Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Seminar/workshop/course
Description
Co-ordinator, Carers Special Interest Group
Every year SPRU organises and hosts two seminars exploring issues around carers and caring. Wendy Mitchell is the co-ordinator from 2012 onwards. The seminars are open to all and are also timed to follow on from a meeting of carers lead officers from Yorkshire and Humberside that we host here at SPRU. This timing ensures that the carers leads have the opportunity to hear the guest speakers discussing recent research or practitioners exploring topical practice issues. The carers lead officers can contribute to discussion alongside academics, local practitioners, carers and service users who are also invited to attend. This ensures an vibrant and interesting mix of viewpoints and opportunities for a cross-fertilisation of ideas.