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Parenting UK's 15th Anniversary Annual Conference

Supporting Britain's Parents: the way forward for the next generation 

Date: Monday 13 December 2010

Location: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London SW1Y 5AH

Join us for a fantastic day as we celebrate Parenting UK's 15th Anniversary. Supporting Britain’s parents: the way forward for the next generation will explore the history of parenting support, and how we take this forward to ensure the next generation of parents have the best skills and support they need to help them be confident and capable parents.

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The Family Room - Parenting UK are at the Party Conferences

Sponsored by Mothercare 

The Family Room is a coalition of 15 leading family charities to attend the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Labour Party Conferences this Autumn.

The Family Room will be hosting a series of 10 fringe events focussing specifically on
continued investment in families.
Our events will provide:

• an opportunity to question ministers
• debate issues and
• meet the family sector's most important stakeholders.

Between the Family Room partners, we provide helplines, face to face services, information, and research; reaching hundreds of thousands of families each year.   

More information about The Family Room events 2010
 

Parenting UK and One Plus One Conference, 7 July 2010

Many thanks to all those who came along to our joint Parenting UK and One Plus One conference on 7 July to help those working to support family relationships. The event raised some important issues, from looking at how to better support young parents, to the effects of kinship care on family dynamics. You can view the full presentations of both speakers and workshop leaders below.

Download the speaker presentations below:

Penny Mansfield, One Plus One
Strong, stable families of all kinds: what makes relationships matter

Jenny McLeish, Strategic Co-ordinator: National Teenage Pregnancy Midwifery Network
Strong Relationships, Strong Families: Supporting Young Parents in their transition to parenthood

Sam Smethers: Grandparents Plus
Grandparents: a crucial anchor in vulnerable times

Jane Robey – CEO, Family Mediation Services
Parenting together and apart: family mediation: cost effective

Download the workshop presentations below:

Online support services – using new media to support families cost effectively

Delivering Relationship support: with community champions

Single parents – why relationship support still matters

Family man – supporting relationships to prevent re-offending

The Future of Services for Young Mums and Dads: Best Practice and Support
Care Matters Partnership (in partnership with Parenting UK)
23 September, London

In 2008, there were 708,711 children born in England and Wales of which 25% were born to parents under the age of 24 and 6.3% to parents under the age of 20. Whilst lots of recent policy and media interest has focused on reducing teenage pregnancy (DCSF ten year teenage pregnancy strategy aims to reduce this by half by 2010), there is little that focuses on practical ways to best support young mothers and fathers.

Speakers include:

Kevin Lowe, Young People in Focus

Fiona Weir, Gingerbread

Dr Jane Evans, Barnardos

Kate Billingham, Department of Health