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European Social Network
Victoria House
125 Queens Road
Brighton BN13WB
United Kingdom
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+44 (0) 1273 739 039
F: +44 (0) 1273 739 239
E: info@esn-eu.org
The European Social Network (ESN) is the independent network for social services in Europe. ESN Members are key providers of vital social services and work closely with health, employment and education services and voluntary and private providers. ESN is a forum for practice exchange among its members and a platform for policy engagement at European level.
ESN is a not-for-profit organisation and a charity registered in the United Kingdom.
A new English/French bilingual brochure (2008) presenting ESN's values, mission and activities is now available as a PDF download >>
Governance
ESN's strategy and operations are overseen by the Board comprising national or regional associations of directors of social services. The Board meets twice a year and elects the chair and treasurer annually. The chair and treasurer with the Director / Secretary to the Board form the ESN Business Committee, which meets four times a year.
| Lars-Göran Jansson | Chair |
| Christian Fillet | Treasurer |
Lars-Göran Jansson is Secretary to the Association of Sweden's Social Directors (FSS). Christian Fillet is Director of Social Services in Willebroek near Antwerp in Belgium and chair of the Antwerp section of the Association of Flemish Directors of Social Services (VVOS).
The
ESN Board currently has representatives from eighteen countries: for
a full list of Board members please
click here >
Secretariat
Right
to left: Sarah Wellburn, David Scurr, Louisa Greenbaum, Stephen Barnett,
John Halloran, Dorota Tomalak,
Christian
Fillet, Lars-Göran Jansson.
ESN's European Secretariat is based in Brighton, UK. It providers organisational and policy support to the Network and is led by the Director.
| John
Halloran |
Director |
| David Scurr | P.A. to the Director / Office Manager |
| Stephen Barnett | Policy Officer |
| Dorota Tomalak | Development Officer |
| Louisa Greenbaum | Communications Officer |
| Helen Thorn | Project Co-ordinator |
| Sarah Wellburn | European Social Services Conference Manager |
To contact ESN staff individually please use the format: firstname.lastname@esn-eu.org. You can contact ESN in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Serbian and Danish.
Funding
ESN is funded through Membership fees, European Social Services Conference revenue and through EU grants for specific programmes and projects.