Chair: Darren Johnson, Operational Director Children's Services, Action for Children

Keynote speakers include : Hilary Fisher, Director, End Child Poverty and Dr Paul Dornan, Head of Policy and Research, Child Poverty Action Group

Capita’s Child Poverty Conference brings together the key experts, stakeholders and practitioners to create a forum for sharing the most recent knowledge, best practice and strategy. This timely conference will focus on:

• Practical implications of Government policy and investment for all local and voluntary stakeholders and partners
• Identifying particular areas of need in your locality using the Child Poverty Toolkit
• Strengthening multi-agency approaches to deliver holistic solutions
• Capitalising on Regional Employability Agreements to encourage parents into work
• Empowering the ‘invisible’ rural poor through pro-active service design
• Investing to save: preventative solutions through building infrastructure
• Understanding cultural and ethnic barriers to employment and childcare initiatives and learning how to overcome them
• Preventing the cycle of poverty by addressing the needs of older children and children with dependents

Delegates attending will hear from the pioneers of successful initiatives and gain practical insight and manageable solutions.

Chaired By: Diana Fawcett, Director of Services, Shelter

Keynote Speaker: Peter Fenn, Head of Landlord Services and Regulation, Communities and Local Government

Thirty five per cent of tenants describe nuisance neighbours as their biggest concern. And with tenant involvement and participation rising up the agenda, it is imperative that housing providers and local authorities engage residents and and work with communities to solve the problems of antisocial behaviour in housing.

Capita’s 7th National Anti-Social Tenants looks at:

• Community empowerment and engaging tenants
• Supporting tenants with complex needs and choatic lives
• Gang culture and young tenants
• Early Intervention with families
• Housing prolific and ex-offenders
• The use of selective licensing and engaging the private rented sector

Capita’s 9th National Homelessness Conference presents the perfect opportunity for stakeholders to hear the latest Government policy updates and gain innovative best practice for tackling homelessness.

The event will focus on successful methods for integrating services to radically reduce the number of homeless people in the UK through effective prevention, support and housing provision. Key issues addressed include:

-Creating clear paths to employment to improve the self reliance and life chances of homeless people
-Forging strong and mutually beneficial relationships between local authorities and private landlords to widen housing allocation options
-Joining up housing and social care services to deliver specialised support for rough sleepers with mental health issues, alcohol and drug dependency
-Understanding the latest discrimination legislation regarding housing provision for asylum seekers, refugees and travellers

This must attend event provides an excellent opportunity to gain good practice to implement and develop within your organisation’s strategy for combating homelessness.

A series of inter-disciplinary
discussions led by leading experts.

18 November 2008
Professor John Muellbauer and Dr Anthony Murphy - House Prices

Hilary Term:
27 January 2009
Professor Peter Kemp - Private Renting
10 February 2009
Professor Susan Bright - The Changing Legal Landscape
24 February 2009
Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick - Homelessness

Trinity Term:
5 May 2009
Professor John Ermisch - Household Formation
19 May 2009
Dr Mark Hinnells - Climate Change and Housing

18-19 Nov 2008
IT in Housing Conference and Exhibition
Two days dedicated to dealing with the hottest issues of IT professionals in social housing.
Venue: Olympia Conference Centre, London

6-8 Feb 2009
National Board Members’ Conference and Exhibition
The largest event in the housing calendar dedicated specifically to housing association board members.
Venue: International Convention Centre, Birmingham

18-20 Mar 2009
Housing Finance Conference and Exhibition
Hear from a huge variety of speakers and network with more than 1,000 professionals from within and outside the sector at this conference.
Venue: University of Warwick, Coventry