Party conferences 2009
During 2009's busy and successful Party Conference season we:
- Met with senior political leaders in the UK and prospective candidates for the next Parliament
- Held a number of events to raise awareness of and build support for our work to change the lives of the poorest children at home and abroad
- Kicked off the General Election campaign with the launch of our manifesto ‘Talking about a Revolution: Notes to a Prime Minister on saving children’s lives,’ (PDF 6MB)
Douglas Alexander and Amanda Mealing at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
David Miliband speaks at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Douglas Alexander at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Mike Gapes and Save the Children's Director of Policy David Mepham at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Mary Creagh MP makes her mark at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Lord Davies, Government Minister in House of Lords for the Treasury makes his mark at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Holby City actress, Amanda Mealing, at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
Mike Gapes, Chair of Foreign Select Committee at the Save the Children reception during the Labour Party Conference 2009
David Mepham speaks at a Save the Children fringe event on Global Governance during the Conservative Party Conference
David Lidington, MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Conservative Party Conference
Director of Chatham House, Dr Robin Nibett, speaks at a Save the Children fringe event during the Conservative Party Conference
Director of Amnesty International UK, Kate Allen, speaks at a Save the Children fringe event during the Conservative Party Conference
This year was a particularly important conference season, as it was the last season before a General Election next year. This made all the conferences a hub of ideas and policies that each political party wanted to debate before finalising their manifestos.
Liberal Democrat Party conference
We were involved with an event titled ‘Can We Afford Internationalism,’ as well as a reception about climate change.
Labour Party conference
We organised a reception where Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander, and our CEO Jasmine Whitbread spoke about the global challenges that the UK government is currently facing, and the need to put children at the heart of foreign and international development policy.
Holby City actor Amanda Mealing also spoke about her recent trip to Bangladesh. Watch her interviewing Douglas Alexander and Ed Miliband in Bangladesh.
Nearly 200 people attended the reception including Ministers, MPs, Councillors, businesses, NGOs and Party members. We also held a policy breakfast with young people from Newham and a number of fringe events, one on global governance, and one with the other major International Development NGOs on development commitments in an election year.
Conservative Party conference
We held a reception with the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, a policy breakfast with young people from Bradford, fringe events on global governance and the impact of business on development.
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