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The Charity Accountants’ Conference: 19-20 September

 

 

This is your opportunity to keep abreast of all the latest developments in the charity finance world.

 

Download full event brochure.

 

Thursday 19 – Friday 20 September 2019, Nottingham

 

The programme includes:

– a mix of tax,

– regulatory updates,

– sessions focussed on areas of responsibility often added to the Finance Director’s role (such as legal, employment and governance matters),

– strategic financial thinking

– opportunities for personal development.

 

This year we have an over-arching theme on the role that meaningful financial information can play in reinforcing public trust in charities.

This will be the theme of our opening plenary from Kate Lee of CLIC Sargent as well as a panel discussion on day two.

 

It is also your chance to network with other financial professionals in a friendly and informal environment.

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Charity Technology Conference 2019

The Charity Technology Conference has been developed to inspire and offer practical solutions to your charity’s technological needs.
The conference is accredited by the CPD Standards Office and this activity equates to 5 hours of CPD. Delegates will be provided with a certificate of attendance, which should be kept within your CPD record, and can be used as evidence in a CPD audit by a professional institute or regulator.

 

 

Book today for an inspiring day of learning. With 20 sessions to choose from, covering a variety of functions, our aim is that you will return to your organisation with plenty of ideas and solutions to put into practice.

Tickets to the conference give you the flexibility to select sessions from across four conference streams.

This means that you can tailor the sessions that you or your team attend on the day to ensure your charity’s needs are addressed.

Attend this year’s conference to:

  • Learn how NSPCC are creating a digital culture
  • Hear from Cancer Research UK on how to be an early adopter of new technology
  • Find out what the first one hundred days in post were like for British Heart Foundation’s Chief Technology Officer
  • Discuss ethical technology and how to ensure the tech you use doesn’t have unintended consequences
  • Hear from the National Cyber Security Centre on why cyber security is everyone’s responsibility
Click here to view/download the conference programme.
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Making Refuge Real in West London

 

A refugees and support networking conference in West London Thurs 4th July 2019

Venue – Botwell Green Parish Centre/Hall, Botwell Lane, Hayes UB3 2AB

 

An event for refugee support, equality, migrant, voice, welcome/voluntary, community, faith and statutory bodies who support asylum seekers and refugees as they rebuild their lives.

The format of the day is short introductions and a mix of up to 12 themed and stand-alone workshops, designed to help people share knowledge, views and ideas, to strengthen connections across West London and help us find opportunities to support refugees better.

 

*Workshops themes will be based on REAP’s priority action campaigns, as we try to get refugees’ voices heard in practical, practice and policy making to improve services and support for refugee across West London and further:

  Refugees for Equality: Defending people’s right to meaningful refuge.  2019 GP registration.

  Access to English: ‘Speakers and Story-Tellers’ – Mayor of London-funded project, Using English with confidence. Diverse Pathways – something for everyone.

  NHS use of interpreters: Understanding lived experiences; Awareness and standards in commissioning and delivery – testing lessons from community research

  Young refugees and their mental health and wellbeing: Children and Young People’s organisations expand their expertise to support young refugees.

  Refugees at Home: Homelessness, housing – belonging and wellbeing in London.  Building holistic support networks.  2019  Get Settled Status! – Brexit and EU Refugees

 

Click here to view/download a leaflet.

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Mental Health Conference 2019

Govconnect was formed in 2015 by a team of passionate people with one focus in mind – assisting the wide range of organisations challenged with delivering the NHS 5 year forward view strategy and all other associated healthcare policy.

Our work centres on Dementia, Mental Health, Early Years and Population Health.

 

Govconnects 3rd annual Mental Health conference and 12 month engagement period will continue its contribution to increase significantly the availability and quality of care and treatment for people with mental health problems – to improve their outcomes and wellbeing but also to tackle the wider costs of mental ill health to the health service and society as a whole.

 

Mental Health 2019 – Achieving the Five Year Forward View, 26th of September 2019 – will give attendees the opportunity to engage with key personnel from delivery partners and national stakeholder organisations promoting collaboration across sectors, working together at national and local level, discussing how they will be held to account for meeting the timeframes and for using the funding in the most effective way.

 

Click here to visit Govconnect Website.

 

Click here to see the Agenda.

Mental Health 2019
Achieving the Five year Forward View
26th of September 2019
Royal Society of Medicine, London
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Media Tech Disruptors & Food Innovators

 

With tech disruption in Broadcast Media (Amazon Prime, Netflix, to name but a few) and innovation of flavour, visuals and aromas in Food, the nature of ‘how things are done’ in these sectors is changing and evolving rapidly.

