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Common Cents 2014


 
 
Future Trends in Community & Voluntary Sector Funding and Policy 
What factors currently drive government policy on the Community and Voluntary Sector?
What changes in direction are possible or likely in the years ahead?
Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, will address these and other vital topics in his Keynote Address to the 2014 Annual Conference of Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund.
The venue is the Ashling hotel, Dublin on Thurs. Oct. 16th next - two days after the announcement of Budget 2015. It runs from 9am to 1pm, followed by light lunch.
Robert Watt will provide a first-hand analysis and explanation of factors currently influencing official decision making in government  - and likely directions for future policy and funding for the sector.
The session will be Chaired by Prof Brian McCraith, President of Dublin City University.
Other speakers include Brother Kevin Crowley, Founder, Capuchin Day Centre and Avila Kilmurray, until recently the Director of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.
As Ireland prepares to come out of recession what are the needs and requirements of communities around the country?
Can innovative new measures like social impact investing address key issues, including homelessness?
Don't miss this opportunity!  
Agenda
 
 
09.00 REGISTRATION Tea / Coffee on arrival
 
09.30 WELCOME - Jim Rourke, Vice-Chairperson, Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund
 
         Opening Address
 
Philanthropy promoting Social Justice and Peace
Avila Kilmurray, Former Director, Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
 
10.00 IDENTIFYING NEEDS
 
         Brother Kevin Crowley, ofm cap - Capuchin Day Centre
         The Reality of Homelessness
 
         Margaret Daly, Foscadh Housing Association, Drogheda Co Louth
         Case Study - Social Finance for Social Housing
 
         Gary Brennan, Chair Social Impact Investing Committee, Clann Credo 
         Families who are homeless
 
         Followed by Discussion
 
11.30 Tea/Coffee Break
 
11.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Social Investment: Aligning capital with Economic and Social Justice
 
         Chair: Brian MacCraithPresident, Dublin City University 
      
         Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
         Future trends in Community & Voluntary Sector Funding
      
         Anna LeeCommunity Development and anti-poverty expert & former CEO,                                      Dodder Valley Partnership    
         The view from the frontline
 
13.00 CLOSING REMARKS: 
Paul O’SullivanCEO, Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund
 
13.10 Lunch 
 
 
 


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