Surviving the cuts conference

Surviving the Cuts conference programme
Surviving the cuts: seminars in detail

One day conference that looked at the impact of the spending review and how to protect your service against the cuts. 

8 February 2011 | London

About the event

As the new political landscape brings rapid change and the country experiences stringent public spending cuts, we hosted this event to assess the real impact of these cuts and look at what they mean to our sector. The conference:

  • explored the pressures that agencies are facing and shared resulting strategies to deal with them
  • shared practical ways to safeguard a service and deliver the required efficiencies
  • explored new opportunities that these changes will create
  • looked at how you can demonstrate the difference that you make in order to generate support for your work
  • empowered you to change through campaigning and local influencing.

We need to harness our knowledge, passion and resilience, that we have shown so often in tackling homelessness to face the challenges ahead and improve the long-term prospects for our clients.

The event took place four months after the Comprehensive Spending Review, to allow time for the implications of the review to be discussed and understood. The Spending Review covers the next 5 years and includes deep cuts in many areas of public spending. Those most relevant to homelessness include local government, housing investment, public sector job losses and welfare cuts. These changes are very likely to increase the flow into homelessness. It is imperative therefore that we adapt and plan for the future now so that we can manage these changes as they occur.

Programme highlights

The following 5 core themes ran through the seminar programme; each one offering up to date advice and guidance, ensuring that delegates are equipped to deal with the changes their organisation will face over the coming months.

  • Safeguarding services
  • Campaigning for change
  • Creating efficiencies
  • Seeking new opportunities
  • Demonstrating impact

Please click here to view the conference programme and download the presentations from the day.

Please click here to view detailed information on each of the seminars.

what the event offered

  • informative advice on how to future proof a service
  • practical ways to deliver efficiencies within an organisation
  • in depth understanding of the impact of the cuts
  • chance to share and hear strategic models of practice
  • understanding of possible new opportunities that these changes will create
  • networking opportunities with other experts in your field.

Venue

The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London
N7 6PA

T: 020 7700 8102
www.theresourcecentre.org.uk

Please click here for a map of the venue.

Contact us

If you have any queries regarding the event, please contact our events team on:
T: 020 7840 4461
E: events@homelesslink.org.uk