The Putting Children First round-table discussion meeting with policy makers, practitioners and academics was held yesterday in east London. The meeting discussed the recommendations put forward in the Best Practice conference paper and looked at them in the context of existing services. Following further discussion, the paper will be presented to government for consideration and implementation. A report from the conference, together with a link to the discussion forum can be found here

The Centre for Separated Families has published a key recommendations report following the Putting Children First: best practice in support to separated families conference held in London on 16 October 2008.

The report pulls together the main themes that arose at the conference and makes four key recommendations based on the contributions and debates.

The report can be downloaded here

Listen to a podcast from the Putting Children First: best practice in support to separated families conference here

The Centre for Separated Families is set to host the first Putting Children First: best practice in europe conference in Prague on 23 April 2009 here