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Cliciwch yma am y Gymraeg

There will be four breakout sessions during the day, and every attendee will have the chance to take part in each one. When you arrive, you’ll be given a coloured lanyard that shows your schedule for the day

Lanyard colour11:00 session11:30 session
13:15 session13:45 session
Red1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)

2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)
3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
Blue1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)
2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
Green3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)

1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)
2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)
Purple3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)




1 - Child Poverty

Reflections on involvement with RCT HDRC on the Child Poverty Project and experiences of the process of using evidence to inform committee recommendations. You can read our Child Poverty report here.

Greg Notman

HDRC Evidence Synthesis Co-ordinator


Ceri Lynne Higgins

Lived Experience Advisor, member of the Child Poverty Working Group

Councillor Julie Edwards

Chair Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chair of HDRC Members Reference Group


Joanne Baldock

Director, Role Play Lane





2 - HDRC Members Reference Group

Perspectives on the importance of having Elected Members champion the work of the HDRC and reflections on working with the HDRC as part of the Members Reference Group to design the ‘By Members, For Members’ Training sessions.


Rhianydd Davies

HDRC Organisational Development Lead


Councillor Sharon Rees

Cabinet Member for Social Care, member of HDRC Members Reference Group



Councillor Julie Edwards

Chair Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chair of HDRC Members Reference Group


Councillor Bob Harris

Cabinet Member for Communities, Cabinet lead for HDRC



Councillor Scott Emanuel

Cabinet Member for Communities, member of HDRC Members Reference Group






3 - Shwmae it’s the Evidence Pie

Grab your bingo card and bring a pen to play the RCT HDRC Evidence Pie Bingo! Members of the HDRC team will be on hand to answer questions about different sections of the Evidence Pie and discuss how to access and use different types of evidence for a project.




4 - Mapping Preventative Spend

Reflections on involvement with RCT HDRC and the importance of the mapping preventative spend agenda in changing culture and practice. You can read our Preventative Spend (Preventing parent-baby separation) report here.

Dr Amy Lloyd

HDRC Research and Evidence Lead


Marie Brousseau-Navarro

Deputy Future Generations Commissioner

Zack Scott

Policy Researcher Prevention CIPFA

Paul Griffiths

Director Financial Services and Transformation, RCT CBC




Cliciwch yma am y Gymraeg

There will be four breakout sessions during the day, and every attendee will have the chance to take part in each one. When you arrive, you’ll be given a coloured lanyard that shows your schedule for the day

Lanyard colour11:00 session11:30 session
13:15 session13:45 session
Red1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)

2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)
3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
Blue1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)
2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
Green3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)

1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)
2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)
Purple3 - Shwmae it's the Evidence Pie (Downstairs Suite)
4 - Mapping Preventative Spend (Downstairs Suite)
1 - Child Poverty (Main Hall)2 - HDRC Members Reference Group (Main Hall)




1 - Child Poverty

Reflections on involvement with RCT HDRC on the Child Poverty Project and experiences of the process of using evidence to inform committee recommendations. You can read our Child Poverty report here.

Greg Notman

HDRC Evidence Synthesis Co-ordinator


Ceri Lynne Higgins

Lived Experience Advisor, member of the Child Poverty Working Group

Councillor Julie Edwards

Chair Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chair of HDRC Members Reference Group


Joanne Baldock

Director, Role Play Lane





2 - HDRC Members Reference Group

Perspectives on the importance of having Elected Members champion the work of the HDRC and reflections on working with the HDRC as part of the Members Reference Group to design the ‘By Members, For Members’ Training sessions.


Rhianydd Davies

HDRC Organisational Development Lead


Councillor Sharon Rees

Cabinet Member for Social Care, member of HDRC Members Reference Group



Councillor Julie Edwards

Chair Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chair of HDRC Members Reference Group


Councillor Bob Harris

Cabinet Member for Communities, Cabinet lead for HDRC



Councillor Scott Emanuel

Cabinet Member for Communities, member of HDRC Members Reference Group






3 - Shwmae it’s the Evidence Pie

Grab your bingo card and bring a pen to play the RCT HDRC Evidence Pie Bingo! Members of the HDRC team will be on hand to answer questions about different sections of the Evidence Pie and discuss how to access and use different types of evidence for a project.




4 - Mapping Preventative Spend

Reflections on involvement with RCT HDRC and the importance of the mapping preventative spend agenda in changing culture and practice. You can read our Preventative Spend (Preventing parent-baby separation) report here.

Dr Amy Lloyd

HDRC Research and Evidence Lead


Marie Brousseau-Navarro

Deputy Future Generations Commissioner

Zack Scott

Policy Researcher Prevention CIPFA

Paul Griffiths

Director Financial Services and Transformation, RCT CBC




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