Professor Kate Pickett

Professor David Taylor-Robinson

CHAIR: Kate Proctor

Sam Rushworth

Graham Whitham

Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction

Health Equity North

In this event we will explore how national policy and local strategies can work hand-in-hand to reduce child poverty.

Riverside Balcony, The ACC, Liverpool

Please note this is a wireless event with limited capacity. We advise those wishing to attend arrive early to secure a seat. The event is inside the secure zone and attendees will require a Labour Party Conference pass. <h3>Labour Party Conference Wireless event: Addressing child health and social inequalities through poverty reduction nationally and locally</h3>Time: 10am – 10.45pmLocation: ACC Riverside Balcony. This event is being held inside the secure zone.Speakers:<ul><li>Chair: Kate Proctor, UK News Lead, Save The Children UK</li></ul><ul><li>Sam Rushworth, MP for Bishop Auckland</li><li>Professor David Taylor-Robinson, Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North, and Professor of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool</li><li>Professor Kate Pickett, Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North and Professor of Epidemiology, University of York</li><li>Graham Whitham, CEO and Founder of Resolve Poverty</li></ul>Held with the University of York’s <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/policy-engine/" title="https://www.york.ac.uk/policy-engine/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">York Policy Engine, </a><a href="http://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/" title="http://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Health Equity North</a> and <a href="https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/child-of-the-north/" title="https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/child-of-the-north/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Child of the North</a>., In this event we will explore how national policy and local strategies can work hand-in-hand to reduce child poverty and close the health and opportunity gap experienced by children across the UK, particularly those in the North of England.Please note this is a wireless event with limited capacity. We advise those wishing to attend arrive early to secure a seat.