Lincoln Against Poverty #LAPC17 @lincolnvpoverty www.lincolnagainstpoverty.co.uk Welcome to the Lincoln Against Poverty Conference 2017 Cllr. Rosanne Kirk Portfolio Holder for Social Inclusion and Community Cohesion City of Lincoln Council

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Partnership working Poverty remains a significant issue in the city Partnership working has been key to the success of the Lincoln Against Poverty campaign so far Moving forwards, current and arising issues can only continue to be addresses through effective partnership working Today’s workshops are focused on two key topics, which will help inform the Lincoln Anti-Poverty Action Plan 2017/18 Reducing benefits dependency and increasing opportunities for the working age Older person’s poverty

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Agenda Time Item 8:45 – 9:00 Registration and refreshments 09:00 – 09:05 Welcome Cllr Rosanne Kirk, Portfolio Holder Social Inclusion and Community Cohesion at City of Lincoln Council 09:05 – 09:45 Keynote speech Katharine Knox, Policy and Research Manager at Joseph Rowntree Foundation 09:45 – 10:00 Lincoln Anti-Poverty Strategy and Action Plan Martin Walmsley, Interim Assistant Director – Strategic Development at City of Lincoln Council 10:00 – 10:30 Workshop One – Local Issues 10:30 – 10:45 Refreshment break 10:45 – 11:45 Workshop Two – Action Plan Development Reducing benefits dependency and increasing opportunities for the working age Older person’s poverty 11:45 – 12:00 Update on welfare reform in Lincoln Claire Moses, Interim Assistant Head of Shared Revenues and Benefits at City of Lincoln Council / North Kesteven District Council 12:00 – 12:20 A new opportunity to access fairer finance in Lincoln Rob Shearing, Chief Executive at Finance for Sheffield 12:20 – 12:30 How we will move forward together Cllr. Ric Metcalfe, Leader of City of Lincoln Council 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and opportunity to Network