Opinion Former fringe events
Opinion Former Fringe Events – Click on the Opinion Former for full details including speakers.
Sunday 18th September
National Energy Action / E.ON UK – Colder homes, warmer planet? – 6.15pm – 7.30pm – Aperitif Room, Imperial Hotel.
Monday 19th September
CSCI, Carers UK and Care and Health – “The future of social care – how personal will personalized care be?” – 8pm – 9.15pm – Neville Room, Hilton.
Disability Rights Commission– Inclusive communities: who’s at home? DRC fringe with the TCPA and McArthy & Stone – 12.30-2.30pm; Hilton, Windsor Room.
Disability Rights Commission– Absolutely Equal 5th birthday disco – 9pm-late; Hilton, Buckingham Room.
CSCI– Fringe Event – ‘Children at Risk – Putting Safeguards in Place’ – 4.15pm-5.30pm; Circle Bar, Winter Gardens.
GSCC / CSCI– Social care reception – 22:00-22:15 – Hilton, Neville room.
MacMillan Cancer Relief– Health care + Information + Social care = Total care – 1pm- 2pm – Caesar’s Restaurant, Best Western Carlton Hotel.
Skills for Business– 6.30pm -7.30pm Ascot Room, Imperial Hotel, Blackpool.
Tuesday 20th September
Amnesty International– People trafficking – putting right human wrong – 1-2pm – The Imperial Hotel, Ascot Room, Blackpool.
Council of Mortgage Lenders– A Nation of Home-Owners – An Impossible Dream? – held jointly by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, Building Societies Association and Shelter – 6.15-7.30pm Derby Room, Imperial Hotel.
Countryside Alliance– The Power of Minorities – 6pm – Crescent Room, Claremont Hotel, 270 North Promenade.
GSCC/Carers UK– Fringe – Who cares? Quality social care for users and carers – 6pm-7pm – Claremont Hotel, Edward Suite.
Wednesday 21st September
Big Lottery Fund– “Whose Lottery is it anyway – Should the public have a say in Lottery funding?” 1pm-2pm – Blackpool Wintergardens, Renaissance Room.
British Association for Adoption Fostering (BAAF)– Adoption costs – love needs support – Are the nation’s adoptive families receiving the support they need? 1pm-2 pm Imperial Room 1, Imperial Hotel, Blackpool.
Disability Rights Commission– Will welfare reform deliver? Fringe meeting – 12.30-2pm – Circle Bar, Winter Gardens.
New Health Network– Fringe Meeting: It’s your NHS! So how can it be personalised? 6.15pm – 7.45pm, The Shire Suite, Carlton Hotel – The Health Hotel.
Nursing & Midwifery Council / Royal College of Nursing – Patient Choice: Practice Dilemma? fringe collaboration – 6.15pm-7.30pm Caesar’s Restaurant, Carlton Hotel, Blackpool.
Rethink & Sainsbury Centre for Mental health – Mental Health in the Mainstream – Debate – 8.00 – 9.15pm Caesar’s Restaurant, The Carlton Hotel (The Health Hotel).
