The Local Government Channel attends local government conferences year round, producing daily TV programmes showing news, interviews and highlights from the event. Browse all our conference footage on this page.
Living with Dementia
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Sam Hughes meets Barbara Pointon who nursed her husband through Alzheimer's
Barbara and Malcolm Pointon were the subject of numerous television documentaries on dementia, and after suffering from the disease for 16 years, last year Malcolm Pointon lost his battle against Alzheimer’s. His wife has spoken extensively about her experiences and why she wants the Health and Social Care sectors to support the new Dementia Strategy. Our reporter Sam Hughes met up with her at the National Children and Adult Services Conference to find out more.
Channels
- SOLACE
- National Social Services Conferences
- Efficiency Exchange
- PPMA Annual Conference 2010
- Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2009
- SOCITM
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SOLACE MD Reflects on 2011 Summit
Interview with Kathryn Rossiter -
SOLACE Chair Delivers His Verdict on the SOLACE Summit 2011
Interview with Derek Myers -
SOLACE Summit 2011 Communique Reaction
Participants give their views on the Summit Communique -
Responsibility, Respect and Community Participation
Bracknell Forest Council -
Working Together to Make Britain a Great Place to Grow Old
WRVS -
SOLACE TV: President speaks out
Interview with Terry Huggins -
SOLACE TV: Public Services in a Networked World
Looking at Proposition 4 -
SOLACE TV: Issues for the communique
We speak with participants -
SOLACE TV: Latest from Summit facilitator
Interview with Lee Shostak, Shared Intelligence -
SOLACE TV: Sharing knowledge
Interview with Sam Gaston, President of the ICMA -
SOLACE Summit 2011 in Edinburgh
A look at this year’s summit -
The times are changing
Introducing Proposition 1 -
Local government is a public health organization
Introducing Proposition 2 -
Put democracy back into Localism
Introducing Proposition 3 -
Local government can drive local economic growth
Introducing Proposition 5 -
SOLACE Summit gets underway
We speak with participants -
Work-streams get underway
We take a look in the sessions