National youth engagement seminar

London Fire Brigade, in partnership with Communities and Local Government is holding a national seminar on youth engagement in the fire service on Wednesday, 25 June 2008.

• Agenda
• Who should attend
• Location
• Payment and booking
• Accomodation
• Parking
• Contact Us

The seminar comes at a time when the government is looking for ways to share best practice and update the action plan arising from its Strategy for Children and Young People (CYP) 2006-2010. 

This seminar will focus in particular on work undertaken by the fire and rescue service in the area of tackling juvenile anti-social behaviour and report the results of a national survey of youth work in the fire and rescue service.

Delegates will hear from a range of speakers and discuss key issues of youth engagement and debate the obstacles we face. Following the seminar a report with recommendations on youth engagement by the fire and rescue service will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. 

Agenda

The keynote address will be given by the Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. 

Agenda topics include:

• Government direction on youth engagement
• Youth engagement work in fire and rescue services
• An effective approach to youth work today
• The challenges ahead for youth engagement work

There will be representatives from the Department for Children, Schools and Families and some of the major national youth organisations speaking at the event. 

Sir Ken Knight, the Government’s Chief Fire Advisor will also be speaking. 

The afternoon session will include three workshops designed as discussion forums with expert panellists from a range of fields leading the discussion. 

The workshop topics are:-

• Building and sustaining partnerships;
• Image of fire services as a key partner; and
• Funding and resources.

You will need to choose which workshop you want to attend when completing the booking form.

• Agenda for the day (Please note the agenda is subject to change without notice)

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Who should attend?

Chief fire officers, Fire Authority leaders and senior officers who have a strategic responsibility for youth engagement/community safety work. Representatives who lead on youth engagement strategy and policy including government departments, agencies, charities etc. 

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Location

The conference will be held at:

Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel
16-22 Great Russell Street,
London,
WC1B 3NN
Tel. 020 7347 1000

http://www.jurysdoyle.com/

Click here for a map of the hotel area.

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Payment and booking

£160 per delegate. 

There is a discount rate of £115 per delegate for non-government organisations (including charities). 

This cost will include a three course lunch.

The places are very limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

Please click on the booking form below to reserve your place. Once we have received this form an invoice will be sent to you.  Please note that non-attendance will be charged at the full rate once the booking form has been submitted.

• Booking form

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Accommodation

Please contact the hotels directly to book your accommodation.

• St. Giles Hotel 3*
Bedford Avenue, London, WC1B 3GH
Tel. 020 7300 3000
http://www.stgiles.com/
£105 standard double including breakfast

• Bloomsbury Park Hotel 3*
126 Southampton Row, London, WC1 5AD
Tel. 0871 376 9007
http://www.bloomsburyhotel.com/
£128 standard double only

• Country Inns and Suites 3*
110 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3NA
Tel. 020 7637 7777
http://www.countryinns.com/
£149 standard double including breakfast

• Thistle Bloomsbury 4*
Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2SD
Tel. 0871 376 9006
http://www.thistlehotels.com/
£186 single room including breakfast

• Jurys Great Russell Street Hotel 4*
16-22 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3NN
Tel. 020 7347 1000
http://www.jurysdoyle.com/
£215 standard double room only

Please be aware that this is the week of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and accommodation is getting booked up very quickly.

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Transport/Parking

It is advisable to use public transport. The hotel is about a three minute walk from Tottenham Court Road tube station.
There is an NCP car park very close to the hotel on Adeline Place, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3NH. The cost per day is £29.

Contact Us

For any queries please email Sophie Edwards (sophie.edwards@london-fire.gov.uk), or call 020 8555 1200 ext 30771.

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