* apologies for cross posting* Cash and Care - Understanding the Evidence Base for Policy and Practice 12-13 April 2005 Alcuin College, University of York LAST FEW PLACES AVAILABLE! This conference will present leading edge research in the areas of cross-agency boundaries, chronic illness and disability across the life-course, money risk and budgeting on a low income and care work. In addition, a panel of eminent policy makers and practitioners will debate the contribution of research to policy and practice. Panel members: Andrew Cozens (Immediate Past President of Association of Directors of Social Services), Professor Ian Diamond (Chief Executive, ESRC), Sue Duncan (Government Chief Social Researcher, Cabinet Office) Malcolm Wicks MP (Minister of State for Work and Pensions). Plenary speakers include: Professors Jane Lewis (LSE), Peter Saunders (University of New South Wales) and Kari Waerness (University of Bergen). Keynote speakers include: Professors Saul Becker, Caroline Glendinning, Hilary Land, Jan Pahl, Jane Millar, Eithne McLaughlin, Tricia Sloper and Linda Ward. This conference is sponsored by ESRC, the Department of Health, and the UK Social Policy Association. For further information and a full, revised conference programme please visit: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/cashcareconf.html or contact Lisa Goode [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent through the Ageing in Europe mailing list. Please visit the homepage of the ESA Research Network on Ageing in Europe at http://www.ageing-in-europe.de ----------------------------------------------------------------