Amanda waring has been a passionate campaigner for older people’s rights for the past five years. Her award winning powerfully emotional film WHAT DO YOU SEE? has been used in dignity trainings around the world. In 2006 Amanda with the greater London forum held a conference for five hundred delegates looking at the importance of dignity and respect within care settings. Her film was debated by Martin green, professor Norma raynes, the nurse and broadcaster Claire Rayner, the undercover nurse from panorama Margaret HEYWOOD, and Penny Banks from the Kings fund.

Amanda has been invited to speak around the world with her film as an inspirational and motivational speaker and workshop leader about the care of the elderly. The twenty conferences at which she has been the key note speaker include:

CSCI’s annual conference

National assosciation of voluntary service managers conference

Manchester’s dignity conference

National care forum’s conference

Behind Closed Doors conference

She has just been interviewed by Sir Michael Parkinson at the recent dignity conference at the connaught rooms in London and has been invited to denmark to speak at the Eden international conference.

Amanda is very excited to be launching her new film and training pack at the event at bafta on jan 12^th 2009 and is in production on her next film on death and dying and end of Life care called THE BIG ADVENTURE.

Amanda has talked on many tv and radio programmes about her campaign including the today programme, woman’s hour and bbc breakfast and given interviews to newspapers to ensure this very important topic gathers momentum to ensure a kinder and more compassionate future for us all.