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SUMMARY:Senior Leaders Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:This event provides the opportunity to share your experiences\, successes and ideas regarding the key challenges facing the world and society. \n\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \n\n\n\nAudience\n\n\n\nThis event is by invitation only and for senior leaders.  \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nAs part of Business in the Community’s work in supporting businesses to drive transformation at pace and scale in our communities\, we are holding a series of Senior Leaders Breakfast events. \n\n\n\nAbout the event\n\n\n\nThese informal\, private discussions over breakfast will form a key part of the national conversation initiated by BITC’s Lifting up the UK: State of the Nation 2024 report\, which detailed the thoughts of the leaders of some of the UK’s largest businesses on what has been done and what is still needed to change the world around us. As such\, they provide senior leaders with the opportunity to share their experiences\, successes and ideas regarding key challenges in the world and society today\, as well as the action that can collectively be taken to make a positive difference and change the world around us. \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to join this date we are also holding more breakfasts in the coming months\, to join another date instead\, click here. \n\n\n\nRefreshments\n\n\n\nBreakfast will be served. \n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\n\n\n\nContact Fiona Macleod\, Head of Events at BITC for any further questions.\n\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\n\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/ceo-leadership-forum-breakfast-4/2025-05-20/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Responsible Business and Strategy
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SUMMARY:Resilient Business Networks Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join our launch to hear about the critical role of business networks in strengthening community resilience and the next steps.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nBackground\nThrough our partnership with Greater London Authority’s Resilience Unit\, Business in the Community (BITC) is pleased to launch an insightful report into the critical role of business networks in strengthening community resilience and the opportunity for deeper engagement with Local Resilience Forums (LRF’s). \nWhile businesses are essential in emergency preparedness and response\, their involvement has been hindered by low awareness\, resource limitations and competing priorities. This study identifies key opportunities to integrate businesses into resilience planning and equip them with the tools needed to be proactive contributors to the ‘whole of society’ approach to resilience set out in the UK Government resilience framework. \n\n\nAbout the event\nBITC\, alongside Greater London Authority’s Resilience Unit\, will be presenting the findings and recmomendations from the report. The five focus areas will be sharing their next steps for their localities. \nEvent 10:30-11:30am \nThere will be also be a Q&A at the end \n\n\nContact details\n\nContact programmes@bitc.org.uk for further information and questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/resilient-business-networks-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Collaboration
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SUMMARY:Let's Care Together - Programme Introduction (for Employers)
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is for employers  and wellbeing leads to introduce our new virtual befriending initiative to support carer’s wellbeing.\n\n\nAudience \nThis virtual event is open to employers\, wellbeing leads and employee carer networks. \nBackground \nBusiness in the Community (BITC) and leading healthcare provider Simplyhealth\, have come together to co-create the Let’s Care Together programme. \nResearch shows that unpaid carers have worse wellbeing outcomes than non-carers\, and are likely to be time-poor due to their caring responsibilities*. The programme aims to support carers by streamlining access to resources and providing practical support across the four pillars of wellbeing: Physical\, Mental\, Social and Financial. This support will include helping people with caring responsibilities to connect with friends and family\, community groups and wider support\, find wellbeing information and gain financial confidence. \nOur volunteer befrienders will work on a one-to-one basis with each carer on one or all of the following\, depending on their preference: ​ \n\nIncreasing connection to their local community\, improving overall social wellbeing and reducing any feelings of isolation. ​\nSupporting financial independence and knowledge of financial tools/support available.​\nAccess to practical support and tools for their physical wellbeing. ​\nBeing a regular listening ear and friendly face to offer support and guidance.​\n\nAbout this event\nIn this webinar you will learn how our Let’s Care Together programme can support unpaid carers (over 18) with their wellbeing\, through pairing them with an online befriender. \nJoin this session to learn more about how your beneficiaries\, or colleagues with caring responsibilities could benefit from the programme. \nSpeakers \nUsha Manojkanth – BITC Programme Manager \nSimon Walters – BITC Programme Manager \nMichelle Brannen – BITC Programme Manager \n \nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nEmail care@bitc.org.uk\, for any further questions\nPlease hold the date in your diary\nThe session will take place on Teams\nJoining instructions will be sent before the event\n\nAbout Business in the Community \nBusiness in the Community is the largest and longest-established movement dedicated to responsible business in the UK\, formed in 1982 and with HM The King as our Royal Founding Patron. Together with our network of businesses we are leading the UK to create a fair and sustainable world in which to live and work. \n \n*Carers UK 2022 – Unpaid carers continue to suffer poorer health- with some groups adversely affected.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/lets-care-together-programme-introduction-for-employers-4/
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SUMMARY:Pride of Place Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join our inaugural Pride of Place Summit to explore the potential of place-based regeneration in transforming and revitalising communities.\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \nAudience\nThis event is open to members and non-members of Business in the Community (BITC). Suitable for both senior leaders and practitioners from across sectors and those involved in place-based regeneration. \n\n\nEvent details\nBusiness and the Community and Aviva are delighted to invite you to our inaugural Pride of Place Summit. The Pride of Place Summit brings together leaders to tackle the issues of inequalities in places that matter across the UK. Through convening leaders in this space from across sectors to share knowledge and experience\, we can build our understanding of what the most challenging issues that our communities are facing and discuss how we can work together to overcome these challenges and drive action as a collective. \nThis interactive day including powerful key note speakers\, panels and a variety of different breakout sessions will provide you with an opportunity to network\, share your knowledge and experience and drive action towards transforming place-based regeneration across the UK. \nConfirmed Speakers Include: \n\nMayor Andy Burnham\, Mayor of Greater Manchester\n\n\nCouncillor Bev Craig\, Leader of Manchester City Council\n\n\nAlex Norris MP\, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing\, Communities and Local Government\n\n\nBITC Place Board Chairs\, from Blackpool\, Newport\, Bradford and Norwich\n\n\nKevin Hollinrake MP\, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up\, Housing and Communities\n\n\nDame Julia Cleverdon\, DCVO CBE\, Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund\n\n\nSarah Owen MP\, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee\n\n  \n\n\nBackground\nBITC are currently on a mission to help places across the UK take ownership of their futures and tackle their most pressing challenges. Working across sectors and in partnership with other organisations\, we want to achieve an ambition of transformative and sustainable change in 50 places across the UK by 2032. \nWe can’t do this alone\, which is why we are convening leaders in this space from across sectors to share their knowledge and experience and drive action as a collective \n\n\nRefreshments\nTea\, coffee and a light lunch will be served. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Events@BITC.org.uk for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/pride-of-place-summit/
LOCATION:Manchester
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