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THE CHILD CARE HISTORY NETWORK
Patron: The Earl of Listowel

Founding AGM and Inaugural Conference
October 23, 2008

AGM: 9.30 – 10.30
Conference: 10.45 – 4.30

Venue: Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre
Church Lane, Toddington, Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 5DQ

- A ONE DAY CONFERENCE IN THE COTSWOLDS -

"CHILD CARE, THE NEED FOR HISTORY":
The importance of the past, and planning for the future.

Bringing together professional archivists, librarians, and oral historians with practitioners, administrators, former children, authors and academic researchers, in a unique event, to create an organisation and address essential themes in the history and future of child care

"Child care disasters, forgotten lives, and reinventing the wheel: What is the role of memory and forgetting in the future of British child care policy and practice? Can history make a difference?"

- WHAT ARE THE SOURCES for child care history? What do they contain? What don't they contain? What could they contain?
- WHAT IS THE USE of child care history?: Why do it? Who is it for?
- WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?: Current work and initiatives in the research and dissemination of child care history
- WHAT HAPPENS when the sources are used and the history goes public?: Resolution, Creativity, and Danger

This day will provide a unique opportunity to meet others concerned with and working in the field of child care and child care history, as well as those responsible for ensuring the safety and integrity of child care records, information and memory for future generations.

Cost: £75 per person (concessions available) .
Includes Lunch, refreshments, and first annual CCHN Membership

For further information, see booking form or contact
Dr. Craig Fees
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01242 620125

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
All with a concern for child care history:
- archivists, librarians, and museum professionals, and researchers, who gather, maintain, study and interpret the records
- former children and staff, whose history it is;
- current practitioners, administrators, and policymakers, who have the future of child care in their
hands,
- authors, broadcasters, and others who tell the story and help the public to understand the past, the present and the future of child care.