Strength, Safety, Kindness: Through the Pandemic and Beyond
The first Keynote Speech will be made by The Rt Hon. Lord David Blunkett, and will be on Social Attitudes and How Communities May Have Changed During the Pandemic.
Other workshops will include:
- VCSEP - The National Picture (Steve Findlay, Regional Engagement Manger and Marcus Bowen, Partnerships and Connections Manager, The Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership)
- Safeguarding During Covid and Beyond (Chris Cloke, Former Head of Child Protection Awareness NSPCC and Communities 1st Trustee)
- Respond, Recover, Reset: The Voluntary Sector and COVID-19 (nationally) and Lessons Learnt in Hertfordshire (Dr. Daniel King FCIPD, Professor of Organisation Studies at Nottingham Trent University)
- Young People and Volunteering (Holly Notcutt, Head of Partnerships and Impact, Volunteering Matters)
- Meet the Funder session (Sarah Holloway, Comic Relief Community Fund and Tesco Community Grants)
The second Keynote Speech will be on ‘The Value of Kindness in The Voluntary Sector’, and will be delivered by Belong, The Cohesion and Integration Network.
Other workshops will include:
- The Impact of the Pandemic on Volunteering (Nicky Goldman, Chief Executive, Jewish Volunteering Network)
- Thriving Communities (Bev Taylor, Operations Director, National Association of Social Prescribing)
- Diversity and Inclusion Post Covid – (Sina Schwache, Business Psychologist, Pearn Kandola- EDI Consultancy)
- Why the Climate Emergency Matters to The Voluntary Sector – Victoria Marsom, Head of England, Friends of The Earth)
- Meet the Funder session (Helen Doubal, Hertfordshire Community Foundation)
For the full conference programme click here.