Programme

Wed 2nd Sep, 2015: 10.00 – 17.00 main conference, 17.00 -19.00 drinks reception hosted by Retrak

Thur 3rd Sep, 2015: 9.30 – 17.00

Fri 4th Sep, 2015: 9.00 – 13.30

 

It is possible to register for one, two or three days at the Eventbrite link.

 

WED 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2015

 

Key Note:

Erica Burman, University of Manchester

 

Workshops:

How could you measure magic? Exploring Impact assessment tools that can work for smaller charities, designed with street-connected children in mind, but could be adapted to other child-focused situations

Nicola Sansom, S.A.L.V.E International

And  Alex Sporidou, Young People’s Support Foundation

 

Youth Leadership and Impact

Eleanor Harrison, Global Giving UK

 

Presentations:

Young People as Multiple Signifier: Victim, Survivor, Hopeful Future. Contextualising the role- and risks – of performance projects with young people in sites of war and conflict

Prof James Thompson, In Place of War & University of Manchester

 

Music Engagement and Development Opportunities through Informal Education Community Projects: from Moss Side to Makokoba

Danny Fahey, In Place of War & University of Manchester

 

Inclusive Education and the Power of Networks: Developing, implementing and evaluating education: IPOW

Ruth Daniel, In Place of War & University of Manchester

 

The Importance of Creativity in negotiating Identity and Rebuilding Communities: a participant’s perspective

Jean Blanchard Azip, In Place of War & University of Manchester

 

Successful Rescue and Re-integration of Children Rescued from Trafficking- is it even possible?

Freda Luzinda, Child Advocacy Africa

 

Street youth as researchers? Participatory methods in comparative longitudinal research among street youth in Africa

Eva Krah, University of Dundee

 

Consortium for Street Children and The Global Resource Centre

Natalie Turgut, Consortium for Street Children

 

Protecting rights in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: the need for a comprehensive child protection system

Dr Emilie Secker, Safe Child Africa

 

Youth Participation in Policy Making: whose listening?

Rys Farthing and Nathan Adabababio, KidsCompany

 

Thur 3RD SEPTEMBER, 2015

 

Key Note:

Sarah Thomas de Benitez, Consortium for Street Children

 

Workshops:

Quick and Dirty M&E: co-designing and co-evolving for engaged impact

Paul Kelly, Lancaster University

and Dr Emilie Secker, Safe Child Africa

 

Presentations:

Urban Youth, Developmentalism and the Politics of Citizenship in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Eyob Gebremariam, University of Manchester

 

Youth, Poverty and Employment in Urban Tanzania

Dr Nicola Banks, University of Manchester

 

Global Demands, Local Youth Lives: Understanding the dilemmas capability development and deployment in Nigeria

Dereck Arubayi and Dr Beverly Metcalfe, University of Manchester

 

Working with Street-Connected Youth

Bokey Achola, Glads House

 

Retrak’s Standard Operating Procedures

Maggie Crewes

Retrak

 

Working Successfully with Care Leavers – Evaluation findings

Susanne Martikke, Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO)

Emma Gedzielewski, Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN)

and Holly Cumbers, Manchester Metropolitan University

 

Putting Families First: Strategies for Effective Reintegration in Deprived Families

Pete Kent, Railway Children

Sylvia Reyes, Juconi Ecuador

and Tracey Haycox MBE and Michelle Hellewell, SAFE@LAST

 

Hearing the voice of street children: beneficiary participation in staff recruitment

Ann Start, Start Development

 

Fri 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2015

 

Key Note:

Ann Coffey, Member of Parliament for Stockport

 

Presentations:

Kids Company - the future of children’s social care

Deepti Patel, Yinka Ajibulu and Seray Himmet, Kids Company

 

An Exploration of the Higher Education Journey whilst Seeking Asylum

Rebecca Murray, Article 26, plus panel of A26 students

 

Making Higher Education Inclusive: widening participation in the classroom

Nic Presley, Lucy Sweetman and Dr Mimi Thebo, Bath Spa University

 

The challenges of reuniting refugee families

Victoria Wijeratne, University of Manchester

 

Hitting the glass ceiling at 17: street-connected children's prospects as they mature on the street

Gemma Pearson, Royal Holloway, University of London

 

Is academia participative in youth participation?

Stuart Dunne, Youth NorthWest