‘Getting with the Programme’ Workshop 2: Theory & Sociological Views 5 March 2015 12:45 – 17:00 Meeting Room 1, FASS Building, Lancaster University The Troubled Families Programme is one of the coalition government’s highest profile social policies, aiming to ‘turn around’ the lives of 120,000 of the most ‘troubled families’ in England. Recently expanded to include 400,000 more families, the programme has been heralded as a success and as a new way of working which meets both the needs of the families involved and ‘the taxpayer’, keen to see spending on such families reduced. This workshop will be split into three sections, with speakers from four different universities: the first part will explore issues of class and how they intersect with the development of the Troubled Families Programme; the second part will locate the concept of ‘troubled families’ within wider sociological research and analysis, including consideration of structural issues and media representations; the final part of the workshop will allow for discussion, responses and feedback from audience members, with a view to influencing what might happen both at, and following, the final workshop in London in April. We expect demand for this free event to be very high and places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. The workshop is open to all and we hope that practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students will all be interested in attending. For more information on the speakers, the format of the event and to book a place at this event, please go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-with-the-programme-workshop-2-tickets-15480907812 If you have any queries regarding the event, please contact m.lambert@lancaster.ac.uk