Advice Workforce Development Fund: Achievements and Next Steps
About this Event
The Advice Workforce Development Fund (AWDF) has, since 2023, brought together advice agencies, umbrella organisations and funders to work towards solving the crisis in London's advice workforce - a crisis that threatens the sustainability of advice in our city.
At this event we will share learnings from the past three years - drawing on both the practical experiences of funded partners, and on the research and guidance developed by the AWDF Steering Group. Workshops will enable attendees to engage in depth with some key elements of workforce sustainability, including working with funders and supporting leadership. Finally, we will share our plans for the future - building and maintaining a sustainable workforce for all of London's advice sector
Event Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Introduction and overview of AWDF
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Panel: organisations on implementing advice workforce development programmes
Info: Discussions on Grow Your Own Advisor training models, working with community organisations and supporting the sector as network organisations.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Break
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Breakout room 1 - communicating the value of advice
Info: What is the best way to communicate the value of advice work to funders? Bruna Boscaini (IRMO) and Stella Brown (City Bridge Foundation) discuss how advice agencies of all sizes can make a case for funding advice work - and what funders are looking for.
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Breakout room 2 - leadership in the advice sector
Info: What does good leadership look like in the advice sector? Keeley Parnaby (Inclusion Barnet) and Eddie Coppinger (Legal Advice Centre) will lead a workshop on developing good leadership practices, including the specific challenges faced by Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations.
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Breakout room 3 - wellbeing in the advice workforce
Info: Jo Hickman will lead a workshop sharing headlines and insights from recent research. Attendees will consider evidence-led strategies to improve wellbeing in the workplace and be given the opportunity to influence future funding initiatives in this area.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Next steps for the AWDF
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Lunch
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