Venue: Oasis Church Waterloo, 1 Kennington Road, London SE1 7QP
Telephone: 020 7921 4205

Business charity partnerships are a land of rich opportunities for co-creation and mutual benefit. Yet at the same time they are riddled with conflicting aims and objectives, clashing cultures and other unforeseen challenges, which people on both sides of the partnership have to grapple with on a daily basis.

Join us on 9th November 2011 to experience and explore these issues and opportunities in an interactive, challenging and fun way.

With the help of a business case and role-play developed specifically for our “Creating effective business charity partnerships” workshop, you will explore different stages of partnership development, from choosing a partner to three years into the partnership.

Register by Monday 7th November to have enough time to read the case-study before the event.

Attend this workshop to:

• find out what the companies and charities can gain from partnerships
• explore the issues to consider at different stages of partnership development
• learn how to choose a potential partner with care
• identify potential risks and learn how to manage your partner’s expectations
• discover how to build and maintain a successful business charity partnership
• benefit from real-life examples and have an opportunity to share your experience with like-minded people

You will gain a well-rounded perspective of the complexities involved, while learning from workshop experts representing three sides of a business charity partnership. Tom James, Three Hands, an intermediary in business charity partnerships, will show you how to link business with charities and community organisations for mutual benefit, while Nadia Al Yafai, White & Case, will offer a corporate take on the partnerships and Laura Westwick, Bromley by Bow Centre, will present a charity perspective.

SCHEDULE

6.30pm – Registration and Networking
7.00pm – Introduction
7.15pm – Case study scenario 1
7.35pm – Case study scenario 2
7.55pm – Case study scenario 3
8.15pm – What’s the future?
8.30pm to 9.00pm – Networking

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

Tom James is a Senior Manager at Three Hands, a company that links business with charities and community organisations for mutual benefit. Three Hands brings together expertise in learning & development and community engagement to deliver experiential learning programmes and innovative community projects. Tom has been in his current role for 2 years working on programmes for BSkyB, British Gas, Morgan Stanley and Lend Lease. Tom graduated in 2010 with a distinction in his Masters degree in Corporate Social Responsibility from London Met Business School and was recently appointed as a Trustee at Emmaus South Lambeth, a charity in South London which provides a home, work and family for homeless people.

Nadia Al Yafai is the Community Affairs Executive at White & Case, one of the world’s leading global law firms, responsible for developing  volunteering programmes and selecting and managing key charity relationships. She designed a unique employability programme ‘Breakfast Club’ with Dress for Success which was run over 12 weeks in  the City and was covered in ‘The Big Issue’. Nadia believes that, as a Corporate Responsiblity professional, it is important to have a strong  perspective from the charity’s viewpoint so she is a Business Advisor to the employability charity,  IntoWork and the Clement James community Centre, the headquarters of IntoUniversity. She works with the charity’s business partners on developing their new programmes, brings on board expert supporters, reviews their community development focus and carries out mock interviews with the charity’s clients. She has also helped set up a social enterprise community cafe including winning funding in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ pitch event. She received a ‘Local  Heroes’ award at the Kensington & Chelsea ‘Make a Difference’ ceremony in June 2011 for, in the words of the charity, ‘her incredible support  and care, her enthusiasm and creativeness and for being a source of inspiration to us all’.

Laura Westwick is the Corporate and Events Development Manager at the Bromley by Bow Centre, an east London charity that helps up to 2,000 people a month to improve their health and skills and move towards and into work. She has responsibility for developing effective relationships with corporate partners, particularly those based in the City and Canary Wharf. Her area of responsibility also involves developing fundraising events ranging from sponsored sporting challenges to arranging formal dinners and auctions. This can mean anything from writing bids for six-figure partnerships, recruiting riders for a 100km night-time cycle ride to helping to organise a corporate volunteer-led summer tea party (complete with cupcakes) in the Centre’s therapeutic garden. Laura has worked in the charity sector for 3 years having previously worked in environmental sustainability.

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Rocket Launch: Sending your Social Enterprise into the Stratosphere!

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
108 Stamford Street
South Bank
London SE1 9NH

Are you looking for the tools to start or expand your social enterprise? Are you curious to find out what social enterprise is all about? Well, the sky is no longer the limit! Please join us for an evening of learning and discussion as we hear from experts and social entrepreneurs in London. Come find out:

• Why social enterprise is booming
• How other social entrepreneurs created and built successful operations
• What the role of social enterprise is in our new economic reality
• How you can use this information to push your social enterprise to the next level
• What it takes to get the funding needed to “blast off”

This event will feature speakers from social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship experts. Our speakers include:

Casey Lord, Venturesome, Investment Executive – Casey works with Venturesome, a leading social investment fund providing unsecured capital for charities, social enterprises and community land trusts.

Kate Bull, The People’s Supermarket, Founder/CEO – The People’s Supermarket sets out to use the standard business model of a convenience supermarket and twist it, to construct a social enterprise that is commercially sustainable to enable it to be socially and environmentally sustainable.

Matthew Scott, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur in Residence – Through his role in Oxford, Matt is lead mentor for the Emerge Venture Lab, a programe to develop the next generation of social entrepreneurs.  His background includes co-founding a solar energy venture in India and working for Bridges Ventures, an impact investing VC fund.

Kate Swade, Coin Street, Consultancy Programme Manager – Kate co-ordinates consultancy services to ambitious community organisations wanting to develop or acquire assets, and has a background in community led regeneration.

Servane Mouazan, Ogunte and the Global Tribal Network, Founder – Ogunte develops and promotes women social venture leaders, impact investors, and social innovators. Servane is also the creator of the Annual Women’s Social Leadership Awards and Make a Wave, a Pre-Incubator for Women Social Entrepreneurs.

Tom Rippin, On Purpose, Founder – After after 3 years in cancer research and 5 years in management consultancy , Tom transitioned into the social sector as an advisor and set up On Purpose, which trains young high-fliers for management positions in social enterprise.

Our event would be a great fit for anyone who is thinking of starting or has recently started a social enterprise. It would also be interesting for individuals who are curious about social policies and funding around these ventures.

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