EVENTS

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Breaking Down Barriers: Getting Britain building? How can we build new homes and sustainable infrastructure?
May
7

Breaking Down Barriers: Getting Britain building? How can we build new homes and sustainable infrastructure?

with Labour MP, Andrew Western

Westminster, London

Getting Britain building again is one of Labour’s key missions, from more homes, to investment in key infrastructure such as roads and railways. This roundtable with Andrew Western MP - described as Parliament’s ‘biggest YIMBY’ will explore what that could mean, and the role organisations have to play - from fast- track planning to supporting communities with new development.

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How will Labour improve equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace?
Mar
20

How will Labour improve equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace?

with Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Ashley Dalton MP

Westminster, London

Achieving equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a crucial part of Labour’s plan for government. This roundtable with Ashley Dalton MP, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities will explore how the next Labour government can work with employers to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace, why it is vital to boosting economic growth and unlocking people’s full potential, and how organisations can tackle socio-economic discrimination in the workplace.

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Building a clean energy superpower
Mar
13

Building a clean energy superpower

with Shadow Minister for Energy Security, Dr Alan Whitehead MP

Westminster, London

One of Labour’s 5 Missions is to ‘Build a Clean Energy Superpower’, and a crucial Purpose Goal is ‘Harnessing the Energy Transition’. This event with Dr Alan Whitehead, Shadow Minister for Energy Security will explore how the next Labour government can work with businesses committed to net-zero in order to deliver on it.

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Breaking Down Barriers to Law: Action Plan Launch
Feb
27

Breaking Down Barriers to Law: Action Plan Launch

with the Attorney General for England and Wales, Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP, Minister of State for Justice, Rt Hon Ed Argar MP, and others.

House of Commons, London

This event in the House of Commons will launch the Breaking Down Barriers to Law Action Plan, bringing together participating law firms, MPs, Members of the House of Lords and other key stakeholders to celebrate the great work of the participating firms.

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Getting the best start in life
Feb
20

Getting the best start in life

with Shadow Minister for Education, Helen Hayes MP

Virtual

This roundtable will consider the role employers - from businesses to universities have in supporting employees to balance childcare responsibilities in the workplace, and the role of businesses and universities to prepare the next generation to take considered choices about future education steps.

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Skills for Britain: How Higher-Level Skills Can Drive Innovation and a Manufacturing Economy
Oct
9

Skills for Britain: How Higher-Level Skills Can Drive Innovation and a Manufacturing Economy

This discussion, chaired by former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, explores how collaboration between universities, business and government can support growth, new jobs, and better opportunities for people from the most disadvantaged communities.

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Going For Growth: How Can the UK Unleash Economic Growth by Harnessing the Power of SMEs?
Oct
9

Going For Growth: How Can the UK Unleash Economic Growth by Harnessing the Power of SMEs?

SMEs are the backbone of the UK economy, but traditional high street lenders too often fail to meet their needs. 'Going for growth' will explore how, with the support of specialist lending banks - who invest the time to understand their customers - the UK can achieve Labour's mission of the highest growth in the G7.

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Ready for the Real World: How Can Applied Learning Give Young People the Skills They Need for the Future?
Oct
9

Ready for the Real World: How Can Applied Learning Give Young People the Skills They Need for the Future?

Chaired by former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, and brings together Young Enterprise Chief Executive Sharon Davies, Shadow Ministers and young people who have taken part in Young Enterprise programmes to explore how a Labour government can futureproof education, putting applied learning at the heart of the classroom.

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City Collaboration: How Can Place-Based Organisations Work Together to Boost Growth, Jobs and Opportunities?
Oct
9

City Collaboration: How Can Place-Based Organisations Work Together to Boost Growth, Jobs and Opportunities?

Universities play a key role in Britain's cities - and by collaborating, they have the potential to do more. This panel discussion Chaired by former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, will explore how Newcastle and Northumbria University's groundbreaking partnership is raising participation in higher education and forging new pathways and opportunities for disadvantaged young people in the region - and how the model can be used elsewhere.

