Conference - Seminar - Lecture

Catching History on the Wing A conference on the fight against racism - past and future - to mark 50 years of the Institute of Race Relations. 1 January 3000
Children's Workforce Development Council - Seminar Series The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC), working with Northumbria University’s Disaster and Development Centre (DDC) and National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) has set up a series of three seminars which aim to understand the skills and knowledge of people working with refugee and asylum seeker families. The long term aim of this project is to provide training for individuals or groups to fill skill or knowledge gaps in relation to their work in this area. 1 January 3000
Giving Anti Deportation Workshops-NCADC Train The Trainer Seminar Aim of the Train-the-Trainer seminar (http://www.ncadcttt.org.uk) Enable you to hold anti-deportation campaign workshops in your community. The aims of the anti-deportation campaign workshops you will be giving after this seminar include ; 1. Provide the basics of how to set up an anti-deportation campaign 2. Encourage setting up a local anti-deportation campaign group / strengthen existing groups 3. Some level of involvement in setting up some local anti-deportation campaigns 1 January 3000
Information Services for Migrants and Refugees Information is key to survival in the UK. Libraries are in the front line. How can libraries reach out to refugees and what are the practical management issues? What sort of library services a migrant or refugee to UK wants and will use. 1 January 3000
Making Every Adult Matter With the hardest to reach becoming even more marginalised, new responses are now essential, to ensure that everyone in society receives the support they need. Through our respective memberships, we all work with the most excluded people, often the same clients, who fail to engage with services and come to us with multiple needs. Now is the time for the third sector to come together, to look for solutions and to clarify a way forward. Hosted by Homeless Link, Clinks, DrugScope and Mind. 1 January 3000
Making the transition This conference is about supporting the transition into learning and adulthood for young adults leaving care. The emphasis on the day is about transition into adulthood, training and further education and will focus on what might be referred to as the step before higher education, when young people are dealing with the practicalities of their lives, including seeking further education and training. 1 January 3000
National Annual Mentoring and Befriending Conference 2008 National Annual Mentoring and Befriending Conference 2008 A force for social cohesion and inclusion 22nd May 2008, Hilton Deansgate Manchester Join over 300 mentoring and befriending stakeholders and practitioners at the annual mentoring and befriending national conference. This event gives you the opportunity to learn and network with the community and is specifically designed to tackle the issues that are affecting you today. Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, is the keynote speaker 1 January 3000
Refugees in International Relations Seminar Series at the University of Oxford Forced migration has been a major feature of the Twentieth and early Twenty-First Centuries. Conflict, human rights violations, environmental distress, and destitution have led people to flee their homes either across borders or within states. However, issues relating to forced migration have been largely neglected by international relations. The purpose of this two term seminar series is to bridge the divide between international relations and forced migration. 1 January 3000
Tackling loss and trauma within the mental health services The conference will consider the mental health implications of both natural and man-made disasters. It will highlight good practice in the services available to promote mental health and emotional well-being of those displaced by adverse experiences. In addition, it will be relevant to policy makers and service planners. Mental health services increasingly have to deal with the emotional consequences of such disasters. It has therefore never been more appropriate to talk about trauma resulting 1 January 3000
Tackling the Trafficking of Women and Children The trafficking of women and children is a serious and complex crime. With the planned ratification of the European Council Convention on Action Against Trafficking for 2008 and a commitment from Government to tackle the problem, the time is right to bring together good practice from all sides to ensure real progress is made. This is not a problem to be tackled by the police alone. A joined up approach involving the police, UK Border Agency, local authorities, victim support groups and housing 1 January 3000
Why am I waiting? This conference will focus on the recent child welfare reforms and messages from research. It will address key issues in decision making for black minority ethnic public care children. 1 January 3000
WORLDwrite’s London Behind the Scenes Public Lecture series Welcome to WORLDwrite’s stunning new programme, London Behind the Scenes. If you want to get in the know about the place to be seen don’t miss out on this free public lecture series on the East End. Exceptional speakers, great politics and a new venue at the Vibe on Brick Lane promise to make this series the talk of the town. 1 January 3000