This year’s National Multiple Disadvantage Summit will take place on 12 May 2026 in Birmingham, with the theme: “Learning Curves: the path to systems change.“
To create systems change, local areas and national policymakers need to be open to continuous, iterative learning. With such complex, and long-term work we must have clear processes in place to reflect, adapt to new factors, and take action based on what we have learnt.
But how much of this learning infrastructure is in place locally? What kind of learning do we prioritise? Who do we listen to and involve? And what is our approach when things don’t go to plan?
Join us, as we reflect collectively on what we have learnt, what we hope to learn and the things we need to “unlearn”
Secure your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/erZKQn9w
Programme
We’re delighted to offer an exciting and diverse range of plenary speakers and workshops, with exceptional speakers from across the country. We recently announced the following workshops:
Learning
➡️ Thinking big: How do you evaluate a system?
➡️ NRPF and multiple disadvantage: What can we learn from working in the margins?
➡️Lessons in survival: What can we learn about prevention from people facing multiple disadvantage?
➡️ Digging deeper: What’s next for multiple disadvantage data?
➡️ Addressing the gaps: How do we use learning to further work for race equity?
➡️ Great minds: What have we learnt about neurodivergence, and what can we learn from it?
Unlearning
➡️ Two steps forward, one step back: Why doesn’t learning always stick?
➡️ Challenging assumptions: How do we change the stigma associated with multiple disadvantage?
➡️ “Too risky!”: How does it feel to unlearn conventional support approaches to domestic violence and abuse?
➡️ Led by lived experience: What happens when we prioritise relationships over traditional approaches?
➡️ Overreliance on resilience: Whose responsibility is preventing burn out?
➡️ Death, dying and multiple disadvantage: How can palliative care approaches reshape our practice?
(Please note that workshop titles and themes are being coproduced with speakers and may be adjusted as the programme finalises).
We look forward to seeing you on 12 May. Book now at: https://lnkd.in/erZKQn9w