Seminars

1. Key issues for Government and policy makers to tackle the inequality gap
2. Identification of best current practice
3. The impact the work will have on children and young people
4. Work to promote/develop extended services in the future.

A Adult and Lifelong learning - Lucia Quinerto-Re, Policy Officer, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) 

Advocacy and campaigning expertise on adult learning. Lucia has been involved in influencing policymakers on issues such as employability, widening participation, social mobility, informal learning and adult learning funding. Lucia has recently co-authored the UK’s National Report for UNESCO’s international conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) to take place in Brazil this year.  

Download a copy of the adult and lifelong learning seminar feedback (PDF file, 44KB).

B Cohesion and diversity - Kelly Saini Badwal, National Programme Director, National Resource Centre and Jani Rashid, Head of Diversity and Cohesion, Education Bradford

Kelly is ContinYou’s National Programme Director and has lead strategic responsibility for the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Schools (NRC) and Children and Families programmes. Kelly is aiming to raise the profiles of families and supplementary education in the mainstream sector. She is working closely with the DCSF to measure the impact of supplementary education on a child’s attainment. Kelly has come to ContinYou with a background of working with community organisations, in particular with newly arrived communities.
 

Jani joined Bradford Council in 1987 working in Human Resources. He later became head of the Section 11 (now Ethnic Minority Achievement Service) and Community Support Services managing a large team of staff supporting bilingual learners in schools. In 2000 he was seconded to the DfES (now DCSF) to the Change Management Division. There he developed an innovative Fast Track Leadership Programme to improve the representation of visible minorities at senior levels in the Civil Service. Returning to Education Bradford in 2004, he is now Head of Diversity and Cohesion and responsible for a large team of staff supporting schools and their local communities on equality, diversity and community cohesion issues. 

Download a copy of the cohesion and diversity seminar feedback (PDF file, 58KB). 

C Communities and regeneration -Abigail Davies, Head of Policy, Chartered Institute of Housing

D Disability and inclusion - Julie Hathaway, Director, KIDS National Development Department (NDD)

With the benefit of significant funding from the DCSF, as Director (NDD) Julie leads a small team who specialise in the inclusion of disabled children and young people in mainstream services. Working with local authorities and other agencies, KIDS produce briefings and guidance, deliver training and support the development of cutting edge practice.

Julie brings more than twenty years experience in the voluntary sector (previous organisations include Scope and National Childminding Association) and holds qualifications in Operational, Strategic and Project Management. Julie is both a member of the Association of Project Managers and an associate member of the Institute for Learning. 

Download a copy of the disability and inclusion seminar feedback (PDF file, 67KB). 

E Early years and childcare - Rhian Belcher, Regional Development Manager
4 Children

As 4Children’s Regional Development Manager for the Midlands and North West Regions, Rhian works alongside the TDA and ContinYou to support local authorities to deliver extended services in and around schools.

4Children offer tailored support to develop the childcare and safe place to be elements of the core offer, particularly in the context of the Childcare Act 2006 and the sufficiency duty.

Rhian has been with 4Children for two years and was previously national programme manager for the Business Success for Childcare programme.

Download a copy of the early years and childcare seminar feedback (PDF file, 49KB). 

F Health and well being - Karen Bollan, Manager - National NGO Forum, The Royal Society for Public Health and Jonathan Berry, Executive Director, Health Improvement, ContinYou

Karen Bollan has worked in the health promotion and the public health fields for over fifteen years. For the last five years she has managed the national NGO Forum, bringing together national non-governmental organisations to work with government to develop public health policy. Previously, Karen has worked on national campaigns such as World AIDS Day. Karen’s key areas of interest are health inequalities and expanding the participation of the community and voluntary sector in improving well-being.
 

Jonathan Berry, ContinYou’s Executive Director of Health Improvement, has lead strategic responsibility for the national Skilled for Health programme. Jonathan is also the lead for all other ContinYou health improvement programmes and is the organisation’s strategic lead with the Department of Health. In these roles Jonathan emphasises the importance of linking health and community learning to tackle health inequalities.

Download a copy of the health and well-being seminar feedback (PDF file, 53KB).  

G Parents, carers and families - Hilary Chamberlain, Policy Manager, Parentline Plus and Nicola Williams, Family and Parenting Support Strategy, Warwickshire County Council

Hilary worked as a teacher before having a family of her own. She then worked on a project to help parents and schools work more co-operatively; training governors; and conducting educational research until Hilary joined Parentline Plus as Policy Manager in 2006. Hilary is the Chair of Governors at a London comprehensive and a trustee of RISE www.risetrust.org.uk, a charity that commissions and publishes academic research on aspects of education that affect parents in the UK.

Download a copy of the parents, carers and families seminar feedback (PDF file, 60KB). 

H Youth and social justice - Robert Newman, Head of Inclusion, Youth Justice Board 

Robert Newman is Head of Inclusion for the Youth Justice Board and has a professional background in special needs teaching which commenced in 1977, working with young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties in local authority special schools. He has held a number of managerial positions in education, adolescent mental health and adult learning disability in private and voluntary organisations during the 90's. Robert joined the YJB in March 1999 as a Senior Policy Adviser. Subsequently, he undertook a number of policy roles within the YJB before specialising in education and training. Robert is currently Head of Inclusion at the YJB overseeing a range of strategic activities designed to improve outcomes for young people. He also works as a co-opted expert for the Council of Europe on youth justice reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of a joint programme with the European Agency for Reconstruction.

Download a copy of the youth and social justice seminar feedback (PDF file, 50KB).