Programme
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9.00am Registration and coffee
9.20am Welcome
Michael Quicke, chief executive, CCLA
Nicholas Owen, anchor, BBC News 24 (Chair)
9.30am Panel session: keep the faith?
How prominent a role should faith have in a charitys work? This session will explore how charities can work in 21st Century multi-faith society. Do faith organisations tend to be treated with suspicion? And are faith charities increasingly being forced to put their faith message to one-side?
Dame Suzi Leather, chair, The Charity Commission
Eustace Constance, operations manager, Street Pastors
Hanne Stinson, executive director, British Humanist Association
Zareen Roohi Ahmed, chief executive, British Muslim Forum
10.20am Case study: working in a coalition How Jewish origin charity Drugsline, the League of British Muslims and BME support group Qalb worked together to launch the groundbreaking Joining the Loop substance misuse project in London's Redbridge.
Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, director, Drugsline
Imam Haroon Patel
10.35am Coffee
11.00am Panel session: reaching the next generation
How do you engage the next generation in the work of your organisation? How are faith charities working with young people to encourage community engagement and religious tolerance in the community?
Harriet Crabtree, director, Interfaith Network
Mohammed Imran, chief executive, Muslim Youth Helpline
11.50am Case study: how to change attitudes
12.05pm Panel session: faith and funding
Are grant-givers reluctant to fund faith charities? Are faith charities perceived to be too 'risky' to invest in? Are the odds stacked against faith organisations seeking to secure public sector contracts? This session will look at what faith organisations need to do to persuade funders, corporate partners and procurement officers that theyre the ideal partners to deliver frontline community services.
Mike Seaton, national secretary, Methodist Association of Youth Clubs
Chaya Spitz, operations manager, Interlink Foundation
Helen Morrell, commissioning strategy and market development team, Department of Work and Pensions
1.00pm Lunch
2pm Interactive workshops
Interative workshop 1: making a difference
How can charities prove that the community projects they run actually work and make a difference? What's the point of evaluation? This workshop will give delegates plenty of practical advice on ways they can demonstrate and report their effectiveness. Plus top tips on what funders are looking for in charity evaluation reports.
Martin Brookes, chief executive, New Philanthropy Capital
Shehnaaz Latif, trainer/evaluator, Charities Evaluation Services
Anne Dannerolle, manager, Hull Community Church
Interactive workshop 2: ask the media
This workshop will give delegates the chance to ask journalists and broadcasters everything they ever wanted to know about how to get media coverage for their charity.
Peter Gilheany, consultant, Forster
Interactive workshop 3: socially responsible investment
How can faith based charities invest their assets profitably, but without contradicting the aims of the organisation or inviting criticism for controversial investments.
Penny Shepherd, chief executive, UK Social Investment Forum
Neville White, manager SRI unit, CCLA
Susan Seymore, chair of investment committee, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
3pm Coffee
3.30pm Interactive workshops
Interactive workshop 1: faith-based fundraising
How can you successfully increase donations from your current supporters? How can you inspire your organisation's members to give more?
Richard Franklin, director of fundraising, Jewish Care
Habib Malik, head of fundraising, Islamic Relief
Interactive workshop 2: good governance
What does good governance matter? What ingredients do faith charities need to be well managed organisations?
Doreen Finneron, executive director, Faith Based Regeneration Network
Joy Madeiros, public policy director, Faithworks
Uday Thakkar, founder, Red Ochre
Interactive workshop 3: how to lobby government
How can faith charities make sure their campaign messages reach key decision makers in local and central government?
Revd Dr Carrie Pemberton, chief executive, CHASTE
Alan Thornton, media manager, Church Action on Poverty
Tim Stone, public affairs officer, The Salvation Army
Peter Gilheany, consultant, Forster
4.30pm Keynote speaker
After conference: complimentary drinks reception and networking
Note: Faith and Charity '08 is still under development. More big name speakers and sessions to be confirmed.
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