Building sustainable family futures: Preventing crisis

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The day has definately not dissapointed, great speakers, very informative and motivating.

I am really impressed with the compassion and detail that the speakers talked about (the issues are at the heart of all families)

4Children’s Annual Children and Families Policy Conference on 25 April brought together the high profile head of the new Government Troubled Families Team, Louise Casey with experts and policy makers from different sectors as well as the DWP Secretary of State, Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP and Minister for Children and Families, Sarah Teather, MP for a lively and motivating day focusing on the issues that face troubled families and how to prevent crisis. Anne Longfield called for improved cooperation between early years and health services as well as a shift in focus towards early intervention and prevention.

Speakers included:

• Cathy Newman, Presenter, Channel 4 News
• Louise Casey, Head of the Troubled Families Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government
• The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
•  Anne Longfield OBE, Chief Executive, 4Children
•  Viv Bennett, Director of Nursing, Department of Health
•  Kate Billingham, Director, Family Nurse Partnership, Department of Health
•  Dr Jessica Allen, Project Director - Health Inequalities Review for England, University College London
• Gavin Poole, Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice
• Simon White, Director for Children and Young People, Suffolk County Council
• Robert McCulloch-Graham, Director of Children’s Services, London Borough of Barnet
• Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families, Department for Education
• Pip O’Byrne, Chair, 4Children

For further information please email events@4Children.org.uk or call the events team on 020 7522 6970.