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Parent Champions Conference and Awards 2024
The Parent Champions Conference and Awards gives attendees an opportunity to learn more from the experiences of local Parent Champions schemes and is free to attend for all National Network members.
This year's event will take place online over two days on Tuesday 14 May and Wednesday 15 May.
Day 1: Tuesday 14 May
10.00am - Introduction from Coram Family and Childcare
10.05am - Co-designing services that work for people: What role can
parents play?
Dr Sarah Drummond, Director, The School of Good Services
10.35am - Self-care and mindfulness for parents
Millie Chancellor, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University College
London / Parenting & Creative Therapies, Coram
11.00am - Break
11.15am - Morning Workshops
Workshop 1 | Working with refugee communities
Lesia Sakhkova, Parent Champions Coordinator, Norfolk
Workshop 2 | Early education entitlements
Isha Sohal, Department of Education
Maria Sciara, Department of Education
12.00pm - Lunch
12.45pm - Afternoon Workshops
Workshop 3 | Retention and return: Delivering the expansion of early
years entitlement in England
Professor Kate Hardy, Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation
and Change, University of Leeds
Workshop 4 | Connecting with communities
Claire Hughes, Parent Champions Coordinator, Wrexham
Jade Humphreys-Jones, Parent Champions Volunteer, Wrexham
Workshop 5 | Things we have learned from setting up a SEND Parent
Champions scheme
Rob Harris, Parent Champions Coordinator, Kingston and Richmond
Farah Ahmad, Parent Champions Coordinator, Kingston and Richmond
Linda Nystrom, Parent Champions Volunteer, Kingston and Richmond
1.30pm - End of Day 1
Day 2: Wednesday 15 May
10.00am - Parent Champions: A review of the year and looking forwards
10.30am - Hear from Scheme of the Year 2023: Parent Champions Lambeth
11.00am - Break
11.15am - Parent Champions Awards
11.45am - Thank you and close
Award categories
Nominating a volunteer, scheme or coordinator for an award is a brilliant way to celebrate success over the past year. The awards categories for this year are:
For schemes:
Parent Champions Scheme of the Year
For coordinators:
Parent Champions Coordinator of the Year
For volunteers:
The Biggest Impact Award
The Personal Development Award
Best Newcomer
The deadline for awards nominations has now passed. Winners will be announced on the second day of the Parent Champions conference on Wednesday 15 May.
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