DTA National Conference 2009: 13-15 September 2009
Join us for the largest community enterprise event in the calendar!
Click here to complete our online booking form, or download the booking form.
As recession starts to bite, as the poverty gap widens, as more and more people are left behind – who will step up to the challenge? What do we offer our movement of community organisers, problem-solvers, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, people driven by faith, by no faith, by anger, by compassion, by bloody-mindedness… by desire to do, by visions of small changes that change everything, by a deep sense of common purpose?
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Clifford Rosenthal, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (USA)
Peter Holbrook, Sunlight Development Trust and Social Enterprise Ambassador
Stan Thekaekara, Just Change India
Tony Kendle, Eden Project
Rob Hopkins, Transition Towns
Plus a series of practitioner-led workshops and seminars looking at ground-breaking community projects from across the UK and visits to leading development trusts in London.
A full conference programme with further details on the workshops, visits and seminars, will be made available shortly.
Who should attend
This event will be of practical value to:
- Staff and trustees of development trusts and other community enterprises
- New deal for communities programmes
- Housing associations
- Local authorities
- Regional development agencies
- Regional and national policy makers
- Funding bodies
- Regeneration professionals and consultants
Bursaries
A limited number of bursaries are available to assist development trusts. Please contact Sophie Catlin on 0845 458 8336 or email s.catlin@dta.org.uk for further information.
Book early to avoid disappointment
Over 600 community enterprise practitioners and supporters are expected to attend!
Book your place straight away by completing our online booking form or download the booking form in Word format. Alternatively contact 01633 411 732 or email dta@eesolutions.co.uk if you have any questions about booking.
Accommodation
Please be aware that the delegate fees for the conference do not include accommodation. There are plenty of hotel accommodation options close to the conference venue.
The DTA's main conference hotel this year is the Premier Inn County Hall. For those wishing to stay on the Monday night only there you can also book at the Premier Inn Victoria details of how to book at both of these hotels is available below:
Premier Inn County Hall
The County Hall is 10min walk from the QEII Conference Centre and is available for those whom will be coming for the whole conference
To book accommodation at the Premier Inn County Hall, please go click here.
Premier Inn Victoria
The Victoria is 10min walk from the QEII Conference Centre and is available for those whom will wish to stay on the Monday night only
To book, please click here.
For those who would like to stay at a hotel run by a social enterprise and don't mind a longer journey to the conference venue the following hotels may be of interest:
MIC ar Euston (Methodist)
MIC Hotel and Conference Centre
81-103 Euston Street, London NW1 2EZ
Tel: 020 7380 0001, Fax: 020 7387 5300
www.micentre.com
Penn Club (Quaker)
21-23 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JJ
Tel: 020 7636 4718, Fax: 020 7636 5516
www.pennclub.co.uk
Exhibition and advertising opportunities
This year's DTA conference is set to be the largest yet and offers a great opportunity to promote your organisation and its products and services to a national gathering of community enterprise practitioners and supporters in a central London location.
To find out more or to book exhibition space and/or advertising please download the Exhibition and Advertising Booking Form.
If you would like to find out more about how your organisation can sponsor Communities Assets Enterprise 2009 more widely please contact Farah Hidil or call 0845 458 8336.
If you would like to be added to the conference mailing list to receive all the latest updates about the event please contact Farah Hidil, or call 0845 458 8336.
Communities Assets Enterprise 2009 is sponsored by:
Supported by
Highlights from Assets, Anchors and Enterprise 2008
To read about the highlights from Assets, Anchors and Enterprise the DTA's 2008 national conference click here.
