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Children's rights v. press freedom - who wins?
6/10/05: On Friday 11th November 2005, at the Forum in Bath, care charity Quarriers will present Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Lynn Geldof, European Regional Communications Advisor for UNICEF as keynote speakers at a conference on the press coverage of young people. This is the first of a series of conferences focusing on some of the more contentious areas of social welfare.
Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Tessa Jowell said: "This is an important issue and I thank Quarriers for organising this conference to address it.
"The event will provide an opportunity for participants to take part in an active debate on how children are represented in the media, and I look forward to hearing opinions from a wide variety of stakeholders."
'Quarriers at the Forum', will provide the opportunity for journalists, press officers and official bodies caring for children the chance to speak up about their opinions on press coverage of young people and the potential changes that should be made in the law to address the issues of inequality in representation of children in the media.
The conference, which is being run in conjunction with press ethics group MediaWise, incorporates input from members of the UK Youth Parliament; Martin Bell, broadcaster; Mark Ivory, managing editor of Community Care; Glenn Del Medico, former legal adviser to the BBC; Bob Satchwell, director of the Society of Editors as well as Alan Critchley, private law development manager at CAFCASS.
For further information and to purchase tickets for the conference please contact Quarriers on Tel: 01225 339 913 or visit www.quarriersforum.net
Quarriers provides support and care for adults and children with a physical or learning disability, for children and families facing poverty, family breakdown, exclusion and disadvantage and for young people with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties, or who are homeless. Quarriers also offers support to carers of all ages who need respite, advice or just a friend to listen, it also has the only residential epilepsy assessment centre in Scotland.
Quarriers has grown considerably since it was founded William Quarrier during the 1870s, expanding to meet the needs of children, adults and families all over Scotland - and beyond. Quarriers more recently expanded its services in to England with the development of its services for children with disabilities. Staff numbers are now in excess of 1600 and the charity has an expected turnover of £35 million for 2005.
For further information, contact Jane Smith at The Business ( t: 0131 718 6022 m: 07780 666 136 or e-mail: janes@thebusinesspr.co.uk )
Last modified: Thursday, October 6, 2005
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