CSJ Email News 31 May 2011
Abraham Lincoln Lecture 2011
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, 21 June 2011
The Centre for Social Justice invites you to the 2011 Abraham Lincoln Lecture with Rt Hon David Blunkett MP. The Abraham Lincoln Lecture provides a platform for a senior public figure to address an informed audience over issues of social justice in the reforming spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
We are delighted that the former Home Secretary and Co-Chair of the CSJ Advisory Council, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP will be providing the lecture on: "The Politics of fear versus the politics of hope in a rapidly changing world".
Date and time
Tuesday 21 June 2011
6.30pm - Registration and Refreshments
7pm - Introductions
7.15pm - Abraham Lincoln Lecture
8pm - End of Lecture, Drinks and Canapes
9pm - Close
Venue
1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ
Nearest London Underground
Westminster, (District, Circle, Jubilee lines); St James's Park (District, Circle lines)
Booking
To book a place at this event please reply with your name (and organisation if relevant) to
csjevents@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
There is no admission fee for this event.
Spaces allocated first-come, first served subject to availability.
CSJ launches 'More than a Game'
Harnessing the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people
The Centre for Social Justice has launched "More than a Game: Harnessing the power of sport to transform the lives of disasvantaged young people", a report from the CSJ Sport Working Group. The launch was held on Tuesday 24 May 2011 at Stamford Bridge, supported by Chelsea Football Club Foundation. Speakers included Michael de Giorgio, Chairman of the CSJ Sport Working Group and CEO of the sport and performing arts charity Greenhouse, and Matthew Patten, Chief Executive of the Lord's Taverners.
The report focuses on the social policy role of sport, asking what outcomes, if any, can be expected from sport and how we can go about shaping policy to attain them. The report also questions the extent to which current sports policy is designed to achieve these objectives, makes recommendations as to how the sports world can be reshaped to deliver them and examines the thorny issue of the sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.
Click here to read "More than a Game: Harnessing the power of sport to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people" [24/05/2011]
Click here to read the Executive Summary [24/05/2011]
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