Poverty, Places and Equality: A role for place based approaches?

Poverty, Places and Equality: A role for place based approaches?

Sir Patrick Geddes Commemorative Lecture 2017 – Poverty, Places and Equality: A role for place based approaches?

Date: Wednesday, 07 June 2017 at 5:45PM – 8:15PM.

Venue: The Lighthouse, Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU.

Organiser: RTPI Scotland.

Naomi Eisenstadt – Independent Advisor to the Scottish Government on Poverty and Inequality

After a long career in the Non-Governmental Organisation sector, in 1999 Naomi became the first Director of the Sure Start Unit. The Unit was responsible for delivering the government’s commitment to free nursery education places for all three and four year olds, the national childcare strategy, and programmes aiming to reduce the gap in outcomes between children living in disadvantaged areas and the wider child population. After Sure Start, Naomi spent 3 years as the Director of the Social Exclusion Task Force working across government to identify and promote policies to address the needs of traditionally excluded groups. Since retiring from the Civil Service, Naomi has chaired the Camden Equalities Commission, the Milton Keynes Child Poverty Commission, published a book and several articles relevant to child development and child poverty.

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