Actions Panel
Leading Lights: Preventing vulnerability
Date and time
Location
River Room
House of Lords Parliament Square London SW1A 0PW United KingdomDescription
Leading Lights: Preventing Vulnerability with Lord Bird
Kindly hosted by Lord Bird
for Policy in Practice Foundation
Tuesday 17 July 2018, 18:00 to 20:00
What more can we do to prevent households from falling into crisis?
Event synopsis
Policy in Practice's Leading Lights Network hosts an evening at the House of Lords for frontline practitioners to discuss how we can better prevent households from falling into crisis. The event is kindly sponsored by Lord Bird, founder of the Big Issue.
Attendees will hear:
- Lord Bird talk about the story of the Big Issue, his passion for prevention, and the drivers behind the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill
- Deven Ghelani talk about using data to proactively identify, engage and track vulnerable people
- A central government speaker talk about the Homelessness Reduction Act
- Frontline speakers share how they are creatively using public data to tackle vulnerability early, in a sustainable way
Agenda
18:00 Arrival and drinks served
18:10 Welcome and aims for the evening
Deven Ghelani, Policy in Practice
18:15 Mary's story
18:25 The importance of preventing vulnerability
Lord Bird
18:35 Developing legislation and policy to tackle vulnerability
Anna Whalen, Senior Adviser, Homelessness Advice and Support Team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
18:42 Frontline experiences of using data to tackle vulnerability
Chris Parker, Jo Morris, Newcastle City Council
18:50 Frontline experiences of using data to tackle vulnerability
Nikki Middleton, Luton Borough Council
19:00 Question, answers and discussion
19:10 Reception, networking drinks and canapes
20:00 Close
Who should attend?
People responsible for delivering welfare reforms in local organisations. Attendance is limited; please register your interest.
This event is now fully booked. However please continue to register to join the waiting list.
Organised by
We believe the welfare system can work more effectively.
It can help people towards greater independence if we make it simple for people and organisations to understand.
We simplify the welfare system by showing people how policy affects them.
We show local authorities how individual households are affected by all policy changes, now and in the future.
We talk to government on a national level to influence policy.