The 5th Christian Child Care Forum
‘Celebrating Children’
helping to redeem the future of childhood
Wednesday 13th April 1030-1545
St James Church Crypt, Clerkenwell Lane , London EC1R 0EA

(Nearest tube: Farringdon; Kings Cross is one stop away)

Our last Forum day signalled the launch of a process aimed at securing a society in which every child matters. We looked at the need to champion this cause and we learned how other major campaigns have been birthed and developed. Since then there has been a dialogue between several major players in the field to try to mark out the issues and a process of delivering our aims.
If creating a society in which every child matters is the outcome we all strive for, the process of achieving it and the various contributions of Forum members and organisations will be exciting to see unfold. The Children Society for example, has already got work in progress under the title of ‘The Good Childhood Project’ which seeks to raise the important issues at a policy level. A different but complementary strand of involvement will be explored at our coming Forum on April 13th 2005.
Celebrating Children is a significant and unique approach to training people who wish to work with children. The syllabus addresses children from their perspective - it enters the world of the child so that future child care professionals at all levels are properly equipped to contribute sensitively and comprehensively to their development as rounded whole people. The training syllabus takes children seriously, and is critically shaped by a theological perspective which helps all to nurture and celebrate the unique and fragile gift we call childhood. As Celebrating Children is rolled out we believe it will become a significant means of delivering a society in which every child matters.

The outcomes of the day will be that participants will have:

a clear overview of the every child matters campaign
a clear understanding of the Celebrating Children course,
how it fits with the delivery of a society in which every child matters
how participants can access and use Celebrating Children

The Cost of the day, including lunch is £23.00 with concessions for retired people and unemployed people (£16.00).
Book your place by printing off the downloadable form and sending it with a cheque made payable to Christian Child Care Forum to: CCCF c/o Millgrove, 10 Crescent Road, South Woodford , London E18 1JB. Tel: 0208 504 2702
We have invited contributors including:
Jo Wright, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS and joint editor of Celebrating Children;
David Pearson, Child care consultant and Director of PCCA Christian Child Care and the Churches Child Protection Advisory Service;
David Lane, Former Director of Social Services, Wakefield and Chair of Langley House Trust;
Haddon Willmer on child theology and
Penny Dean of The Children’s Society
Chris Hanvey of Barnardos

Timetable
1000 Arrival and Coffee
1030 Introduction by Keith White
Morning Chair: Chris Hanvey

1045 Session 1
Penny Dean – Contemporary understandings of childhood
Haddon Willmer – Understanding and applying child theology
Chris Hanvey – Summing up

1140 Session 2
David Lane - Child-related training today: Trends and opportunities.
1200 Buzz Groups

1215 Session
Jo Wright - History and nature of the
Celebrating Children Course

1300 Lunch

Afternoon Chair: David Evans

1400 Session 4
David Pearson – Model of delivering training that works:
CCPAS

1430 Session 5
Next steps – Accessing the course.
Synergy with other initiatives
Buzz groups

1515 Plenary Q&A

1530 Tea and finish