Advance notice of conference – put the date in your diary and book early .
Healthy Happy Bairns
Celebrating success and sharing learning from Support from the Start
the early years Equally Well Test site
Date : 7th Feb 2012
Venue: Quayside Musselburgh
Chaired by Susan Deacon
9am Coffee and registration
9.30am Welcome from Councillor Knox – Depute Provost
9.35am Opening Remarks from Angela Constance – Early years Minister
9.45am These are the things that matter to me
A parents view of early years services
10.15am Making a Space for Change
Don Ledingham, Director of Education & Children’s Services, ELC
10.45am Refreshment break
11.15am – Healthy Happy Bairns –
The evaluation of the first two years of Support from the Start – ChangexChange team
Early years development in East Lothian Communities
The First report from the Early Development Instrument pilot – Dr Rosemary Geddes
Midday Transforming services – an assets based approach
Karen Grieve Equally Well national programme manager
12.20. Lunch & champions marketplace
Afternoon Session – Support from the Start the next phase
1.00pm Opening remarks – TBC
1.10pm The Vision – Ronnie Hill, Head of Children’s Services, ELC
1.30pm Making the vision a reality
The Best possible start in My community
Community Workshops
3.30pm Close
To book a place contact pmclaren@eastlothian.gov.uk