(with apologies for cross-posting)

 

List members might be interested in attending the Creative Collisions conference on 3 May at the Mermaid Theatre in Blackfriars, London.

 

www.creative-collisions.org.uk

 

Creative Collisions is the leading conference for people who work in the youth sector and will bring together more than 300 people from across the sector, including youth workers, volunteers, sector experts and young people. It is an opportunity for leading experts in the youth sector, youth workers and young people themselves to come together to explore the issues that matter most to them.      

 

Wellcome are pleased to be sponsoring the conference. We are interested in embedding science into the work of people who work with young people. Professor Sarah Jane Blakemore will give the keynote presentation on the workings of the adolescent brain. Between plenary sessions, there will be a selection of fantastic breakout panels, debates and workshops focused around four themes impacting and influencing the youth sector and young people today: Social Mobility, Identity, Youth Engagement and Skills for the Future.

 

Wellcome’s support for this event forms part of our work aimed at supporting young people affected by disadvantage. In the coming weeks and months I hope to share more details about the work we’ve been doing; evaluation results; and opportunities for partnership working between the sci comm and youth work sectors.

 

If you want to find out more details about the conference or Wellcome’s work in this area, please do get in touch.

 

Mat

 

(Creative Collisions is a partnership between UK Youth, The Scout Association, Girlguiding, Ambition, Leap Confronting Conflict, National Citizen Service, National Youth Agency, The Mix, and vInspired.)

 

Dr Mat Hickman

Programmes Manager – Science Learning

 

@WTeducation | @mathickman

T +44 (0)20 7611 8825

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