Party conferences 2010

Conference Fringe Events

In 2010, the Coalition attended the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative party conferences.  We held a public fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in partnership with the think tank Demos under the title "Social Enterprise and the Big Society: Turning Policy into Practice".

This event was open to the public and outside of the secure conference zones, and we were joined by attendees from the social enterprise movement, think tanks, local authorities and party members.

Full details of the event were as follows:

Date:              12.30-14.00, Sunday 3rd^th October 2010

Venue:            Jurys Inn Birmingham, 245 Broad Street, B1 2HQ

Speakers:      Jenni Russell, Columnist for the Sunday Times and the Guardian (Chair), Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Peter Holbrook, CEO Social Enterprise Coalition, Fay Selvan, CEO Big Life Group

For more information, please contact Olof Jonsdottir at olof.jonsdottir@socialenterprise.org.uk