Scottish Monitoring Group on Housing and Homelessness
... Watching the Executives
Link to programme and reports from our successful 2005 conference -
Programme and speakers
9:30
Registration
10:00
Introduction -
10:05
Welcome to Pollokshaws -
10:10
Messages of Support, Introduction to speakers
10:15
Colin Deans, former board member GHA & GHAM -
10:25
Mike Dailly, Principal Solicitor, Govan Law Centre.
“GHA -
10:35
Dr. Stirling Howieson, University of Strathclyde.
“How our homes are making us ill”
10:55
Coffee/tea/comfort break
11:10
Workshops:-
12:30
Break for lunch (soup and sandwiches available here at nominal cost)
1:25
Workshops:-
2:40
Coffee/tea/comfort break
2:50
Plenary session – Convenor: Bernard Ponsonby, Political Editor, Scottish Television.
Policy statements from Conservatives (Gordon Wilson, Candidate), Greens (Patrick Harvie MSP),
Labour (Des McNulty, Deputy Communities Minister), Liberal Democrats (Isabel Nelson), SNP (Sandra White MSP),
SSP (Cllr Keith Baldassara), Solidarity (Graham Campbell )
Feedback from workshop rapporteurs
Question and answers session – Panel of politicians & rapporteurs
4:40
Summation and closing remarks
Other
Information
We hope there will be exhibits from Unison, PAIH, EAPN, FEANTSA, CECODHAS, GHN and others, literature stalls, a bookseller and YOU! There is no participation fee for the conference (which includes tea, coffee and biscuits) but we suggest a donation of £5 from waged and £2 from unwaged.
A simple healthy lunch will be offered at cost.
Conference 2007
10 am -
Saturday 10 February 2007
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow
