Elevate Exchange: Community

Elevate

Exploring how communities adapt and change.

Virgin Money

Community encompasses everything we need for people to thrive, including diversity, collaboration, placemaking, training and culture. We will explore the relationship between the private, public and third sectors, as well as how communities have adapted post-COVID.The Elevate Exchanges are our flagship, hybrid events focused on our three key pillars: Sustainability, Innovation and Community. We bring together experts from a range of sectors to share advice, insights and spark debate.W﻿ith speakers from Manchester International Festival, Manchester Pride, the Juice Academy, Enspec Power, the National Literacy Trust, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, University Academy 92, BetterNotStop, Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing and more!K﻿indly sponsored by Enspec Power and Virgin Money.A﻿genda1﻿2pm: Open and networking1﻿2:15pm: Welcome from Ilona Alcock - Elevate1﻿2:20pm: Gender Based Violence keynote from Neil Evans - GMCA1﻿2:35pm: Northern Gamechangers Panel with Lee Chambers - Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing and Amirah Darr - Fund Her North1﻿2:55pm - All Equals Charter Lightning Talk from Farhana Hemani - Manchester Pride1﻿3:00pm - Representation in the Media panel with Farhana Hermani - Manchester Pride, Eugenia Whitby - Burn CIC, Feimatta Conteh - Manchester International Festival, chaired by Grace Dyke - Yellow Jigsaw/Media Cubs1﻿3:20pm - Social Mobility and the Literacy Gap with the National Literacy Trust1﻿3:35pm - Young People in the Workforce panel with Mara Rastall - Enspec Power, Muhammad &quot;Abz&quot; Abby - UA92, Tom Matthews - North Highland and Georgia Fitzgerald - Juice Academy1﻿3:55pm - Lunch1﻿4:15pm - Lightning Talks from the Juice Academy, Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing, GC Business Growth Hub Green Economy, Aurora Wellness and Gigpig.14:45pm - Close and networking

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