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Listen Value Invest: the conference programme
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Presentations and resources from Listen Value Invest: the conference are now available here.
Full programme
Conference speakers
Exhibition
General Information
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9.15am Refreshments and Registration
Opportunity to browse exhibition stands
10am Event opening speeches
• Richard Caulfield, Voluntary Sector North West
• The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP
• Introduction to the TRIO project, a region-wide equalities and diversity project supporting refugees & asylum seekers, the BME community and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) under-represented groups.
Tea and Coffee available to take into workshops
10.45am Morning Workshops
• Chief Executives’ catch up.
• Somewhere over the rainbow: the development and direction of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans groups
• BME Women’s Representation in the North West: Towards a Charter for Participation
• Changing and influencing policy through advocacy: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
• Disability and the Big Society
• Harnessing the Power of your Stories: raising profile, demonstrating impact
12.15pm Lunch and Networking / VSNW AGM
Opportunity to browse exhibition stands and speak to NWIP members
1pm Afternoon opening speeches
• Big Changes, Little Certainty; what next for the lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans VCS? Paul Martin, Lesbian and Gay Foundation
• Public health: returning to its roots? The voluntary and community sector's contribution to health and well being. Ruth Hussey, Regional Director of Public Health/Medical Director of NHS North West
1.30pm Afternoon Workshops
• Challenging the contracting orthodoxy: stimulating grant-making in the North West
• Future North West: the draft framework for local economic partnership
• Influencing Parliament: what it does and how the sector can influence decision-makers
• What’s on your horizon?: NCVO Foresight Taster
• Making sense of human rights: EHRC workshop
• Local Integrated Services
3pm Break, Refreshments provided
Opportunity to browse exhibition stands and speak to NWIP members
3.15pm Key Note Address
Listening, Valuing and Investing in the big sector: Neil McInroy, Chief Executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies
3.45pm Close of Day
Running alongside the event will be an exhibition from members of the North West Infrastructure Partnership
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