Child Poverty in the UK: A National Disgrace?

Location:Monmouth

Date:22 Jun 2007

Organiser:Monmouth Priory

A series of Seminars providing hard facts and solutions

8 June - The Concept and Realities of Child Poverty by Hilary Fisher, Director, End Child Poverty & Mike Lewis, Policy Director, Children in Wales
22 June - Education & Children in Care by Professor Sonia Jackson
Poverty & Abuse, by Natalie Cronin, NSPCC
6 July - Housing Aspects of Child Poverty, by Graeme Brown, Shelter
Ending Child Poverty: How it can be done, by Kate Green, Director CPAG
20 July - What is being Done/ What can we do? Discussion led by a Panel of reprsentatives from: ADSS, Churches in Wales, End Child Poverty Network Cymru, Shelter Cymru, Welsh Assembly Government

Monmouth Priory, Priory Street, Monmouth, NP25 3NX

Associated Links

End Child Poverty Cymru
A coalition of concern focused on ending child poverty in Wales

Child Poverty Action Group
Promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly, of poverty among children and families with children

End Child Poverty once and for all
This is a coalition of organisations from the voluntary, private and public sectors campaigning to ensure that the goal of eradicating child poverty becomes a reality

Association of Directors of Social Services
Represents all the directors of social services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Shelter Cymru
An organisation working for the prevention of homelessness and the improvement of housing conditions in Wales, and the right of everyone to a safe, suitable, affordable home

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
The UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children