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Start Date:
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06 Mar 07 09:30
End Date:07 Mar 07 13:45
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Event Type:
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Conference
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Provider:
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SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
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Location:
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An Lanntair, Stornoway, Western Isles,
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Closing Date:
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Description:
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The best Rural Conference of the year is heading to the Western Isles this year, with the main sessions taking place in An Lanntair, the exciting new Arts Centre in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. And delegates from all over Scotland are being offered a seriously subsidised registration package that makes travel and accommodation EASY and AFFORDABLE. The theme of this year's conference is Learning About Rural Services, and we are interpreting that in the broadest possible sense: the mainstream learning agenda, research into service-related issues, exchange of good practice - and plain, old-fashioned networking. In the main session of Conference on Tuesday 6 March, our main speakers are Professor Mark Shucksmith of Newcastle University, who has a long history of research on the rural services agenda and has also been appointed as Chair of the Inquiry into Crofting; David Green, the Principal of Lews Castle College (invited), who has coalface experience of the learning agenda in rural areas; Dr Geoff Fagan of CADISPA at the University of Strathclyde; and a still-to-be-confirmed Minister from the Scottish Executive.
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Other Information:
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If you're concerned about the cost and inconvenience of getting to Stornoway, we only have one thing to say: Don't be! We're offering an easy and affordable package that will allow people from all over Scotland to attend with minimum cost and inconvenience. If you don't live in the Western Isles, all you have to do is get to Inverness on Monday 5 March, and we'll take you from there, with free bus and ferry travel and two nights subsidised hotel accommodation in Stornoway. When the conference is finished, you'll be whisked back to Inverness by teatime on Wednesday 7 March. The subsidy is limited to 50 places, so please book early. For more information please contact Norman MacAskill on 01463 251 731 or for bookings please contact Helen Stevenson on 01463 732 317.
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72
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Wheel Chair Access:
Yes
Residential:
Yes
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Speaker / Leaders:
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Organiser:
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Helen Stevenson
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Address:
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Fairways House, Fairways Business Park, Castle Heather, Inverness, IV2 6AA
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Email:
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helen.stevenson@scvo.org.uk
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Telephone:
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01463 732 317
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Cost:
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