Westminster Briefing: A Thriving and Independent Third Sector - New Opportunities and Challenges 20 November 2008 - 9am to 16:30pm Commonwealth Club 25 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BJ

This Westminster Briefing Conference will give delegates the opportunity to be informed on the Government's vision for the future of the Third Sector. Charities will be considered in the context of their multiple identities as campaigners for change, deliverers of public services and champions of communities. Participants will also discuss how the profile of the Third Sector's work can be enhanced and promoted and how we can work towards regulatory conditions where charitable organisations can fulfil their full potential and social missions with complete public trust and confidence. Delegates will have the chance to engage with the panel in investigating key issues such as:

	What are the full range of investment and funding opportunities available to third sector organisations of all sizes and how best can these be assessed?
	How can third sector organisations build their relationships with local authorities and force effective and lasting partnerships through Local Area Agreements and public service delivery?
	How can the third sector make the most of its unique role as a force for local change and empowerment, and campaign effectively for the people it serves?
	Investigating innovative methods of fundraising and how to ensure best practice and transparency?
	How to increase the profile of volunteering and ensure that volunteering opportunities are avaialble and visable to all, particularly those at risk of social exclusion?
	How can social enterprises ensure that they have the skills and structures to win public service contracts and use their unique characteristics to their full advantage? How can we raise the profile of social enterprise?

Who should attend?
Delegates will be drawn from local authorities, charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, volunteer organisations, community groups, the private sector, central government, academia and from across public services such as eduction and you people services, NHS, social services and police.

For further information about this conference and to register follow  this link.
Alternatively email: Jonathan Fuller.