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**CONFERENCE BOOKINGS NOW OPEN ** Understanding and Supporting Families over Time: Research, Policy and Practice Central London, 13th-14th June 2011 The conference is being organised in collaboration with ESRC Timescapes, The Social Policy Association and the Family and Parenting Institute. In brief, the purpose of the conference is to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners in the UK to discuss how we can understand and support families over time. Day one of the conference, Understanding Families over Time, will present evidence from Timescapes and other key studies on changing lives and times across the generations, and will explore the implications of the findings for family policy. Day two of the conference, Supporting Families over Time, will explore the different ways in which public and third sector initiatives are supporting families with complex needs, including those living in poverty. Speakers include Fiona Williams, Paul Boyle, Graham Allen and Frank Field. For further information please follow the link<http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/events-dissemination/events/timescapes-conference-understanding-and-supporting-families-over-time.php> or visit www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk<http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk> To book a place on the conference complete and return the booking form below via email to Jamie Downs, email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or post: FAO Jamie Downs, Timescapes Administration Officer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Social Sciences Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Conference booking form<http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/assets/files/Policy%20Conference%202011/Booking%20Form.doc> Kind regards, Sarah Finney Timescapes Research Communications Officer School of Sociology and Social Policy Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law University of Leeds Tel: 0113 343 8489 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk<http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/> Staff Profile: http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk/about/staff/finney.php