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Its always tricky raising criticisms from the floor in these sorts of events but davids question/critique was skillfully put and I thought resonated with a large part of the audience. Richard Layard said he agreed with nearly all that david said but seems stuck in an individualistic/therapy line of action. I have since learnt that my area east sussex, and neighbouring brighton are likely to be in the first wave of getting the money and will be expanding therapy services post haste. This has helped concentrate my thinking! The whole programme is rolling out to cover half of england over the next three years but the rest of england will only get the money if three years on it is seen to be working. I am not sure whether wales in included. I think moving on from a statement to a much more articualted account of alternative approaches to the levels of underachievement, poor psychological functiong and preventable illnesses in our society and communities is whats needed. The next bps conference is in brighton and maybe this is could be used in a small way in this regard. I am not naive about the bps but their is a powerful story that needs to be told. Richard On 4/14/08, David Fryer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Dear All, > > For information: as previously mentioned Richard Pemberton and I attended > the BPS Annual Conference in Dublin and were present at Professor Layard's > presentation. During questions I attempted to problematise the whole Layard > project and gave the UK CP List statement (Changing Minds) some publicity. I > then had the opportunity to talk with Professor Layard during the buffet > lunch, mentioned the List statement again and Professor Layard expressed an > interest in reading it. I have since emailed him a copy of the List > statement > > David > > > > > -- > > The University of Stirling (a charity registered in Scotland, number > SCO11159) is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, > FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this > message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or > responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not > disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or > omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In > such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by > reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. > ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list > for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details > visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTMLFor any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on > [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask] > > ___________________________________ COMMUNITYPSYCHUK - The discussion list for community psychology in the UK. To unsubscribe or to change your details visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/COMMUNITYPSYCHUK.HTML For any problems or queries, contact the list moderator Rebekah Pratt on [log in to unmask] or Grant Jeffrey on [log in to unmask]