The Conference Much Work Still to be Done was organised by the End Child Poverty Network Cymru and Fforwm Magu Plant. It brought together leading policy makers and professionals to review policy and practice around parenting as well as provide and update on the progress being made to reduce child poverty in Wales.
Presentations
Peter Mackie - Addressing Housing Poverty of Young People Through Education
Helen Barrett - Parenting programmes All have won and all must have prizes
Nuria Zolle - The Cost of Keeping Warm
Odette Parry - Planned bilingual telephone support for disadvantaged parents in North Wales
Sam Clutton - Poverty, Disadvantage and the children of offenders in Wales
Deborah Gate - Supporting parents in the poorest communities - policy challenges and practical solutions
Donald Hirsch - poverty and education
Jane Barlow - How (not) to provide parenting support - Lessons from Sure Start
John Sayce - Raising our children with confidence