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Jane Greenoak

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Senior Adviser, Funding & Partnerships
National Housing Federation

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Speakers
Ms Helen Stephenson
Deputy Director, Third Sector Support
Office of the Third Sector, Cabinet Office

www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.aspx
Mr Ben Lee

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Programme Director
Shared Intelligence

www.sharedintelligence.net
Claudine Reid MBE

(See biography)
Social Enterprise Ambassador, Director
PJ's Community Services

www.patreid.co.uk
Mr Bob Ricketts

Director of System Management and New Enterprise
Department of Health

www.dh.gov.uk
Mike Walsh

(See biography)
Director
Care and Health Solutions

www.careandhealthsolutions.co.uk
Mr Cliff Prior

(See biography)
Chief Executive
UnLtd

www.unltd.org.uk
Mr Martin Kinsella

(See biography)
Chief Executive
P3

www.p3charity.com
Prof Eileen Fairhurst

Chairman
Salford Primary Care Trust

www.salford-pct.nhs.uk
William Miller

(See biography)
Director Community Development
AmicusHorizon

www.amicushorizon.org.uk
Mr Alastair Wilson

(See biography)
Chief Executive
School for Social Entrepreneurs

www.sse.org.uk
How Best Can Social Enterprise Provide Answers to Public Service Delivery Through the Recession and Likely Austerity?
This Seminar will be held at The Royal Commonwealth Society in London
On Monday 09th November 2009

Seminar reference SE/274

How best can we maximise the role of social enterprise in delivering public and community services?
How does this role change through the recession and possible future austerity?
What are Government's agenda and expectations?
What must public bodies do to achieve the best results from social enterprise service delivery?
How can effective commissioning be embedded in policy and procedures for most successful partnerships?
How do we enable social enterprises to gain the access they deserve to all markets?
How do we close the gap between political rhetoric and reality on the ground?
How best can we enable social enterprise to deliver on national government priorities?
How can social enterprise help overcome health and social inequalities?
How can local government and other public bodies build capacity for social enterprise to win contracts?
How best can social enterprise be a force for positive change in the UK through its dynamic, creative people?
How do we evaluate the social and community impact of social entrepreneurs?
How can social enterprise provide successful and lasting routes out of social exclusion and homelessness?
How can it provide training and capacity building to enable marginalised people sustain effective business models?
How can it provide top quality clinical health and social care?
How can it deliver sustainable regeneration housing development and property management?
How can we achieve smarter capacity building and a step change in transformation for all social enterprises?
What would be the impact of a change in Government?
Where can we hope to be in ten years time?



The fee for the day's Seminar is £145.00 plus VAT.

GENEROUS NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND FOR MULTIPLE BOOKINGS.

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Excellent range of well-informed speakers and involvement from floor. Managing Director, Gen2 Engineering and Technology Ltd

Excellent format of short presentations and discussion time. Excellent speakers, venue and food. Community Wellbeing Manager, Adur District Council

Very clear, informative presentations that encouraged interesting debate. Gained wider knowledge regarding economic regeneration and left with a refreshing view, especially in today's climate. Director of Community Development, New Deal for Communities

I thought the value of the day was huge. All the presentations were very stimulating. Deputy Director, Government Office for the North West

Excellent, insightful - a good balance of speakers and opportunity for audience participation. Programme Director, University of Bedfordshire

Excellent. Particularly good chair. Head of Cultural Strategy, Manchester City Council

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I found it excellent. A really good range of speakers giving different views on the same topic. Implementation Manager, Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit

Excellent speakers. Excellent venue - tables and opportunity for discussion in between presentations was really usefull and interesting. Catering excellent too. Senior Policy Adviser, ACAS

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The presentations were all very interesting and well thought out. Policy Officer, Federation of Small Businesses

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