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BOOKING FAST: Tackling Loneliness Conference 2022
Join us for two half-days of discussing policy and best practice for preventing and tackling loneliness. You will have the opportunity to evaluate the latest policy from the DCMS on tackling loneliness, explore the latest research on loneliness in the UK and discuss how best to fight social isolation through social prescribing, and multi-agency working
Testimonials
The Local Economic Growth Conference 2022 provided a range of speakers covering various initiatives all of which generated ideas and thoughts for future actions that i can take forward within my own authority. A really helpful two mornings.
- North Kesteven District CouncilPractical, detailed and engaging training by professionals with a reassuring depth of knowledge and expertise in their field.
- Bath and North East Somerset CouncilIt was a gathering of intellectuals. The presentations were very detailed, practical, and insightful. Highly recommended to public health professionals
- Birmingham City CouncilThis online event was very well organised with a fantastic range of topics and very experienced speakers. It has given me a lot of food for thought which I will be sharing across relevant services in Sutton.
- London Borough Of Sutton CouncilI became a captivated audience at this year's conference. Lots of information to take in and lots to think upon. I’ll definitely be back again.
- Melton Borough CouncilInteresting, excellent content, great to hear from other local authorities and what they are doing with regards to property licensing to address widespread management and disrepair issues in the PRS.
- London Borough of Islington This training course exceeded my expectations and blew me away by how good it was. I've taken away lots of practical tools, and have learnt how to do the testing myself so I can now test the council's website.
- North Devon District CouncilThis was an insightful, interesting event. I'm looking forward to going through all the new resources that were provided and sharing them with my team. Both trainers were very helpful and knowledgeable.
- Brighton & Hove City Council This online conference was very informative and I will pass all information gathered here back to the team and make changes where needed which will enable us to deliver better services to all the young people in our community.
- Southend On Sea Borough CouncilA great opportunity to hear about numerous networks and partnerships to provide digital skills to people who are lacking skills and have become excluded as a result.
- East Sussex County CouncilA great day dedicated to gaining a better understanding of loneliness, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fantastic speakers and case studies to inspire everyone.
- Mid Sussex Wellbeing Team - West Sussex County CouncilThe training session was very well run, the content was clear, appropriate and insightful. The speakers were very knowledgeable and clearly experienced.
- Sheffield City CouncilPredicting the future of infrastructure as vital as the country's Road Network could seem impossible. Being able to listen to some of the leading thinkers, innovators and policy-makers in this field makes the impossible feel that little bit more possible, and the future a little less opaque.
- Highways EnglandA very engaging event with a variety of very good speakers which certainly helped me in my understanding of the latest data, tends and new thinking.
- London Borough Of BromleyIt was an interesting conference with lots of speakers describing the approaches taken by their organisations to modernise and transform their people, place and technology.
- London Borough Of Southwark CouncilA really useful event on a very topical subject. We are starting out on our Climate Emergency journey and it is really important to understand the practical and viable considerations - this was a real help to understanding some of the raft of information that is out there!
- South Somerset District CouncilGreat course, I gained a good insight into what my organisation needs to put in place for our website accessibility and compliance.
- Haywards Heath Town CouncilA real light bulb moment, in how to move forwards the Health and Wellbeing agenda!
- Hertfordshire County CouncilA very useful event which provided learning from a range of different professional bodies and organisations which can be shared to the wider community to assist with preventing serious accidents on the UKs roads.
- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue ServiceA fantastic range of speakers with information on websites to visit post conference, so much follow up learning will be made possible from this conference
- Norfolk County Council The Digital Skills and Inclusion Conference provided a very comprehensive look at digital inclusion practice across the UK.
- East Sussex County Council