Aberdeen Responsible Business Network – Cost of Living, Financial Wellbeing

This is an in person event.

Audience

The Aberdeen Responsible Business Network is open to both BITC members and non-members and is free to join. It is open to all job levels too, if you are passionate about Responsible Business in Aberdeen you are welcome to join us. 

Background

BITC set up the Aberdeen Responsible Business Network in 2019, it was born out of a need for professionals who were tasked with driving Responsible Business activity across their businesses, often off the side of their desks, to have a better connection to individuals who were trying to achieve the same impact.

About the Event:

Learn what is available to enable employers, people in the community, entrepreneurs and young people to address today’s economic environment.

The event topic:

• Recognises the challenges faced by the most vulnerable in our communities, those in work, responsible for their own business and those yet to enter the workforce and,
• Offers practical insights and examples for you and your business to consider, support, implement and/or highlight to others for their benefit
• Putting resources in place, sign posting related help and supporting programmes all help mitigate the negative consequences associated with the cost of living crisis and strengthen employee and community wellbeing

Refreshments

Tea/coffee and a light lunch will be served

Booking and contact details and further information

• Contact Evelyn.Rorie@bitc.org.uk at BITC for any further questions.
• Full joining instructions will be sent before the event.

Find out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community

Agenda: 

1230 Networking – light lunch provided 

1300 Welcome

• Business in the Community, Scotland Director, Louisa Macdonell 

1305 Resources for Entrepreneurs

• Barclays, Ecosystem Manager, Nick Bansal 

1312 Financial wellbeing for community groups and young people

• Speaker to be announced, Barclays 

1320 Support for those moving on from homelessness to make sure it is rare, brief and non-recurring

• Royal Foundation, Homewards Local Delivery Lead, Anu Kasim
• Seonaidh Baker, Development & Public Relations Manager, Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen 

1340 Community funding for Anti-poverty and Inequality measures to mitigate the cost of living crisis –

• Community Planning Aberdeen, Strategic Lead, Prevention and Community Empowerment, Michelle Crombie 

1350 An update on BITC’s programme to reducing poverty for those in work

• BITC Scotland Director, Louisa Macdonell 

1400 Close