Keynote speakers and presentations

Alan Hatton-Yeo
Chief Executive, the Beth Johnson Foundation

Alan originally studied chemistry before retraining as a special education teacher.  He worked in the field of special education for seventeen years with roles including College Principal and Principal Education Officer of the then Spastics Society for England and Wales. Following a period working as a consultant with the British Red Cross, which included project managing the restructuring of the Red Cross, he joined the Beth Johnson Foundation as Chief Executive in March 1998.

Alan spoke about intergenerational practice and the impact that intergenerational activities can have on communities and improving relationships between generations.

Bringing the generations together presentation (PowerPoint 6mb)

Paul Morgan
Welsh Assembly Government

Paul spoke about the Welsh Assembly Government’s School Effectiveness Framework; its vision and implementation schedule, based on tri-level reform into action.

Community focused schools and their partners are key to the changes required within the framework, to build on good practice, improve children and young people’s learning and well-being through partnership in Wales.

Each partner has a role to play in support of the framework to support the development of improved educational services for children and young people in Wales.

School effectiveness framework presentation (PowerPoint 1mb)
School Effectiveness Framework November 2008 update (Word 682kb)

Cefin Roberts
Artistic Director of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (The National Theatre of Wales) and Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir’s Musical Director.

Cefin is a native of the Nantlle Valley he studied at Trinity College, Carmarthen and at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. He was a core actor with the Welsh National Theatre for five years and worked as a freelance actor, director and writer until 1990 when, with his wife, Rhian, he established Ysgol Glanaethwy, a performing arts school in Bangor, where they have lived for the past 30 years. Cefin and Rhian were both made fellows of the University of Bangor in 2001 for their contribution to young students in the performing arts. Cefin is also a fellow of Trinity College, Carmarthen and the Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 2003 he won the prose medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales with his first novel ‘Brwydr y Bradwr’ (‘The War of the Traitor’). Ysgol Glanaethwy were finalists in the recent BBC’s ‘Last Choir Standing’.