Find out what we'll be discussing at our upcoming Economic Inclusion Forum

1. Thursday 26 February 2015
Voluntary Action Leicestershire, 9 Newarke Street, Leicester, LE1 5SN
www.valonline.org.uk
Time Agenda Item
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
&
Refreshments
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome
and
Aims
of
the
Event
Heather
Roythorne
–
Finch,
VAL
10:15 – 10:30
Elections
and
the
VCS
Useful
information
for
the
VCS
ahead
of
the
Local
and
General
Elections
10:30 – 10:45
Leicester
and
Leicestershire
Enterprise
Partnership
(LLEP)
Programme
Updates
Mary
–
Louise
Harrison,
LLEP
10:45 – 11:00
Support
for
VCSE
partnership
for
EU
Structural
and
Investment
Fund
(ESIF)
Theme
9:
Social
Inclusion
Ian
Wilson,
CASE
&
Heather
Roythorne
–
Finch,
VAL
11:00 – 11:20 Refreshments
and
Networking
11:20 – 11:30
Tell
VAL
How
we
are
doing
Jackie
Woodhouse,
VAL
Research
Officer
will
lead
an
interactive
session
enabling
you
to
feedback
on
VAL’s
support
for
VCS
voice
and
influence.
11:30 – 12:30 Workshops
1. Financial
Exclusion,
the
causes
and
the
solutions
Moneywise
want
your
help
to
identify
key
areas
of
financial
exclusion
and
what
the
common
barriers
and
problems
are
and
to
highlight
any
gaps
in
the
coverage.
Look
at
the
current
solutions
and
how
these
can
be
integrated
into
a
single
Financial
Inclusion
Strategy
for
the
city.
2.
Consultation
for
Theme
9
of
the
ESIF
programme
to
inform
specification
outline
The
LLEP
are
seeking
the
Voluntary
and
Community
Sectors
view
on
what
‘an
holistic
approach’
to
tackling
social
exclusion
for
those
moving
towards
training
and
employment
should
look
like.
Opportunity
to
inform
what
is
needed
to
tackle
this
issue.
12:30 – 12:45
Work
shop
feed
back
Forum
next
steps
and
future
events.
AGENDA
Economic Inclusion Forum