People, Lives and Communities: Making Inclusion Possible
A major two day Conference on community inclusion took place on the 18th and 19th of November 2009 in Bristol.
This was a significant and innovative conference where participants explored the community/social inclusion agenda from beyond the traditional ‘client group’ silos’.
Organised in partnership with Centrevents.
The NDTi Annual Conference was held on 18th and 19th November at the Bristol Marriot Royal Hotel. This year's theme was 'inclusion'.
The agenda featured five main themes:
Community and organisational leadership
Person centred approaches to public services
Jobs and paid work
Housing and home
Transition and life chances
Supporting people to be full and equal members of their local communities is at the centre of Government policy, in particular for people with disabilities, mental health problems and for older people. The core aim of the conference was to bring together people, ideas and best practice from local authorities and 'mainstream' public services and the health and social care system to work through the policy agena and the opportunities it brings.
The event was supported by:
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
National Mental Health Development Unit
Society Guardian
Joint Chairs were David Brindle - Society Affairs Editor, The Guardian and Rob Greig - Chief Executive, NDTi.
Speakers were:
DAY 1 - MORNING SESSION
Understanding the policy agenda
Professor Peter Beresford - Chair, Shaping Our Lives
What inclusion means to me Click here for a copy of Peter's presentation
Baroness Sally Greengross - Commissioner, Equality and Human Rights Commission
How the Human Rights and Disability Rights Agenda can be used to promote inclusion.
Alexandra Norrish- Head of Social Care Strategy, Department of Health
How the Adult Social Care Green Paper will help to promote inclusive lives
DAY 1 - AFTERNOON SESSION
Turning national policy into local ideas for action
Julia Unwin CBE - Chief Execuive, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
What we can learn from the Evidence Base for Socially Inclusive Practice. Click here for a copy of Julia's presentation
Dame Philippa Russell DBE - Chair on Standing Commission on Carers
A shared agenda - what inclusion means for families. click here for a copy of Philippa's presentation
DAY 2 - MORNING SESSION
Professor Antony Sheehan - Chief Executive, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
A different model of public services. Click here for a copy of Anthony's presentation
DAY 2 - AFTERNOON SESSION
Dr. Nan Carle - State Commissioner for Disability, State of Arizona, USA
Leadership for Inclusion in difficult financial times. Click here for a copy of Nan's presentation
Workshop presentations and handouts ...
- Person Centred Approaches (Catherine Bewley and Peter Beresford)
- Jobs and Paid Work (Bill Love, NDTi and Simon Francis, DH/Cabinet office)
- Housing and Home (Jake Eliot, Housing Federation and Alicia Wood)
- Transitions and Life Chances (Helen Bowers and Evelyn Pellow, NDTi)
- Community and Organisational Leadership (Jocelyn Dodd, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries)
- Person Centred Approaches (Kathryn James, NIACE)
- Jobs and Paid Work (Nicola Gitsham, Getting A Life)
- Housing and Home (Richard Banett, Chair - New Forest Transition)
