Our 2003 Conference takes place on

Friday 5th September 2003

in

Highland Council Chamber
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness.

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Highland Connections

This year our Annual Conference revisits a familiar theme - Connecting People. After all that is what HCCF is about:

• Connecting people to each other.
• Connecting people to support and services.
• Connecting people to their communities.
• Connecting people to local decision makers and to the Parliament.

Conferences:

• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000

We know being connected at different levels and in different ways is an important factor if peoples' quality of life is to improve substantially.

Last year we published Highland Conversations. People talked:

• About connecting through the Internet and having 'an on-line family'.
• About being very visible in their local community, but in a negative way that led to stigma and bullying - relegating them to the margins of their communities.
• About connecting to their MSPs and feeling that this had given them a voice.

These conversations left us in no doubt that for many the reality was that they felt unconnected, hence our return to this theme.

This year, speakers and workshop leaders from Scotland and England will bring a mix of perspectives and experience to the Conference, ranging from the Highland dimension with the launch of HCCF's 'Community Care Connections' video to the Scandinavian experience of 'Village Parliaments'.

The discussion and debate at 'Highland Connections 2003' will help shape the work of HCCF for the coming year. Let's hope you can join us.