Doreen Lawrence OBE to Headline Inclusion Conference

Doreen Lawrence OBE, Director of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust will headline a major event in Liverpool aimed at addressing black and racial minority issues as well as highlighting positive aspects of inclusion.

The event:- BE INSPIRED 2006 organised by Merseyside Expanding Horizons (MEH) in partnership with Merseyside Disability Federation (MDF) will be held on 3rd October 2006 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool.

Community and voluntary groups across Merseyside are coming together to influence the UK National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2006. Over the past few months groups have been meeting to discuss issues, ideas and potential solutions that could be fed into the National action Plan. Following on from these “Get Heard” workshops, the Merseyside ‘Getting Heard’ event will enable workshop participants to feedback key issues, to inform and to decide how to take things forward.

Key representatives from both the Voluntary and Public sector in Merseyside came together to explore the role that enterprise can play in tackling social exclusion and to identify any specific gaps and barriers in current provision at a unique event held by Merseyside Expanding Horizons (MEH), in partnership with Business Link Greater Merseyside at Lace Centre, Sefton Park, Liverpool, on 12 May 2005.