Conference
History
The Association
of Dogs and Cats Homes’ 2007 Conference
The 2007 Conference was held in Plymouth on the 25th & 26th April with one session and
the evening reception at the Duke Of Cornwall Hotel and a second full day at the New Continental Hotel. The Conference
attracted over 280 delegates from all over the United Kingdom and Ireland and was an unqualified success.
Presentations Given:
- Teetering On the Trustee Tightrope - Jeremy Mills (BP Collins Solicitors)
- Communicating in a crisis - Adam Kirtley (HandMade Productions)
- Getting the builders in - David Key
- The Kennel Club's initiatives to improve the health & wealfare of dogs - Dr Jeff Sampson
- A Risky Business? Volunteer Management and the Law - Mark Restall
- Starting from scratch - Dealing with feral cats - Ian MacFarlaine
- Bio-Security in a modern animal welfare establishment: A layperson's view - Abbi Slater
- Animals Helping People - Tony Bell & Damian Harrison
- Update on Health & Safety Legislation in the UK - Lynley Griffiths
- Galen Therapy - Julia Robertson
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The Association
of Dogs and Cats Homes’ 2006 Conference
With an audience of over 250 delegates from all over the United Kingdom,
this years conference held at the Royal Geographic Society
was a lively and exciting one. The day was a great success - opening
presentations on staff managment and animal health culminated in behavioural,
customer care and legislative matters with a final afternoon debate entitled
'This house believes that animal welfare is best served by offering a range of therapies'.
Birmingham Dogs Home ~ 'Gets better every year / Excellent venue - good format'
Dogs Trust ~ 'Excellent Day'
Battersea Dogs' & Cats' Home ~ 'Best Conference so far'
Laura Lindell ~ 'Excellent Day, very thought provoking'
RSPCA Godstone ~ 'Lovely day, see you next year!'
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The Association
of Dogs and Cats Homes’ 2004 Conference
Professionalism in Animal Welfare
Held at the Victory Services Club, Marble Arch, the
Association had another sell out conference. With a lively debate entitled
‘This house abhors the use of Electric Training Aids’ and quick fire
presentations on Volunteers, Health & Safety, The Charities Bill, Stress
in Kennels & Catteries and much more, this conference did not disappoint
the 220 delegates from over 90 organisations around the U.K. and Ireland.
Kit Wilson Trust “nothing needed to be added or could infact be added - it was
perfect. Thank you”
Wylie Vet Centre “a thoroughly enjoyable day on all levels”
NAWT “Very useful and informative, well put together, found every person
helpful and interesting... see you next year!”
Kennel Club “Loved the debate!” |
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The Association
of Dogs and Cats Homes' 2003 Conference
Titled ‘Working Together’,
the fourth conference held by the Association was hosted
by Wood Green
Animal Shelters, Godmanchester. The conference was again
aimed at everyone who works in the animal welfare forum,
with presentation on:
- Controlling infectious Diseases
in cats & approaches to their conundrums
- Importance of a good start
for puppies & the Roles of Assistance Dogs
- The Animal Welfare Bill & Education
in Animal Welfare
Our motivational speaker this year was
Bear Grylls, who talked of the importance of working
as a team, something echoed on the evaluation forms
by two of our delegates:
“Fantastic day – great to network with other
charities”
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The ADCH has broken down years of mistrust between charities,
well down” |
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The Association
of Dogs and Cats Homes' 2002 Conference
New Continental Hotel, Plymouth, 25th October 2002
Over 180 delegates attended our third conference, which
was a major sell out. Opened by Jilly Cooper, the conference incorporated
both practical and inspirational presentations on:
- Keeping you charity in the public eye-Amanda Riddle
- Dogs from the Local Authority perspective-David Chambers
- Animal Welfare-Influencing Parliament-Gary Streeter
MP
- Trends in companion animal behaviour and behaviourists-Dr
Anne Mcbride
- Educating the dog owners of tomorrow-the NCDL's work
with schools-Hollie Sevenoaks
- Dealing with difficult customers-Ellen Watts
For information on our next conference, which is
planned for Autumn 2003, please subscribe to our mailing list. |
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The Association of Dogs
and Cats Homes’ 2001 Conference
The success of the first conference gave birth to the second,
which was held in the QEII, London on 12th October 2001. Its
slogan ‘Today’s Solution – Tomorrow’s
Success’ was to lead it to be an inspirational rather
than grass roots practical conference.
The conference was opened by Jenny Seagrove, and progressed
with presentations on:
- Self belief in achievement-Mr.
Robin Sieger
- The legislative framework
as it affects companion animals in a welfare environment-Mr
Mike Radford
- Vets as an indigenous
part of animal welfare-Professor Bob Michell
- Ethical management and
treatment of companion animals-Professor Colin Spedding
- Resource Management-Mr.
Bernard Ross
Comments such as:
"An excellent conference, which would
be hard to improve upon"
"So well done, impressive indeed and I’ve left with
many ideas too"
"More of the same"
confirmed that delegates had left feeling both empowered and
enabled.
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The Association of Dogs and Cats
Homes’ 2000 Conference
The first conference organised by the ADCH was aimed at managers
working in the companion animal rescue environment. It was
felt that the managers were out on a limb and that a two-day
conference would help to give them all a much wider view of
new and best practices.
The conference, held in Birmingham was very well attended
and presentations covered subjects such as:
- Infectious Diseases
- Career Development
- Animal Behaviour
- Rehoming
- Euthanasia
- Fund Raising
On the second day of the conference, the delegates visited
the NCDL’s Evesham shelter, the Cheltenham Animal Welfare
Centre and the Birmingham Dogs’ Home, where they were
able to see for themselves how different organisations run
and develop their shelters/rehoming centres.
The conference was deemed a success, with delegates feeling
that it had been a very useful forum, from which they took
many ideas away with them. |
