FW: Global Conversations: An International Gathering of Children and Young People (5th to 7th September 2012) UCLan, UK (with attachments)

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Dear AllSome information on an exciting new conference for young people, Sept 2012 – there will be a practitioner arm to the conference too. Will send details seperately Kind Regards From: [tracy.bailey@...]Sent: 15 June 2012 11:59Subject: Global Conversations: An International Gathering of Children and Young People (5th to 7th September 2012) UCLan, UK (with attachments)Global Conversations: An International Gathering of Children and Young PeopleUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, England. Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th September 2012 About the EventWe would like to invite you to attend “Global Conversations”. A conference for groups of children and young people from across the world to come together and share ideas about the world they live in. · The conference has three themes, and children and young people who take part will be able to share their ideas in creative ways with each other around the personal, political and cultural themes. · Children and young people from all over the world have been invited to come along, or join in on-line. · This event is linked with an International Childhood and Youth Research Network conference which runs side by side with Global conversations. The International Child and Youth Research Network (ICYRN) are a group of people from all over the world who meet and discuss ways to carry out research with and about children and young people. This year they are meeting in Preston at the University of Central Lancashire as part of their Preston Guild activities.· There will be spaces for Children and Young people to Share their ideas directly with each other as well as with adults from the Research Conference· This event is for young people aged 8 to 19 from across the world. We are inviting International Delegates to attend for the full three days, and UK delegates to attend for the day (see below for more details on ages and booking)· For more information about what we are doing , have a look at our programme (attached) which has been designed entirely by young people from our planning group Participate!There are plenty of opportunities for adults and young people to get involved with workshop sessions – please see attached ‘flyer and further info.doc’ and take a glance at the ‘programme.doc’ for a preview of what to expect For Enquiries For all other enquiries, please contact GlobalConversations@... | Check out http://www.facebook.com/GlobalConversations For BookingsTo make a booking, please contact info@... (see attached ‘booking form.doc’ for all the details) Locationhttp://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/campuses/campuses.php CostThere is no charge for attending this conference. However groups will need to be responsible for their own travel costs. UCLan is currently aiming to raise funds to support International Delegates with their travel costs, however this cannot be guaranteed for all groups. Contact GlobalConversations@... Age Range· Wednesday 5th AND Friday 7th September: 11-19 year olds· Thursday 6th September: 8-19 year olds Attendance· International Delegates: To attend for the full THREE days· UK delegates: To attend for the ONE day· Young people are also welcome at the parallel adult conference, which will end later, at 5.30pm, on the first two days. Notes· Please note this conference is in English. Best wishes Team Administrator Unit 6B, Micklehead Business VillageSt. s RoadSt. HelensMerseysideWA9 4YUTel: 01744 810838Email: info@... Website: www.nwrywu.org.uk | www.youthforia.org.uk NWRYWU charity number 1125563 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales number 6486517. Registered office as above. This email and the information it contains are confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. You should not copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Regional Youth Work Unit. The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. The sender, therefore, does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. No virus found in this message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2433/5079 - Release Date: 06/19/12

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Global Conversations Programme.doc

Global Conversations Booking Form.doc

Global Conversations Flyer & Further Info.doc