Speaking

A selection of my recent speaking engagements.

BBC Radio 4 Bringing Up Britain

Mariella Frostrup hosts this series of debates about parenting with families, experts and policy makers. I joined Mariella along with Christine Tufnell of Care for the Family, Penny Mansfield from the relationship charity One Plus One and Elly Farmer, a clinical psychologist who also speaks for the Centre for Social Justice on family issues to explore step parenting and 'blended families' from the point of view of parents, children and society, .

Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing

I was delighted to be asked to act as a group facilitatator at this conference, hosted by Children and Young People Now, looking at practical implementation strategies for multi-agency working in children's service provision.

Putting Children First: best practice in support to separated families

This significant event was organised by the Centre for Separated Families with guest speakers including Stephen Geraghty (CMEC), Anthony Douglas (Cafcass) and Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP. Representing the Centre, I joined the panel of experts from many disciplines for a question and answer session.

What works in Relationship Education?

I was invited as a panel member for this highly interesting seminar organised by Care for the Family. The meeting, held in the House of Commons brought together academics, policy makers and practitioners from Europe and the United States. It was sponsored by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Relationships and funded by Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development.

Relate seminar on Family Separation

This Relate seminar was entitled 'The Rights & Wrongs of Family Law: Are we failing separated families?'. My presentation, Family separation and the ethic of care looked at how we might concieve family relationships differently after divorce or separation. The meeting was chaired by Tim Loughton MP, with Dr Liz Trinder, Reader in Family Studies, University of Newcastle and Jonathan Herring, Exeter College, University of Oxford. It was held in the House of Commons