Annual Conference 2008

The Care & Repair Cymru Annual Conference 2008 was held on the 24th and 25th September at the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff. 

Conference speeches and presentations are now available by clicking on the links.

OLDER PEOPLE as HOUSING CHAMPIONS - Wendy Bourton, Chief Executive Care & Repair Cymru

PUTTING OLDER PEOPLE FIRST - Ruth Marks, Older People's Commissioner for Wales

ONE WALES ONE NATION  - Peter Davies OBE Commissioner for Sustainable Development

FOR BETTER FOR WORSE - Commissioning, Procurement and the Third Sector - Phil Jarrold WCVA

GOVERNANCE IN ACTION - Antonia Forte CTCHG

REDUCING THE IMPACT OF HOMES on CLIMATE CHANGE -Helen Northmore, Energy Saving Trust.

HOUSING and SUPPORT CHALLENGES for DEMENTIA CARE - Ian Thomas -Alzheimer's Society

WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS - Keith Edwards - i2i

WHO RUNS THE SHOW - Mark Ash Caerphilly Teaching LHB

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (or Sustainable Sustainability) - Richard Mann Caerphilly Teaching LHB

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY - Richard Thomas & Julia Peek Cardiff C&R

THE MAKING OF A NEW CHARITY IN WALES - Ana Palazon, Help The Aged & Rob Taylor, Age Concern 

CHAMPIONING BETTER HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE - Sue Adams, Care & Repair England

THE POWER OF INFORMATION - Sally Rivers, Blaenau Gwent C&R and Shona Martin, Monmouthshire C&R 

STRATEGY FOR OLDER PEOPLE:SECOND PHASE - Professor Vivienne Walters, Swansea University

EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - David Groves

AGE-ISM: ANOTHER FORM OF BIGOTRY - Article referred to by Hugh Chadderton