Kent Care Summit 2023

We are hosting the second annual Kent Care Summit. This exciting in-person event will build on our first care summit conversation to enable delegates to explore and share how co-production and innovative adult social care can improve people’s lives in our communities. Read about the first Kent Care Summit and the commissioning intentions that were co-produced as a result.

Who is this event for?

It’s an opportunity for adults that draw on care and support, carers, the care workforce, system leaders, commissioners, providers and community organisations in Kent to join up and work together.

Why have the event now?

It’s been a challenging few years, with the impacts of COVID, workforce burnout and recruitment issues being felt. However, in Kent we have collective strength in our working relationships and our shared ambition to make a difference every day in adult social care.

This is an opportunity to come together in person, to hear about our vision for adult social care, and to revisit the Kent Commissioning Intentions that were developed in partnership with delegates in attendance at last year’s event.

To establish how far we have come and what more we need to do to enable people to live a good life, we will be:

  • focusing on people’s lived experiences to create positive change
  • sharing innovations and new models of care and support
  • discussing how we can tackle key challenges
  • spotlighting the progress so far by drawing on real people’s stories

What's new for this year?

This year we will be holding an in-person summit in east Kent. There will be a variety of contributors sharing what is important to people with lived experience of adult social care and unpaid carers, interactive workshop sessions and a marketplace that aims to offer useful information and resources.

We are proud to be joined by people with lived experience of social care in Kent as well as the following contributors:

  • Clenton Farquharson MBE – Commissioner, Chair of Think Local Act Personal, Disability Campaigner and Advisor to UK Government on Social Care Reform
  • Isaac Samuels – National Co-production Advisory Group
  • Cat Duncan-Rees – Curators of Change

How do I book a place?

You can register your interest in attending the event via the online form. If you have any difficulties completing the form, please contact makingadifference@kent.gov.uk for assistance with this.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided, please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements. There is free parking available and you can visit the Dreamland Margate website to find out about the available travel options to the venue. There will be British Sign Language Interpreters available on-site and please do let us know if you have any other accessibility requirements.

Marketplace spaces are available to organisations – to reserve a stand, please contact makingadifference@kent.gov.uk

Can’t make the event in person?

You can submit your questions via our question and answer tool on this page. We will try to answer the most relevant and frequently asked questions promptly after the event.

We ask that you please refrain from asking questions about individual people as we will not be able to provide answers on specific cases; these should be directed to your care manager where applicable or sent through our published customer service routes on Kent.gov.

We are hosting the second annual Kent Care Summit. This exciting in-person event will build on our first care summit conversation to enable delegates to explore and share how co-production and innovative adult social care can improve people’s lives in our communities. Read about the first Kent Care Summit and the commissioning intentions that were co-produced as a result.

Who is this event for?

It’s an opportunity for adults that draw on care and support, carers, the care workforce, system leaders, commissioners, providers and community organisations in Kent to join up and work together.

Why have the event now?

It’s been a challenging few years, with the impacts of COVID, workforce burnout and recruitment issues being felt. However, in Kent we have collective strength in our working relationships and our shared ambition to make a difference every day in adult social care.

This is an opportunity to come together in person, to hear about our vision for adult social care, and to revisit the Kent Commissioning Intentions that were developed in partnership with delegates in attendance at last year’s event.

To establish how far we have come and what more we need to do to enable people to live a good life, we will be:

  • focusing on people’s lived experiences to create positive change
  • sharing innovations and new models of care and support
  • discussing how we can tackle key challenges
  • spotlighting the progress so far by drawing on real people’s stories

What's new for this year?

This year we will be holding an in-person summit in east Kent. There will be a variety of contributors sharing what is important to people with lived experience of adult social care and unpaid carers, interactive workshop sessions and a marketplace that aims to offer useful information and resources.

We are proud to be joined by people with lived experience of social care in Kent as well as the following contributors:

  • Clenton Farquharson MBE – Commissioner, Chair of Think Local Act Personal, Disability Campaigner and Advisor to UK Government on Social Care Reform
  • Isaac Samuels – National Co-production Advisory Group
  • Cat Duncan-Rees – Curators of Change

How do I book a place?

You can register your interest in attending the event via the online form. If you have any difficulties completing the form, please contact makingadifference@kent.gov.uk for assistance with this.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided, please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements. There is free parking available and you can visit the Dreamland Margate website to find out about the available travel options to the venue. There will be British Sign Language Interpreters available on-site and please do let us know if you have any other accessibility requirements.

Marketplace spaces are available to organisations – to reserve a stand, please contact makingadifference@kent.gov.uk

Can’t make the event in person?

You can submit your questions via our question and answer tool on this page. We will try to answer the most relevant and frequently asked questions promptly after the event.

We ask that you please refrain from asking questions about individual people as we will not be able to provide answers on specific cases; these should be directed to your care manager where applicable or sent through our published customer service routes on Kent.gov.

CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

Please submit your questions below. Any questions that we are not able to discuss on the day will be addressed by a KCC working group set up to ensure continued action is taken to improve social care in Kent. 

Please note, your email address and screen name will not appear on this webpage once you have submitted your question.