the next steps in developing policy and practice solutions
that address the poverty gap in education
* Engage in a panel discussion tackling how we can narrow the gap for
those at greatest risk of poverty
* Question experts and policy-makers responsible for driving the
poverty agenda forward
* Find out from an innovative case study how to tackle child poverty
by focusing on prevention
* Hear the progress of the Dare to Care campaign

Keynote Speaker:
* Terry Rooney MP, Chair, Work and Pensions Parliamentary Select
Comittee

Speakers Include:
* Chair: Kate Green, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group
* Naomi Eisenstadt Director, Social Exclusion Task Force
* Jane Hall Deputy Head of Family, Poverty and Work Division
Department for Work and Pensions
* Chris Pond Chief Executive, One Parent Families
* Richard Williams Director - Family Services, Cornwall County Council
* Donald Hirsch Author of Experiences of Poverty and Educational
Disadvantage, * * Joseph Rowntree Foundation
* Hilary Fisher Director Campaign to End Child Poverty

You can view a more detailed description of subjects being discussed
as well as who should attend, booking form and prices by downloading
the brochure at
http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/OurConferences/LocalGovernment/Child+Poverty+Summit.htm

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