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'Reaching Out': an action plan on social exclusion
| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 2007 |
| Venue: | Megacentre, Bernard Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 5BQ |
| Ref: | C1457/01/07 |
| Fee*: | £225 - Statutory/Private Organisations; £150 - Voluntary Organisations; £150 - NIACE Members for the first applicant and £125 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation *(includes lunch, tea/coffee): |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The Government’s Action Plan on Social Exclusion, ‘Reaching Out’ was launched on 11 September 2006. The Action Plan details the Government’s drive to improve the life chances and opportunities of the most disadvantaged and hard-to-reach families and individuals in society. The Government is committed to reducing and preventing the harm and cost caused by social exclusion to individuals, their families and to communities.
“We have to accept that in some cases, with the hardest to reach families with the most problems, the current universal one-size fits all approach is not enough. We need to intervene at the right time, personalise our services, be more persistent and co-ordinated, and fit them around the needs of individuals if we are ever going to tackle the hardest complexities of people’s lives” The Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion
Four months on from the launch of the Action Plan, it is timely to consider:
 | What actions have been proposed to enhance the contribution of learning and skills providers and those working in adult guidance services to tackling social exclusion. |
| Has the HM Treasury-sponsored Leitch Review of Skills, for example, delivered on its promise to set out progress and further measures to address the poor lifetime prospects of those with few qualifications and skills? |
| What further actions are required to ensure that the Comprehensive Spending Review delivers sufficient resources to enable cross-departmental working, particularly in relation to services in the mental health sector and for employment outcomes? |
What evidence do we have of effective strategies to support families and those experiencing exclusion?
The Conference provides an opportunity for learning and skills practitioners and those in associated agencies to come together to consider the significance of the Social Exclusion Action Plan for their work.
The principal aim of the conference is to familiarise these sectors with the content of the Action Plan and to consider whether lifelong learning providers, including those working with families, are doing enough to break the cycles of deprivation and disadvantage that are evidenced in ‘Reaching Out’.
Delegates will:
| Gain an overview of the work of the Cabinet Office in promoting cross-departmental working to tackle social exclusion; |
| Gain a detailed understanding of ‘Reaching Out’ the Action Plan on Social Exclusion; |
| Contribute to workshop discussions and debates on such themes as effective learning in family contexts; innovations in services for people with mental health difficulties; financial education for families; and levels of support for refugees and migrant workers; |
| Enhance their understanding of the contribution that access to lifelong and lifewide learning and skills development opportunities has to make in challenging social exclusion; |
| Review the evidence of what works in tackling social exclusion to build on current good practice and to reflect on innovations which are required to ensure lasting and effective interventions. |
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Audience
The event will be of particular interest to:
| Business Support Organisations |
| Businesses and Employers |
| Chambers of Commerce |
| Community Groups |
| Education Business Links |
| Education Consultants |
| Employment Service |
| FE Colleges |
| Government Departments with responsibilities for education, skills and economic development |
| JobcentrePlus |
| Learning and Skills Councils |
| Learning Partnerships |
| Local Educational Authorities |
| nextstep |
| Organisations supporting equality of opportunity and social inclusion |
| Probation Service |
| Professional associations |
| Regional Development Agencies |
| School Sixth Forms |
| Sector Skills Councils |
| Trade Unions |
| Training Organisations |
| Training Providers |
| Ufi/Learndirect |
| Voluntary Groups |
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Programme
| 10:00 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:30 | Welcome to the Megacentre Colin Davies, Director, Megacentre |
| 10:45 | Keynote Address John Bird, Founder and Editor-In-Chief, The Big Issue Company Ltd |
| 11:15 |
‘Reaching Out’ An
Action Plan on Social Exclusion Naomi Eisenstadt, Director, Social Exclusion Task Force, Cabinet Office |
| 11:40 | Supporting Families Lorna Batten, Strategic Manager, Family Learning and Skills for Life, City of York Council |
| 11:55 | What works for people
experiencing mental health difficulties Kathryn James, NIACE Development Officer (Learning and Health) |
| 12:15 | Workshops: morning session 1) Family Learning: Engaging Families and Carers Penny Lamb, NIACE Development Officer (Family Learning) 2) Supporting people with mental health difficulties Neil Kelly – NIACE/ National Institute for Mental Health England (part of CSIP - Care Services Improvement Partnership) / LSC Regional Development Officer for the North East of England 3) ‘Get out of that one!’ – working your way out of debt – financial literacy issues for families Howard Gannaway, NIACE Research Fellow in Financial Education 4) English for Speakers of Other languages and Community Language Issues – are you excluded by the language you speak? 5) Case Studies of women offenders and asylum seekers from the ESF Equal Development Partnerships |
| 13:15 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | The European Social Fund Equal
Programme Policy impacts of Development Partnerships in the UK and Europe Barbara Orthodoxou, Equal Senior Support Manager, Ecotec |
| 14:30 | Workshops: afternoon session (repeated) |
| 15:30 | Closing Plenary and Panel session |
| 15:45 | Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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