HLC Conference 2006

The HLC Conference November 2006 – Hampden Football Park, Glasgow attracted a wide range of delegates from across the country.  Brendan Rooney (Cambuslang and Rutherglen HLI) expertly chaired the conference which included presentation from Kenny Steele (Paths to Health), Marie Hedges (Health Connect HLC), Sheila McMahon (Dundee HLI) and a DVD presentation recording the work of Islay HLC.  These presentations clearly demonstrated the diversity and success of the HLC approach to tackling health inequalities in the community.  To download the presentations click on the links below:

Paths To Health - Kenny Steele: 
A National HLC Successfully Supporting Local Action (ppt 225KB)

Health Connect - Marie Hedges:
Engaging the Community to Create Positive Health Outcomes (ppt 450KB)

Dundee Healthy Living Initiative - Sheila McMahon:
What Makes Our Project Work! (ppt170KB)

Following the break Mary Castles from the Community Led Supporting and Developing Healthy Communities Task Group, Eric Samuels – Policy and Development Officer, Big Lottery Fund and Simon Goodenough from The HLC Alliance, England discussed the importance of the work, the future role for HLCs, the research from the Bridge Consortium which strongly suggests that the model works across the UK and how our cousins in England have been responding to the challenge of sustainability.  To download the presentations click on the links below:

Mary Castles: 
The Community Led Task Group - Sustaining What Works! (ppt 64KB)

Eric Samuels:
The Story So Far (ppt 144KB)

Simon Goodenough:
HLCs and the Alliance (ppt 99KB)

 

To download the Conference Report click here