5.45 pm – Arrival and Registration
6.00 pm – Welcome, Chairs: Helen Jones and Dr Amanda Orchard, SPPA’s Founding Trustees
6.05-6.45pm – An interview between Lemn Sissay MBE and Prof Becky Francis about social inequality and the power of education to change it, Speakers: Lemn Sissay MBE, British Poet and Chancellor of Manchester University and Prof Becky Francis, Director, UCL Institute of Education
6.45-7.05pm – The impact of social pedagogy, Speakers: Nicola Boyce from St Christopher’s Fellowship and Robert Koglek and Nick Corker from Hackney Council
7.05-7.15pm – The future of social pedagogy in the UK and why we developed the SPPA, Speakers: Prof Claire Cameron and Prof Pat Petrie, Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy, UCL Institute of Education
7.15pm – Closing remarks, Chairs: Helen Jones and Dr Amanda Orchard, SPPA’s Founding Trustees
7.30pm onwards – Drinks and canapés reception