Conference Fringes & Breakout Sessions
Fringes and Breakout Sessions are held alongside the main Conference, taking place at lunchtimes and during the Saturday afternoon break. They'll all happen in rooms along the corridor from the Conference Hall.
Hosted by commercial organisations, charities, and think tanks, these events provide the opportunity to hear from expert speakers on a wide range of topics.
Below is a list of events at this Conference, including topics, hosting organisations, and locations. Unless stated otherwise, all attendees with a valid Conference Badge, regardless of Party membership, are welcome to attend.
Empowering Communities: Unlocking Potential, Creating Change
Room: St Fagans Suite
Hosted by Building Communities Trust
Community groups have a powerful role in many Welsh places.
Join Building Communities Trust and Action in Caerau and Ely (ACE) to discover how community groups sustain critical social infrastructure and provide opportunities for people to socialise, gain skills and create change in their areas.
We’ll explore what’s needed to make our vision for a Wales where community groups are recognised, respected and protected, a reality.
Chaired by: Councillor Rhys Taylor
Speaker: Dave Horton, Learning and Training Director, ACE
Refreshments provided.
Manifesto Ideas Lab: Getting Wales Working
Room: Snowdon Suite
Hosted in partnership with Whitehead-Ross Education
An opportunity for members to discuss ideas for helping people find work or return to the workforce. Topics under discussion will include:
- Retraining and skills.
- Supporting working families.
- Long-term wellbeing and economic benefits of getting Wales working.
Whitehead-Ross Education is an education and skills organisation that operates training centres in South Wales and supports more than 3,500 people every year. Its work includes support for unemployed individuals to secure and retain jobs through employability programmes, adult education and social service provision.
Lunch provided
Why Wales needs a Right to Rehab
Room: St Fagans Suite
Hosted by Asthma + Lung UK Cymru
At Asthma + Lung UK Cymru, we believe that everyone has the right to breathe clean air. We campaign for the 1 in 5 people living with a lung condition in Wales for better diagnosis, treatment, care and support. We want to reduce levels of smoking and combat air pollution.
Panel:
- Jane Dodds MS
- Joseph Carter, Asthma + Lung UK Cymru
- Calum Higgins, Chartered Society of Therapy Wales
- Nic Perry-Gower, Swansea Bay UHB
People, Planet, Prosperity: Building a common vision for a fair and inclusive Welsh Economy
Room: Snowdon Suite
Hosted by Oxfam Cymru
What would a just transition look like if care for people and the planet was truly at its heart?
This session will explore how feminist economics, climate justice, and wellbeing economy principles can shape Wales’s journey towards a greener economy that values and invests in care.
Drawing on emerging research on a Wellbeing Economy for Wales and a vision for a Green New Deal rooted in feminist principles, the panel will reimagine an economy where care – for each other, our communities, and the environment – is recognised as vital, not invisible. An economy that prioritises the wellbeing of those most impacted by inequality and the climate crisis — leaving no one behind.
Conference attendees will be invited to join a forward-looking discussion on how Wales can lead the way in a just transition to a fairer, greener, and caring economy.
Panellists and facilitators
Hade Turkmen, Policy and Advocacy Adviser, Oxfam Cymru
hturkmen1@oxfam.org.uk
Joe Rossiter, Co-director, Institute of Welsh Affairs
joe.rossiter@iwa.org.uk
Making Good Housing a Right for All
Room: Snowdon Suite
Hosted by Tai Pawb
Wales has a housing emergency - record numbers of people in temporary accommodation, social housing waiting lists and a lack of suitable homes. For people impacted, this affects every aspect of their lives. Can we address intractable issues like child poverty and poor health if we don’t resolve our housing emergency? Come along to learn how a rights-based approach to housing can transform Wales and be the 21st Century’s equivalent of the creation of the NHS.
Panellists include representatives from Shelter Cymru, the Chartered Institute of Housing and Tai Pawb.