For everyone born a place at the table...
Why does greater income equality matter ... and how do we
achieve it?
A conference jointly organised by Scottish churches and Scottish trade unions. Church Action on Poverty's National Coordinator Niall Cooper will be speaking.
| When |
Nov 06, 2009
from 09:11 AM to 04:11 PM |
|---|---|
| Where | Easter Road Conference Centre, Edinburgh |
| Contact Name | Pauline Walker |
| Contact Phone | 0141 337 8101 |
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Programme
9:00am - 9:30am Registration and refreshments
9:30am - 9:45am Welcome
9:45am - 10:45am Keynote address by Professor Richard Wilkinson
10:45am - 11:25am 'Government perspectives on tackling income
inequality' by Ann McKechin MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of
State for Scotland
11:25am Coffee
11:45am Response and perspectives from trade unions and
churches: Grahame Smith, General Secretary, STUC; Alison Elliot, Convener of Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and former Church of Scotland Moderator
12:45pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:45pm Workshops:
- 1. A Living Wage for Scotland (Deborah Littman, UNISON)
- 2. Inequality and Power (Niall Cooper, Church Action on Poverty)
- 3. Alternative models of finance and organisation (Richard McCready, Policy and Information Officer, Cooperation
- and Mutuality Scotland)
- 4. Climate change and poverty (Judith Robertson, Director, Oxfam Scotland)
- Further workshops to be confirmed
2:45pm - 3:00pm Comfort break
3:00pm - 4:00pm Plenary session. Reports from workshops and panel discussion.
4:00pm Close
Cost: £10 per participant inclusive of VAT
