The ACEVO Gathering of Social Leaders
Conference Programme
7 May 2014
TIME
10:00
10:20
10:30
10:35
EVENT
Arrival, Registration, Refreshments, Networking
Welcome from the Chair of the Day
Lesley-Anne Alexander CBE, CEO of RNIB
Sponsor’s Address
Hugh Biddell, Head of Charities and Public Sector, RBS
The pollster’s view: One year to go – counting down to the election
Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos MORI
11:00
Panel Discussion: The voluntary sector in the political year to come
The Panel will discuss with Ben Page his overview of the coming political year, and the voluntary sector’s
political role in the run-up to the election.
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Virginia Beardshaw (Chair) [CEO, I CAN]
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Paul Farmer [CEO, Mind]
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Joe Irvin [CEO, NAVCA]
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David Ainsworth [Editor of Charity Finance Magazine, a part of Civil Society Media]
11:30
Refreshments and networking
11:45
Introduction to morning keynote address
Sir Stephen Bubb, CEO of ACEVO
12:00
Keynote Ministerial Address: : “The Worth of Charity - Putting the Voluntary Sector at the top of
the Political Agenda”
Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society.
12:25
Responses to Ministerial Address
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Sir Stephen Bubb (Chair) [CEO of ACEVO]
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Michael O’Toole [Crown Representative for the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Sector,
Cabinet Office]
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Dr. John Low CBE [CEO of CAF]
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John Tizard [Independent consultant]
13:00
Lunch and networking
14:00
Introduction to afternoon session
Lesley-Anne Alexander CBE, CEO of RNIB
Shadow Ministerial Address: “Securing and Funding the Future of the Voluntary Sector”
Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Minister
14:05
14:20
Response to Shadow Ministerial Address:
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Srabani Sen (Chair) [CEO of British Association of Adoption and Fostering]
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Liz Hutchins [Senior Campaigner, Friends of the Earth]
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John Kingston [Big Society Capital board member]
15:00
Refreshments and networking
15:15
Keynote Address: Power and Belonging: the politics of One Nation
Jon Cruddas MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Head of Labour’s Policy Review. Introduced by Sir
Stephen Bubb.
15:45
Responses to Keynote Address
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Virginia Beardshaw (Chair) [CEO of I CAN]
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Sir Stephen Bubb [CEO of ACEVO]
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Stephen Cook [Editor, Third Sector]
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Kieron Boyle [Cabinet Office]
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Anne Longfield [CEO of 4Children]
16:15
Closing remarks
Lesley-Anne Alexander CBE [CEO of RNIB] and Sir Stephen Bubb [CEO of ACEVO]
Conference ends
16:20