CVAA Annual Conference 2024
19 November, 2024 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
Hilton Liverpool City Centre
Bringing leaders and practitioners together to inspire bold action in delivering the future of adoption services
From ambition to action: delivering the future of adoption services
We are pleased to be inviting you to the CVAA annual conference 2024 in Liverpool, hosted in partnership with Nugent Adoption, on Tuesday 19th November 2024.
This year’s event ‘From ambition to action’ will be about moving the dial in delivering the future of adoption services, bringing to life the urgent reforms needed to modernise the sector. We are delighted that Andy Smith, President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, will give the keynote address, laying out shared priorities for the statutory and voluntary children’s sectors and his informed perspective on adoption as an adoptee himself.
Further speakers include Dr Tam Cane, University of Sussex, who will discuss her groundbreaking anti-racist framework to support transracial adoptive families, and Dr Tony Lloyd, CEO of ADHD Foundation, to speak on neurodiversity in the adoption sector and social care workforce. The day will also include opportunities to hear from and learn from other colleagues in the adoption sector through workshops, as well as from those with lived expertise in adoption.
We welcome leaders and practitioners from across the children’s sector with an interest in adoption to attend and learn about developments in strategy, research, and practice, and embedding lived experience into services.
Timing
Tuesday 19th November
The conference will start promptly at 9am (registration from 8.30am) with the event concluding at 4.30pm. Accommodation at the Hilton Liverpool City Centre is available to book at reduced rates for delegates who need to stay overnight on Monday and/or Tuesday via this link. Further details of the conference programme and workshop choices will be circulated shortly to all those registering.
Cost
Conference tickets are £109 which includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you in Liverpool and coming together to learn, challenge and energise ourselves, as well as enjoying each other’s company
Tickets can be booked below. You will receive a short survey after booking to request further information about any specific requirements you have.