Newcastle 2008BASE conference: Northumbria University, Newcastle - 10/11 September 2008
Our interim evaluation shows that 95% of delegates rated the conference content as good or excellent. Almost 98% felt the administration was good or excellent and 92% thought it offered good or excellent value for money. A full evaluation will be available shortly. You can view the conference brochure and the workshop programme. We welcome any evaluation comments to help us improve the planning of future events. Gareth McCone from Sunderland was awarded the David Grainger Award in recognition of his outstanding work contribution. We extend our congratulations to him. We have produced a gallery of photographs from the conference and this is available from the links below: The workshop presentations are listed below. Most of the presentations are available for downloading now by clicking on the links. Those not yet available should be posted very soon. File sizes are indicative and used as a guide to download times. Note that the larger files may take some time to download. 1A: Measuring Distance Travelled: Findings and a way forward
1C: Making it Work - Embedding a supported employment approach in vocational education 1D: Peer Supported Employment for Teenagers with Learning Disabilities - a proven approach 1E: Collaboration between Australia’s Disability Employment Services and the Public Mental Health Services
2B: Making Employer Seminars Resource-Effective, not Damp Squibs 2C: Modernising Factory-based Provision 2D: Getting a Life
2F: Flexible New Deal: an overview 3A: The Australian Funding System – a model for the UK? 3B: Valued in Public – recruitment to the public sector
3D: Strategies to Improve the Employment rates of People with Severe Mental Illness 3E: Therapeutic Counselling in the Workplace 3F: The Delivery of Community Equipment Services through Social Enterprise
4B: Update on the DWP Review of Specialist Disability Employment Services 4C: Local Employment Partnerships
4E: Aim2Work – collaboration between supported employment and further education 5A: Mindful Employer
5C: Early Intervention to Support Job Retention 5D: Peer Review Systems within Supported Employment
5F: Improving Access to Education & Training for People with Mental Health Needs |
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This year's BASE conference took place in Newcastle on 10-11 September. The two day event was a resounding success and attended by over 300 delegates from across the UK. Delegates heard keynote speeches from Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform, Mark Harper MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People and Ann Watt, Deputy Director of the Social Exclusion Unit. 28 workshops looked at innovative practice across a range of topical issues. BASE would like to thank Northumbria University and Newcastle City Council for their support and sponsorship.
1B: The Effectiveness of Employment Services for People with Autism
2A: Individual Placement & Support: a collaborative model 
2E: Occupational Health Support for Employers to Assist Job Retention 
3C: The Use of Key Performance Indicators in Supported Employment 
4A: A Joined-up Approach in Local Government to Tackle Worklessness
4D: Placing and Developing Talented Disabled Graduates
5B: Managing the Customer Experience
5E: An Introduction to Employment and Support Allowance