What Next For The North West?

20th January 2012
10am to 3.30pm

The Hive, 49 Lever St, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 1FN
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This free event for commissioners and providers from across the North West explored what the future should hold for disability employment support, and heard from providers, employers and national experts.

Event speakers:

• Simon Francis – Disability and Work Division, DWP
• Huw Davies – Chief Executive, British Association of Supported Employment
• Harry Maqbol – Resourcing Manager, Royal Mail
• David Ferrier – Pure Innovations Ltd
• Kristian Wraxall – Pure Innovations Ltd

Presentations

You can download all of the presentations that were delivered at the conference below.

• Welcome and Workshops (939kb) – Kirstie Haines
• Health, Disability and Work – A Personal View (44kb) – Simon Francis
• IPS and Work Choice Overview (473kb) – Kristian Wraxall and David Ferrier, Pure Innovations Ltd
• Disability and Employment (124kb) – Harry Maqbool, Royal Mail
• Personalisation: The Challenges and Opportunities for Supported Employment (178kb) – Huw Davies, BASE

PLEASE NOTE: The presentation by Simon Francis represents his personal views and is not considered a presentation or reflection of DWP policy.

Workshop Presentations

• GM Cost Benefit Analysis Overview (1119kb) – Julian Cox
• EU PROGRESS Employers’ Toolkit: How we got here (891kb) – Chris Pope

This conference has been part-supported by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity PROGRESS (2007 – 2013). The views expressed within the conference do not reflect EU policy. The conference was used to help test a toolkit which has been funded by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity PROGRESS (2007 – 2013).