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The Social Value of Rail
Oct
9

The Social Value of Rail

This event aims to consider the importance of our railways to local communities across the UK, explore how a future Labour government can support railways and unlock the social value of rail, discuss how organisations like Hitachi work with the next Labour government to achieve the missions to 'Break down barriers to opportunity at every stage', and 'achieve the highest growth in the G7' Missions.

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Retirement Resilience: how can the Midlife MOT help us plan for later life and stay in employment?
Oct
3

Retirement Resilience: how can the Midlife MOT help us plan for later life and stay in employment?

The Midlife MOT is a free review for workers aged 45-55 to take stock of finances skills and health to better prepare for retirement and build financial resilience. This event will explore the experience of Reed in Partnership’s Midlife MOT pilot in East Anglia and consider how it can help people across the country plan for later life.

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Ready for the real world: how can applied learning give young people skills for the future?
Oct
3

Ready for the real world: how can applied learning give young people skills for the future?

Improving education training and employment for young people could provide a £40bn boost to the UK’s GDP (PWC 2022). Applied learning is a crucial mechanism to achieve this by enhancing traditional teaching methods to engage students with real world skills through hands-on experiences and problem solving. Ready for the Real World is Chaired by former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening and will bring together Young Enterprise Chief Executive Sharon Davies MPs and young people who have taken part in Young Enterprise programmes to explore how government could future proof education by putting applied learning approaches at the heart of the classroom.

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Channel 4 Drinks Reception
Oct
2

Channel 4 Drinks Reception

Hosted by Rt Hon Justine Greening and Sinead Rocks, in partnership with Channel 4, this reception will demonstrate how we’re working across the political divide to boost equality of opportunity, and in particular look at the work Channel 4 is already doing to spread opportunity in the nations and regions.

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Business Revolution - How can purpose-led businesses be at the heart of delivering for communities across the UK?
Jun
20

Business Revolution - How can purpose-led businesses be at the heart of delivering for communities across the UK?

On Tuesday 20th June, the Purpose Coalition and SME for Labour will launch our first joint report, 'Entrepreneurial Revolution: How can the UK put SMEs at the heart of the economy', with Shadow Minister for Business and Industry Bill Esterson MP, and former Member of Sir Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet Nick Forbes CBE. The event will be chaired by Catherine Atkinson, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Derby North.

The report will explore how entrepreneurship can boost social mobility and the economy, and the role of Purpose-led organisations in supporting SMEs to deliver for communities across the UK.

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Pride Month: Lots done, more to do: How can the UK go even further this Pride?
Jun
12

Pride Month: Lots done, more to do: How can the UK go even further this Pride?

Join Rt Hon Justine Greening, Peter Gibson MP and leading Purpose Coalition Members to discuss how LGBT+ acceptance in the workplace has changed in recent years, where the government can go further to support the LGBT+ community, and explore how technology and innovation can help the UK to go even further on LGBT+ healthcare.

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Extending Enterprise for the next generation, in association with Young Enterprise
Jun
6

Extending Enterprise for the next generation, in association with Young Enterprise

Join the Minister for Small Business and Enterprise, Kevin Hollinrake MP, Purpose Coalition Chair Rt Hon Justine Greening and Young Enterprise Chief Executive Sharon Davies to discuss how organisations can go further to improve enterprise education in schools and colleges, and discuss how enterprise schemes can help organisations train young people in the skills business needs for the future.

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Embracing Equity: Microaggressions under the Microscope
May
3

Embracing Equity: Microaggressions under the Microscope

Join us for this webinar as we put microaggressions under the microscope, discussing the research, and what actions and strategies organisations could implement to reduce microaggressions in their workplace. We will also be sharing our own journey of how we’re supporting and protecting our own female talent, and our drive to create an equitable, supportive and inclusive workplace that enables the future to work for everyone.

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