Over the last month the Corporate Events team has been busy confirming the programme of 125 events. Here’s a few highlights from next month:
Camila Batmanghelidijh Lecture – 14th June
Betrayals or Solutions: What’s on Offer for the Vulnerable Children of Britain
Camila will be joined by Edge Hill Chancellor Professor Tanya Byron as she delivers a free lecture Betrayals or Solutions: What’s on offer for the vulnerable children of Britain?
With more than half a million children referred to the child protection register each year, Camila will identify a need for a new paradigm shift on intervention and safeguarding our children, exploring what a potential new model could offer in terms of solutions.
Camila Batmanghelidjhis a trained psychotherapist and high-profile social entrepreneur, founding the Kids Company – a charity she set up in 1996 that supports children with behavioral, emotional and social difficulties in inner-city London. She was awarded Woman of the Year in 2006 and is a prominent media and social commentator on the social, economic and psychological well-being of children and young people.
Child and Adolescent Conference – 15th June
Getting it Right from the Start
This conference will identity the challenges that face the children and young people’s workforce in promoting emotional and psychological wellbeing.
Keynote speakers will address some of the challenges providing an opportunity for questions and discussion. The afternoon will provide a range of workshops focused on innovative practice.
Throughout the day there will be table presentations for delegates to engage with key service representatives. The conference celebrates the collaboration between Edge Hill University and Alder Hey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Speakers include Professor Tanya Byron, psychologist, government adviser and Edge Hill University Chancellor.
Early Years Conference – 16th June
Let Me Be Me: Conversations about the ‘Unique Child’
The 2010 Early Years Conference is taking place on Wednesday 16th June 2010 at Edge Hill University’s Ormskirk Campus.
The theme of this year’s event is the ‘unique child’, following on from last year’s successful theme of ‘playfulness’. The spirit of ‘Let me be me’ is inspired by the poet Peter Dixon, focussing on the need for space and time for children to explore their own unique responses to the world. This, in turn, allows them to be nurtured as independent, imaginative and empowered thinkers and learners.
As well as keynote presentations, the conference will include a variety of practical and interactive workshops that delegates can choose to take part in to explore this theme further. Keynote speakers include Professor Pat Broadhead, from Leeds Metropolitan University and Sarah Argent a freelance theatre director specialising in theatre for young people.