events

Community Catalysts are speaking at a number of events in 2012, these will be updated as and when new dates are confirmed, so please check back here for new events regularly.

24th April 2012

‘Improving mental health and wellbeing in later life’

Aims of event:

Community Catalysts are running a workshop with a focus on Shared Lives see below more details on the conference.

A Long Time Coming conference -
Improving mental health and wellbeing in later life

24th April 2012 at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury

Book now for a major national conference on addressing age discrimination in mental health services hosted by the Older People & Ageing Programme at the National Development Team for Inclusion, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Mind.

Keynote speaker: Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services

Join us for this important conference where we will be hearing about the critical issues in and innovative solutions to the challenges we face in combating age discrimination and achieving equality in mental health services at a time of diminishing resources and competing priorities. We want to reduce levels of depression and the risk of suicide in later life, improve outcomes from local mental health services for older people, and widen access to the whole range of treatments and interventions that promote better mental health and support older people with mental health problems.

Whether you are a policy maker, politician, commissioner or provider of local health and social care services, an older person, service user or family carer – this conference will help you understand the key issues involved in dismantling age discrimination in mental health services and improving the life chances of older people with mental health problems.

Keynote speakers include:
• Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services
• Helen Bowers, Director, Older People and Ageing, NDTi
• Peter Connelly, Chair, Old Age Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Terry Dafter, Director Adult Social Care, Stockport MBC & Joint Chair of the ADASS National Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Network
• Sue Baker, Director, Time to Change, Mind

Flyer and full conference programme can be found at: www.centrevents.co.uk/longtime.html

Book Online: www.centrevents.co.uk/book-online.aspx
or email:info@centrevents.co.uk

SPECIAL OFFERS:

*Earlybird discount for all places booked before 29th February -
Earlybird rate £135+VAT

*3 for the price of 2 special offer –
For every booking of 2 fee paying places we are offering a free place for an expert by experience (ie. An older person, user of mental health services or carer)

Regular conference fee:
£150 +20% VAT (TOTAL £180).

All fees include conference materials, refreshments and lunch.

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We hope to see you there!

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