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Health & wellbeing: making equality a reality

Is there a growing gap between rhetoric and reality? 

Thursday 12 September 2013 9.30am - 4.00pm

Kingswood Room, Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, WF1 2HQ

• Keynote speakers: Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of Public Health England

  James Plunkett, Director of Policy and Development, Resolution Foundation

  Evelyn Asante-Mensah OBE, previously Chief Executive of the Black Health Agency and Head of Equalities and Economic Inclusion for the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

• Mini Seminars: Top 10 Facts and Briefings

• Find out what major organisations are doing about equality in Yorkshire & Humber and influence practice and policy

  
  

Involve’s policy conference 2013 is about health and equality and the vital role of voluntary and community organisations.

The Government talks about equality and it is high on the health agenda, but is social mobility stuck? How can good intentions be turned into improved equality in health and wellbeing?

The conference brings together people who are central to health and wellbeing to debate and discuss how we can all make equality a reality.

"Austerity measures hitting women hardest" reports the Guardian.

Keynote Speakers

We are delighted to announce three high level, influential speakers. All bring experience, understanding and inspiration.

• Duncan Selbie is the Chief Executive of the newly created Public Health England. With a range of experience in the Department of Health and the NHS, Duncan says “It would take the statutory public health system 10 years to have a fraction of their (ie the voluntary sector) impact and reach”
• Evelyn Asante-Mensah has over 20 years experience of tackling inequalities and promoting equality within local communities, the BHA and the NW Development Agency. She is also currently a Commissioner with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
• James Plunkett is the Director of Policy and Development at the Resolution Foundation which is a think tank working to improve the lives of people on low pay. James’ recent work includes research on female employment and the minimum wage

Mini Seminars

There will be mini seminars during the day led by a policy or practice expert so that participants can get in-depth understanding of the wider issues that create health and well being. Confirmed seminars so far are:

• People and communities in rural Yorkshire & Humber led by Nick Chase, Policy, Programme and Project Manager at ACRE
• Welfare Reform and Local Government led by Neil Irving, Assistant Director of Policy & Partnerships, North Yorkshire County Council
• Public health in Yorkshire & Humber led by Dr Stephen Morton, Director at Public Health England Centre Yorkshire & Humber
• Support for carers and caring in Yorkshire & Humber led by Dr Andrea Wigfield, Deputy Director at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities

Ten Top Facts

Each seminar will have Ten Top Facts. At the end of the day you can collect the evidence about the issues discussed in a handy format.

Information pack

The conference will be supported with a tailored collection of accessible articles and papers to give you in depth information about health, well being and equality.

General Election

Involve wants to use the key issues from the conference to inform our election “manifesto” and we will be collaborating with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on this. 

We will help you

• understand the new public health agenda
• understand what's happening to wellbeing and equality
• meet key policy makers working on different themes in Yorkshire & Humber and nationally
• work out how you can contribute to Involve's work to promote the voluntary sector and equality in the run up to the Election (we will be collaborating with ncvo in this work) 
• hear great speakers
   

Who should attend?

• Voluntary and community organisations
• Policy officers
• Healthwatch staff and boards
• Public sector workers with a health/equality remit, eg Health and wellbeing boards or public health officers
• GPs, CCGs and anyone working in commissioning
• Academics and researchers
• Private sector organisations with an interest in health or equality
• Any of the above with a communications/Marketing/PR remit
• Anyone with an interest in health/equality

Programme

The full programme for the day will be announced soon

Price

Venue

Wakefield Town Hall is a fully accessible venue, located 6 minutes walk away from Wakefield Westgate train station - which is on the mainline from London. The conference will be in the Kingswood Room.

Book now

To book your place please return this booking form by Monday 2 September 2013. Places limited