Family Room partnersThe Family and Parenting Institute coordinated a coalition of 12 leading family charities to attend the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party Conferences last Autumn.

The coalition was made up of the Family & Parenting Institute, Relate, Gingerbread, The Fatherhood Institute, the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships, One Plus One, Family Action, Parenting UK, Children England, Home-Start, Parentline Plus, and Family Links.

Informed directly by our work with parents, children and practitioners in communities across the country, the group will be hosting a series of seven fringe events discussing issues of great importance to families. Between us we provide helplines, face to face services, information, and research; reaching hundreds of thousands of families each year and we will use this knowledge to inform policy makers of the real issues families face today.

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For more information about The Family Room or any of the events contact Jo Sharp (press@familyandparenting.org Icon: Email address)

Liberal Democrat Party conference

Image: arrow_down_small.gif Supporting Families: A Liberal Agenda?

21 September, 18.15 – 19.30
Branksome Suite, BIC, Bournemouth

Speakers include:

  • Maggie Jones, Chief Executive, Children England
  • Pamela Park, Chief Executive, Parenting UK
  • Cllr Paul Scriven, Lib Dem leader of Sheffield City Council
  • Baroness Walmsley , Spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families
  • Ravi Chandiramani, Editor of Children and Young People Now

 

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Labour Party conference

Image: arrow_down_small.gif Stuck at the bottom? What happens to the worst off families in a recession?

27 September, 18.00 – 19.30
Lancing 2, Holiday Inn, Brighton

Speakers include:

  • Helen Dent, Chief Executive, Family Action
  • Fiona Weir, Chief Executive, Gingerbread
  • Emily Thornberry MP for Islington South & Finsbury, Chair of the All Party Maternity Group
  • Helen Goodman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions

 

Image: arrow_down_small.gif Better Late than Never: Has Labour learned to love the Couple Relationship?

28 September, 12.30 – 14.00
Lancing 2, Holiday Inn, Brighton

Speakers include:

  • Cristina Odone, Journalist
  • Susanna Abse, Director, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships
  • Claire Tyler, Director, Relate
  • Roberta Blackman Woods MP for Durham, Chair of the PLP Women's Committee

 

Image: arrow_down_small.gif Negotiating Fatherhood – a key to strengthening parental relationships?

29 September, 18.00 – 19.30
Shelley Suite, Thistle Hotel, Brighton

Speakers include:

  • Yvonne Roberts, Journalist; Senior Associate at the Young Foundation
  • Penny Mansfield, Director, One Plus One
  • David Bartlett, Deputy Chief Executive, Fatherhood Institute
  • Donal MacIntyre, Journalist
  • Rt Hon. Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

 

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Conservative Party Conference

 

Image: arrow_down_small.gif The Role of the Volunteer in Supporting Family Relationships

5 October, 17.30 – 19.00
Royce Suite, Midland Hotel, Manchester

Speakers include:

  • Jeremy Todd, Chief Executive, Parentline Plus
  • Lynne Richards, UK Director for England, Home-Start
  • Maria Miller MP, Shadow Minister for the Family

 

Image: arrow_down_small.gif Living with Teenagers: War and Peace in the Modern Family?

6 October, 12.30 – 14.00
Fairclough Suite, Midland Hotel, Manchester

Speakers include:

  • Dr Tanya Byron, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Broadcaster
  • Dr Katherine Rake, Chief Executive, Family & Parenting Institute
  • Sarah Darton, Director of Programme Delivery, Family Links
  • David Willetts MP, Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills, with special responsibility for family policy
  • Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, PPC for Chippenham

 

Image: arrow_down_small.gifThe Family Room Reception

6 October, 21.30 – 23.00
Chester Suite, Midland Hotel, Manchester

 

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Last updated: 8th July 2010 at 07:07:29