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Families Today: Where are we now?
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| Event venue |
McDonald Conference
Centre,
95 McDonald Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4NS |
| Date |
10
February 2010
9am to 4pm |
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View
the programme |
| Description |
A one day conference looking
at issues facing today’s families. What do
we mean by ‘family’ today? What issues face families
in Scotland in the
21st century? What responses can we make to these issues?
The conference will bring together practitioners, policy-makers
and
academics to consider these key questions. It will provide opportunities
to consider research and practice and to discuss key issues.
Themes:
• Kinship care
• Alcohol and drugs
• Prisoners
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Families in the recession
Speakers include:
Lynn Jamieson, Professor of Families and Relationships, University
of Edinburgh
Co-Director, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
Susan Deacon, Professor of Social Change, Queen Margaret University
Panel session:
your chance to find out what ideas are shaping the political
manifestos
of the future and influence these. |
| Who should attend |
Anyone with an interest in families from social
work, health, education, academia or the churches. |
| Cost |
*Large organisation £50 (includes lunch)
**Small organisation £20 (includes lunch) |
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*Large organisation: Commercial
organisations, central government departments, agencies and
other national public bodies, local authorities, NHS, Police,
Trade Unions, professional associations and charitable organisations
with income over £1,000,000
**Small organisation: Voluntary organisations with income of
less that £1,000,000 |
| Booking |
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