Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion Regional Event
Thursday 25th February 2010 - Weston-super-Mare
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This FREE EVENT was organised by Department for Work and Pensions, Third Sector European Network, South West Action on Poverty and South West Forum and:
• Introduced the EY 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and explained its purpose • Raised awareness of poverty in the South West particularly in rural and coastal communities • Highlighted current activity to combat poverty within the region • Explored ways in which action to combat poverty can be increased |
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Presentations and Speeches from the Conference:
• Conference Programme (123KB PDF)
• Introducing the European Year - Karen Deeming (Department for Work and Pensions) (1.2MB Powerpoint presentation)
• UK Government's approach to tackling poverty - Jim Knight (MP Minister for the South West) (39KB Word document)
• Child Poverty - Sue Cohen (Single Parent Action Network) (1.5MB Powerpoint presentation)
• Working age poverty - Helen Eccles (UNISON) (2MB Powerpoint presentation)
• Older people and poverty - Faith Davey (Age Concern and Help the Aged) (554KB Powerpoint presentation)
• Rural and coastal poverty in the South West - Stephen Wright (SWAN) (989KB Powerpoint presentation)
• Equalities and poverty - Paul Dunn (Equality South West) (249KB Powerpoint presentation)
• Improving skills, and accessing employment - Simon Charters (South West Forum) (518KB Powerpoint presentation)
• The role of advice services - Helen Scadding (Citizens Advice) (472KB Powerpoint presentation)
• Key Points Summary Document (133KB PDF)
Videos shown in Sector Cinema:
• An equal pay odyssey (UNISON video)
• Changing lives - the work of the Citizens Advice service
• Community Allowance (Film for the campaign to establish the Community Allowance within the UK Benefits system)
• Make Poverty History - Nelson Mandela
• The Trussell Trust - The Food Bank
• The Robin Hood tax
Photos from the Conference:
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