**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.
FAO Jamie Downs, Timescapes Administration Officer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Social Sciences Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
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