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Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: 2010 and beyond
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
VENUE:Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
Alison Hadley
Gill Frances
Andrea Duncan
Guests of Honour: Andrea Duncan, Programme Manager for Sexual Health and HIV, Department of Health; Alison Hadley, Head of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Children, Schools and Families and Gill Frances, Chair, Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG)
This seminar will look ahead to the new phase of the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy with discussion of what direction the new strategy and future policy should take. The agenda will also bring out perspectives on the degree to which the Strategy has achieved its goals, and what more can be done to improve SRE in light of the proposals in the Children, Schools and Families Bill currently passing through parliament.
We are delighted to be able to include in this seminar keynote presentations from Andrea Duncan, Programme Manager for Sexual Health and HIV, Department of Health; Gill Frances, Chair, Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG); and Alison Hadley, Head of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Further speakers include Lisa Bartlett, Programme Development Manager, Brook; Michelle Black, Teenage Pregnancy Implementation Officer, Stoke-on-Trent City Council; Dr Jane Evans, Research and Policy Officer, Barnardo's; Ann Furedi, Chief Executive, BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service); Lisa Hallgarten, Co-director, Education for Choice; Shona Gore, Senior Tutor, Curriculum Development, National Childbirth Trust; David Kesterton, Speakeasy Project Manager, FPA; Tracy Kirk, Teenage Pregnancy Strategic Lead, Stoke-on-Trent City Council; Anna Martinez, Coordinator, Sex Education Forum, National Children's Bureau; Dimple Pau, Youth Volunteer, Brook; Clare Taverner, Youth Volunteer, Brook; and Rob Williams, Chief Executive, Fatherhood Institute.
Rt. Hon Caroline Flint MP, former Public Health Minister; and Anne Milton MP, Shadow Minister for Health have kindly agreed to chair this seminar.
