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Would Would you like to come along to the launch of Home Front: What do mums and dads need to make life work?

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 11:42

Home Front will be a high profile, on-line, national debate supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in conjunction with their Working Better campaign, to take place on Mumsnet.com and dads.info over the course of the Summer.

We?re trying to pin down the needs of mothers and fathers balancing paid work and caring for children and what can be done to make that balance work for all.

There will be a q and a session, a round table discussion plus lunch of course and we'd love to see some Mums and especially some Dads, there.

It's occurring next Monday 14 July 12.30-2pm at
Inmarsat, 9 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX

If you?d like to come along please drop and email to [email protected].

Cheers,
M Towers

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 15:42

Hiya,
I'll ask about kids - not sure if the venue's can accomodate tbh. Originally the idea was to do on a sunday with creche/bouncy castle etc but feeling was that no-one would want to give up weekend time to bring kids to a round-table discussion about work-life balance!

Re the london thing - i think they are hoping to get the press there and so makes sense to do in London as there's no way journos are going to travel...

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 15:47

plse ignore grammar and spelling!

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 15:49

Oh and further rationale for timing of the event is they hope to get some working Mums and Dads to come along in their lunch hour...

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 16:48

We're not pretending anything - it's a big room - there's extra space and we wondered if anyone wanted to come along. Sorry to offend!

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 16:49

And already said - it's at lunchtime so maybe working mums/dads could pop along then?

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JustineMumsnet · 07/07/2008 17:11

Actually Mumsnet is made up of approx 1/3 full time workers (and 1/3 part time), 43% of whom are in London/S East. We imagine a fair proportion of those work in central london. So we thought a few of those might want to pop along.
So whilst you're correct that this invite is not relevant to all, it is relevant to quite sizable proportion of Mumsnetters as it happens. Although admittedly it's not the most enticing invitation ever proffered... did we mention the free nosh?

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carriemumsnet · 07/07/2008 23:09

Sorry Bundle can't help with which end of City rd at the mo, but will find out.

Thanks all for all the feedback. This is indeed an official launch by the EHRC and we knew it would be tricky for most folks to make it, but thought it was worth asking. On the morning of the launch we'll be launching the Home Front Survey on Mumsnet, which will run till Sept, and once we have some feedback from that there'll be a number of Talk threads where folks can offer suggestions, ideas, solutions - whatever you like.

In addition, on the morning of the 14th we're going to try and post some extracts of the launch speeches on Mumsnet and then folks will be able to add comments, post questions and we will try and incorporate these into the launch discussion. Well that's the theory anyway - if any of you do manage to make it you'll be able to see how the plan works in reality and report back!

Anyway there are going to be plenty of opportunities for Mumsnetters from all regions/working backgrounds to have their say and we look forward to hearing from everyone in the next few months.

Hope that helps to clarify it all a bit and apologies for any confusion.

MN Towers

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