| 9.45am
-10.30am |
Registration
(tea/coffee will be available) |
| 10.30am |
Welcome |
| 10.40am |
Presentation: Why bother?
Philippa
Bonella, Policy Co-ordination Manager for the Scottish
Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). Philippa
was responsible for developing Scotland's Voluntary
Sector Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament and leads
SCVO's policy campaigns
|
| 11.00am |
Workshops:
What's our message?
What
should go into the HCCF Manifesto? The challenge is
to agree the key points we wish to get across to the
candidates in these elections and, bearing in mind that
we'll be competing with hundreds of other pressure groups
to get their attention, how do we get our message across
in a way that the politicians will hear?
|
| 12.30pm |
Lunch
(a light lunch will be provided) |
| 1.15pm
|
Presentation:
Making a real difference
Graham
Blount, Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office. Graham
has forgotten more about lobbying politicians than most
of us will ever know. He'll share his knowledge of how
to influence the political process by getting politicians
to change their minds.
|
| 1.30pm |
Small groups:
Tackling the problems and maximising the opportunities |
| 2.00pm |
Feedback from small groups |
| 2.30pm |
The
Big Picture - Projecting your Conclusions
Big
screen presentation of the outcomes of the workshops.
|
| 3.15pm |
Election
countdown
From
now 'till Polling Day, on Thursday 1st May 2003.
|
| 3.30pm |
Close |
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