MBF National Conference 2011 – Measuring up to the future – UPDATED PROGRAMME

Overview

Steve Matthews at the MBF conference 2009

This year’s conference agenda is designed to showcase how mentoring and befriending is responding to the new political and economic landscape and help you to develop your services so that they have a real impact in your local communities.

By investing one day of your time, you will be joining over 250 supporters of mentoring and befriending, looking to the future and sharing innovative ideas and best practice.

Special offers include:

• Early bird discount until 16th September 2011
• Buy one place and get the second half price*

For more details download the full conference brochure

Conference agenda

NB Click on the session titles in blue to read more about the speakers and contents

09.15            Registration and refreshments

09.45            Welcome and introduction
Steve Matthews, Chief Executive, Mentoring and Befriending Foundation

10.00            Keynote address
Lord Freud Minister for Welfare Reform

10.25            Sector specific briefing sessions:  Current landscape and opportunities
– Children, young people and families
- Crime and justice
- Social cohesion and equalities
- Health and social care
- Work and employment

11.10            Networking break and refreshments

11.40            Interactive debates: Innovative models of service delivery and funding
– New approaches to finance
- Involving local people in local development and delivery
- New models of mentoring and befriending in a digital age
- Meeting the Big Society’s challenge
- Bridging the gap: working with business

12.40            Networking lunch

13.40            Practical workshop one: Tools and techniques to respond
– Developing a good practice approach to measuring outcomes – Full
- Communicating your value to potential funders and commissioners
- Doing better through collaboration
- Getting to grips with budgets, cost and price
- Attaching financial value to your outcomes

15.10            Practical workshop two: Tools and techniques to respond
– Developing a good practice approach to measuring outcomes
- Communicating your value to potential funders and commissioners
- Doing better through collaboration
- Getting to grips with budgets, cost and price
- Attaching financial value to your outcomes

16.40            Networking drinks reception

17.45 Conference close

Promotional and exhibitor opportunities

We have a limited number of exclusive promotional and exhibitor opportunities available. Download more information here or contact Michelle Brister by email at michelle.brister@btinternet.com or by phone on 01424 870589.

For all other conference enquiries

Email us or call us on 03300 882877.

Download the full conference brochure

*Both attendees have to be from the same organisation and you have to book both places at the same time to qualify for the discount.

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