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L&Q Round Table

The day began with a specialist Round Table discussion on social housing sponsored by L&Q.

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Discussion

The small number of guests allows for in-depth and specific discussion

Philippa Stroud

Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director, talks with the round table on the work that the CSJ have done on the area of Social Housing

Gavin Poole Chairs

Gavin Poole, CSJ Strategy Director, chairs the event.

Confrence talks with the CSJ

Pass holders at the conference are able to discuss at length with members of the CSJ at their stand in the market place.

Panel at the Education Fringe Event

From the left: Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director, chairs the event; Ty Goddard, Chief Executive, British Council for School Environments; Michael Gove MP, Shadow Minister for Children, Schools and Family; and Ryan Robson, Chairman for the CSJ Children in Care Working Group.

Philippa Stroud

CSJ's Executive Director, Philippa Stroud, introduced the CSJ's belief in the fundamental need for positive and healthy education in this country.

Ty Goddard

Ty, Chief Executive for British Council for School Environments, talked about how the BCSE comes alongside failing schools in this country and turns them to Ofstead rated 'excellent' schools

Ryan Robson

Ryan spoke about the importance of education especially for those in the care system who, through the report he chaired, are already at a disadvantage in society.

Michael Gove MP, Shadow Minister for Children, Schools and Family

Michael Gove spoke on his Conservative plans for education and the influence that the Centre for Social Justice has had on them.

Audience

It was standing room only in the 200 seated capacity room at the Manchester Town Hall

Guests arrive for the evening Fringes

Refreshments Served

Panel on the Welfare Reform Fringe Event

From Left: Philippa Stroud, CSJ Executive Director; Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Lord Freud, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform; Stephen Uden, Head of Skills and Economic Regeneration, Microsoft Ltd; Dr Stephen Brien, CSJ Economic Dependency Working Group Chairman

Full venue

The Welfare reform Fringe was so popular that we had to open up the seating above the room to allow people to join in on the debate.

Stephen Uden

Stephen Uden, Head of Skills and Economic Regeneration, Microsoft Ltd spoke on behalf of Microsoft who sponsored the fringe event

Dr Stephen Brien, CSJ Economic Dependency Working Group Chairman

Dr Stephen Brien spoke in-depth on the publicly acclaimed reform policies that his report 'Dynamic Benefits' put forward.

Lord Freud, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform

Lord Freud shared his vast experience and knowledge of the welfare system in this country and the complexity of it.

Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Theresa May took the opportunity to outline the Conservative Plans on her 'Britain Working' plan and compared it with some of the proposals from 'Dynamic Benefits'

Audience get to ask the panel questions

Panel discuss the questions put at them

Philippa and Theresa talk after

Philippa and Lord Freud discuss the fringe afterwards

Team quickly pack down after the fringe event finished

Team Supper

The CSJ team celebrate a hugely successful and popular party conference

The CSJ Team unwind

The team talk about the fun leafleting for the 23 fringe events