During Tech Week, join our Media Tech Disruptors & Food Innovators panel on Tuesday 11th June, from 5.30pm for an insightful discussion and Q&A session with individuals from broadcast media and food featuring:

  • Mike Jones
  • Stephen Coote
  • Graham Short
  • Steven Bryen
  • Alexandros Paraskevas

  • Panel Chair – Andrew Dakers. Andrew is CEO of West London Business. His career spans IT, change management, campaigning and public affairs, at organisations including the BBC, GSK and West London education business charity Spark!

Everyone is welcome!

A great opportunity to learn from this inspiring panel and discover the latest trends in media and food.

 

Click here to see more details.

 

 

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Charity Digital Conference: Time for Action

 

Tuesday 25 June 2019, London

 

How many years? How many conferences? How many more 20 somethings in tortoiseshell glasses will stand up to tell you how you’re doing your job wrong?

So that you can start taking action, we’ll tell you how it is and grapple with the challenges. We’ll talk: finding the cash, digital on a budget, learning from digital disasters, understanding the risks and separating facts from fear-mongering.

Action is what this event is about.

 

Click here to see full post on website.

Click here to view/download the training flyer.

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Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow

 

Join senior NHS professional from across the country at The 6th Annual Urgent and Emergency Care: Facilitating Patient Flow conference where will examine in depth the aims of the long-term plan and how they will impact on urgent and emergency care delivery.

Key areas of focus include:

  • The emphasis on greater ‘out of hospital care’
  • The roll out of new ways of working within the acute hospital setting
  • The plans to cut the delays in patients returning home

 

The agenda will provide delegates with a greater understanding of how the long-term plan will shape the future of urgent and emergency care provision and discuss the opportunities and the challenges in providing a sustainable service that is reactive to demand.

 

Click here to book your ticket.

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Charity Digital Conference: Time for Action

 

 

Tueday 25 June 2019, London

 

How many years? How many conferences? How many more 20 somethings in tortoiseshell glasses will stand up to tell you how you’re doing your job wrong?

So that you can start taking action, we’ll tell you how it is and grapple with the challenges.

We’ll talk: finding the cash, digital on a budget, learning from digital disasters, understanding the risks and separating facts from fearmongering.

 

Action is what this event is about.

We’ve invited leaders to share honestly and openly their experiences and advice to support your charity in moving forward with digital.

This event is for the do-ers, this is for the people who want to make it happen.

 

Download full event brochure or see who’s speaking.

 

For one day, we’ll focus on the following themes:

Big impact against the odds

  • Anti-social media – How to go guerilla on social media
  • Honest hour – Digital disasters and what we learnt
  • Being smart with digital
  • Cyber security & GDPR – Separating the facts from the fearmongering

Pioneering digital

  • Building leadership before building tech
  • Preparing yourself for the best digital funding bid application
  • Changemakers – Behaviours to inspire a change in culture
  • Service users building charities in a digital world

Looking to the future

  • How the civil society strategy can change your digital strategy
  • Charity seeking digital innovator with GSOH
  • Future tech trends
  • Ask a digital native what makes them care

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2nd NHS Workforce Congress

The 2nd NHS Workforce Congress will focus on the new NHS health and wellbeing framework, the framework is an interactive document that makes a case for staff health and wellbeing, sets out clear, actionable steps and guides how organisations can plan and deliver a staff health and wellbeing plan.

The event will provide you with a platform to engage with speakers and peers directly to discuss some key focal points, these points include:

  • Leadership and management
  • Data and communication
  • Healthy working environments
  • Genomics
  • Digital medicine
  • Rostering systems
  • Staff development/training
  • Recruitment processes

2nd NHS Workforce Congress: A Framework for Health & Wellbeing, 8:00am September 18, 2019 

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Improving Student Mental Health Outcomes

 

The Improving Student Mental Health Outcomes Conference will examine how policy can be developed to provide support for HEIs and students; reviewing the impact of HE reforms and existing cultures on student experience and mental health.

Recognition of student mental health and wellbeing issues has led to a culture change in further and higher education institutions.

This conference will bring together F/HEIs, public, voluntary and third sector service providers; service users and mental health professionals to review progress made in addressing MH on campus’, share best practices and develop their approach to improving student mental health outcomes.

 

Click here to see the conference website and book your ticket.

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