1. Children's Centres plus Libraries: a new fusion
The REC Centre, Towcester Road, Far Cotton, Northampton NN4 8LG
Thu 6 March 2014
PROGRAMME (*)
0945 Registration & coffee
1000 Welcome by Cllr Heather Smith, Deputy Leader, Northamptonshire County Council
1005 Andrea Leadsom MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on SureStart Children’s
Centres
1030 Ice-breaker / networking
1040 Coffee break
1055 Viv Bird, Chief Executive, Booktrust
1135 Margy Whalley, Director, Pen Green Centre and Research, Development and
Training Base for Children and their Families
1215 Lunch
1315 Case studies:
1330 Northamptonshire’s Bookstart
experience
Helen Shepherd, Early Years Bookstart
Coordinator; Louise Moseley, Children’s Centre
Lead
1400 Bury: registrars in Children’s
Centres
Samantha Mclaren , Children's Centres Cluster
Co-ordinator; Paula Cockcroft, Children’s Centres
Cluster Co ordinator
1430 Tea break
1445 Northamptonshire Children’s
Centres Plus Libraries – a new
fusion
Anne Morris, Children’s Centre Lead
David Reed, Principal Librarian, Children and
Families
1515 ‘Burning Questions’ final panel (all speakers)
1540 Closing remarks by Grace Kempster, Customer and Library Services Manager,
Northamptonshire County Council
1545 END
(*) We reserve the right to modify the programme in the event of any changes to circumstances
All enquiries: Jorge Solis / Principal Librarian-Transformation / 01604 366162 /
jsolis@northamptonshire.gov.uk / www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/libraryasset