Forthcoming Events

9.00 – 9.45 Registration

9.45 – 10.00 Welcome from the Chairs
Jonathan Peacock, Partner, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Valerie Suffolk, Chair Brain Injury Social Work Group

10.00 – 10.30   The Problem with Civil Society - Social Care in the Current Economic Climate
Dr. Michael Lavalette, Associate Professor of Social Work, Liverpool Hope University

10.30 – 11.00  The Vision for Adult Social Care in the next 3-5 years
Kim Carey, Corporate Director, Adult Care & Support, Cornwall Council

11.00 – 11.15  Coffee/Tea break

11.15 – 11.45 Through the Looking Glass – Third Sector & the Big Society – Facing Reform
Ruth Sutherland, Executive Director of Services, Scope

11.45 – 12.15 Using the Law as a Campaigning Tool and the Role of the Voluntary Sector

Alex Rook, Associate Solicitor Public Law, Irwin Mitchell London

12.15 – 12.45  Agents of Change? – Social Work Practice Pilots Gail Tucker Project Manager Social Care Institute for Excellence

12.45 – 1.00  Questions

1.00 – 2.00 Lunch

2.00 – 2.30 Disability Benefits and Welfare Reform
Neil Coyle Director of Policy & Campaigns Disability Rights UK (Formerly Disability Alliance - Authors of the Disability Rights Handbook)

2.30 – 3.00 Recent Case Updates on Legal Challenges to Cuts

Stephen Broach, Barrister, 53-54 Doughty Street Chambers.

3.00 – 3.30 Using the Law to Fight the Cuts: Case Study from Birmingham

Polly Sweeney, Associate Solicitor Public Law, Irwin Mitchell Bristol & Birmingham

3.30 – 4.00 Panel for Questions

4.00 Close from the Chairs

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