The Fifth Assembly: the Future the Impact of the Welsh Election on the Housing and Support Sector 19 May, 2016 | Cardiff, Marriott Hotel
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The Fifth Assembly: the Future The impact of the Welsh election on the housing and support sector 19 May, 2016 | Cardiff, Marriott Hotel PROGRAMME 0900 – 9:30 Registration and refreshments 9:30 – 9:40 Welcome address: What do we want from today? Auriol Miller, Director, Cymorth Cymru @auriol_miller 9:40 – 10:15 Keynote Address: What has changed? The opening of the conference will look at the results of the election on 5 May, the resulting changes and developments in the Assembly, and will consider overall policy themes or directions of travel for the new Government. It will also headline many of the challenges that will be facing Wales over the next five years. Valerie Livingston, Director, newsdirectwales @velivingston @newsdirectwales 10:15 – 11:00 The Future Generations and Wellbeing (Wales) Act: Barriers and Enablers This session will look at one of the acts passed by the last Government and consider how this will develop in the future – both in terms of practice (its impact on services) and what the barriers and enablers are to this. With some areas of delivery devolved and others not, is there an “English barrier” over implementation of these principles? How will this develop with the new Government and how can we support it? Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner @sophiehowe @futuregencymru 11:00 – 11:15 Refreshment break 11:15 – 12:00 Workshop Sessions: Looking at the detail 1. Commissioning in a super-authority: How will it look after local authority reorganisation? One of the issues that a new Welsh Government will have to wrestle with will be local authority re-organisation. In this session we will be pulling in evidence of how local authorities in England have begun working very closely together, sometimes managing with populations that are larger than that of Wales. What lessons can we learn from what has worked, and what happens to service providers in that reorganisation? Alan Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, YMCA Birmingham @alanfraserYMCA #FifthAssembly 2. Housing and its place in civil society Housing can sometimes feel like an also-ran in terms of civil society. Whilst an increased focus on health and social care integration is welcome, we mustn’t ignore the valuable contribution that housing can make to some of the modern “great evils” of unemployment, substance misuse, domestic abuse, mental health and others. This session will consider how we can make the case for housing involvement at all stages, and how far we have to go until that can happen. Helen Taylor, Lecturer in Housing, Cardiff Metropolitan University @practademia 12:00 – 12:10 Refreshment break / change of workshop 12:10 – 13:00 Workshop Sessions: Looking at the detail (Repeated) 13:00 – 13:45 Lunch and networking 13:45– 14:30 Tectonic plates shifting apart: Housing in Wales and Housing in England The housing sector in Wales will look very different to the housing sector in England. With different approaches to right-to-buy, to discretionary payment funds, to social rents, to the protection of Supporting People and the Housing (Wales) Act, Wales might be unrecognisable to England in the next five years. This session will look at the ways in which this may develop in the future. Tamsin Stirling, Independent Housing Consultant, Former Specialist Policy Adviser to Huw Lewis / Carl Sargeant @TamsinStirling1 14:30 – 15:00 The Future of Devolution, and what this might mean? Devolution is an ongoing process. Since 1999, Wales has gradually developed its relationship with devolution – and importantly, grown in terms of its powers. There are current debates about the future of devolution with a great deal of back-and-forth between the UK Government and the Welsh Government. With a new Government in place, these debates will set the tone for Welsh devolution – and potentially have a huge impact on policy over the next five years and beyond. Dr Diana Stirbu, Senior Lecturer in Public Administration, London Metropolitan University @Diana_Stirbu 15:00 – 15:15 Refreshment Break and Networking 15:15 – 16:00 How to get your message to Assembly Members With many new AMs and a completely new contingent of UKIP AMs in the Assembly, we ask a former AM and Minister how organisations #FifthAssembly representing marginalised and vulnerable people were able to reach her and ensure ideas were heard. We also hear from a current Public Affairs Manager, who will look at how her organisation plans on reaching new AMs and how those directly working in services can succeed in that. We will also ask both Jocelyn and Michelle how the arrival of UKIP representatives into the Assembly might change it. And finally, we will of course leave space for discussion of developments following the First Minister election deadlock. Jocelyn Davies, former AM for South Wales East, and former Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration @parkgirl59 Michelle Matheron, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, The Open University @micheymathers 16:00 – 16:45 Does a rising tide lift all boats? In our final address of the day, we will be inviting a speaker from an organisation with a very different approach and outlook to our sector. This session will consider the impact of the economy as a whole on poverty, but from an angle we might not normally consider at our events. This session will look at how many see the economy as the central driver for helping vulnerable people out of poverty, and some of the arguments against central state funding of services. There will be opportunity for questions and challenge from the audience. Chris Sutton, Lead Director, JLL Cardiff and Vice Chair, CBI Wales @suttoncardiff 16:45 Close #FifthAssembly .