National Conference 2009 - Afternoon seminars

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All seminars are designed to facilitate discussion and debate between the key seminar experts and the audience. A number of mentoring and befriending practitioners, stakeholders and academics will briefly introduce their thoughts at the start of each session and then the chair will invite participation from the audience. Each seminar will last for one and half hours.

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Exploring new technology for one-to-one delivery - opportunities and threats

What would be lost or gained by using new technology within one-to-one support settings and what considerations must be give to feasibility and costs?

  • Richard Piggin, Operations Manager, BeatBullying (Chair)
  • MT Rainey, Chief Executive, Horsesmouth
  • Dr Tessa Stone, Chief Executive, Brightside Trust
  • Harpinder Collacott, Head of Communications, Meningitis Research Foundation

Active citizenship and one-to-one activity – incentivising and sustaining volunteer engagement

What are the issues involved in encouraging people to become active citizens and volunteer in sustained one-to-one activity?

  • John Ramsey, Head of Volunteering, Age Concern and Help the Aged and Chair of Association of Volunteer Managers (Chair)
  • Martin Simon, Chief Executive Officer, Timebanking  
  • Mike Locke, Director of Public Affairs, Volunteering England
  • John Knights, Policy Manager – Volunteering, Office of the Third Sector  

Early intervention strategies - the importance of one-to-one support

What are the outcomes of one-to-one approaches for children and young people and how can commissioners and funders embed provision across local authorities and communities to meet different policy strands?

  • James Cathcart, Chief Executive, British Youth Council (Chair)
  • Antony Hughes, Deputy Director of Activities and Engagement Division, DCSF
  • Chester Morrison, Head of Business Unit, Integrated Youth and Play, Liverpool City Council
  • Lesley Heale, Director of Children’s Services, Bracknell Forest Borough Council
  • Thanos Mophritis, Assistant Director of Children’s Services, London Borough of Islington Council
  • Jerry Glover, Chief Executive, Bolton Lads and Girls Club

Standards for one-to-one work- quality provision and delivery

How important are quality standards for one-to-one projects, commissioners and funders and how can they be used as a benchmark for safe and effective practice?

  • Steve Matthews, Chief Executive, MBF (Chair)
  • Kathy Leahy, Chief Executive, ENTO – The Matrix Standard
  • Tina Parker, Sector Lead, Community Justice, Skills for Justice
  • Jan Carruthers, Grant and Policy Officer, BBC Children in Need

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