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SUMMARY:Meaningful Business: Insights into Social Value Creation and Delivery
DESCRIPTION:York GuildhallYork\, England \nMonday\, Mar 9\, 2026 from 10 am to 12:30 pm\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\n\nEveryone’s talking about social value. Far fewer people are clear on what it actually means – or how to do it well. \n\n\n\n\nSocial value is no longer something organisations can afford to ignore. It’s shaping how organisations grow\, win work\, build partnerships and support their communities. But for many businesses and organisations\, it can still feel vague\, confusing or overly complicated. \nThis free Meaningful Business event is about cutting through the noise and having an honest\, practical conversation about social value – what it is\, why it matters and how it can work in the real world. \nIf you’re a business owner\, part of an SME\, social enterprise\, public sector organisation or community group in York and North Yorkshire – and you care about doing business in a way that creates genuine impact – this session is for you. \nWhat this session is about\nThis is a practical\, conversational event focused on real-world social value. \nYou can expect: \n· Short expert talks \n· An interactive workshop \n· Open discussion and shared learning \n· Time to connect with others working on social value locally \nWhat you’ll learn\n· What social value is and why it matters right now \n· How social value can be co-produced across sectors \n· How to think about social value at strategic\, organisational and community levels \n· How businesses can work with public sector partners to create long-term impact \n· Practical ideas you can take away and apply \nSpeakers\n· Dr Madeline Powell\, University of York – Interactive workshop on co-production and social value \n· Sam Leach\, Co-founder of Spark & Chair of the Community Wealth Building Committee \n· Dr Adrian Madden & Dr Alex Alterskye\, The Meaningful Business Network \nWho should come along?\n· Local businesses and SMEs \n· Social enterprises and community organisations \n· Public sector partners \n· Members of the Meaningful Business Network \n· Anyone interested in social value\, impact and purpose-led business \nBook your free place\nThis is a free event\, but places are limited\, please ensure you only sign up if you can attend and if reserved\, please release your place if you cannot attend \nIf you’re interested in social value and want to be part of a practical\, thoughtful conversation about how it works in the real world\, we’d love to see you there. \nMeaningful Business Network\nFind out how you can get involved with the growing Meaningful Business Network\, and help shape its next chapter. Information will be kept in line with the University’s data protection policies: https://www.york.ac.uk/enterprise-works/privacy-notice/
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LOCATION:York Guildhall\, Coney Street\, York\, YO1 9QL
CATEGORIES:Business for Good,Education
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SUMMARY:The Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Event details\nEmphasising the interconnectedness of each individual to each other and their environment\, this exhibit focuses on the power of each person to initiate positive change. A joint initiative of SGI and Earth Charter International. \nThe 25-panel Seeds of Hope and Action (SOHA) exhibition introduces a positive vision for sustainable living that can contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It includes panels portraying six individuals from South Sudan to Lebanon and Brazil who have successfully taken action for change. \nThe initial section introduces the idea of interconnection with inspiring quotes from different spiritual and faith traditions. There are panels on climate change and the SDGs and QR codes provide links to further information for online use. An interactive panel collects viewers’ ideas for action inspired by the exhibition. It also introduces the #SeedsofHopeandAction campaign that encourages individuals to share photos and videos of their actions toward the implementation of the SDGs and related Earth Charter principles on social media. \nDuring the day – exhibitions and talks\nThe exhibition is open to the public to visit from 9am to 5pm and takes place on the ground floor of the Department of Environment and Geography building on Campus West\, University of York. \nFrom 1:20pm each day Monday through Thursday\, there will be a series of talks and activities from academics\, businesses and environmental groups\, responding to the themes of hope\, action and the SDGs\, also free and open to the public: no booking required. Free refreshments will be available. \nMonday 12th May\, 1:20\, Launch Event\nConfirmed speakers include: Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of York\, Professor Charlie Jeffery\, General Director of Soka Gakkai International UK Justine Marchant\, Director of LCAB Lindsey Gillson\, Lecturer from the University of York and representing YESI Judith Krauss and Research Leader at Kew Gardens Bat Vorontsova. \n\nTuesday 13th May\, 1:20\nConfirmed speakers include: Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University Suzannah Williams\, Lead Researcher in Cryobiology from Oxford University Peter Kilbride\, Group Climate & Sustainability Risk Manager at Aviva Vera Van Gool\, Group Public Affairs at Aviva John Huddleston and Associate Lecturer at the University of York Nicola Favretto. \n\nWednesday 14th May\, 1:20\nConfirmed speakers include: Coach at the University of York Julie Parker\, PhD student at the University of York Kian Hayles-Cotton and former multiple World Champion in BMX and Track Cycling Shanaze Reade. \n\nThursday 15th May\, 1:20\nConfirmed speakers include: Director of Conservation and Deputy Chief Executive Plantlife Nicola Hutchinson\, Agricultural Advisor Plantlife Hywel Morgan\, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of York Jack Hatfield and Lecturer at the University of York Daphne Ezer. \n\nDuring the evening – interactive workshops\nInteractive workshops will take place from Monday to Thursday\, from 7pm in the Berrick Saul Treehouse (BS/104) on Campus West. \nAll workshops are free but due to limited capacity booking is required. \nMonday 12th May\, 7pm – 8:30pm\nYour Seeds of Hope and Action with Justine Marchant and members of the SGI Student Division \nJoin us for an interactive and participatory delve into the threads and themes of the exhibition. Come along and explore: What is your vision for a better future? In what ways does the exhibition encourage\, stimulate and resonate with you? Where do you feel a sense of hope? How will you take and maintain action based on that hope? \nBook now \n\nTuesday 13th May\, 7pm – 9pm\nClimate Cafe\, run by York Climate Café Group \nA climate cafe is a small gathering which offers a place where fears\, uncertainties and hopes about our climate crisis can be safely expressed. It’s a confidential\, respectful\, thinking and feeling space where people can meet with others and talk informally about what climate change and ecological breakdown means for them\, perhaps find common ground\, and listen to others’ diverse experiences and feelings. \nBook now \n\nWednesday 14th May\, 7pm – 9pm\nHow We Made It Through\, run by Planet South Bank  \nJoin the local climate action group Planet South Bank for an evening exploring their most recent project: How We Made It Through. They will walk us through the community creative writing project that invited citizens of the South Bank area to picture their neighbourhood in the future\, having successfully made it to the other side of the 21st century polycrisis. Relevant to anyone interested in hope and fiction as tools of social change\, the workshop will include an invitation to try your own hand at some ‘Thrutopian’ fiction-writing. \nBook now \n\nThursday 15th May\,  6pm – 9pm\nClimate Fresk \nA Climate Fresk is a scientific and collaborative experience that empowers participants to grasp and share climate change’s causes and consequences through an interactive card game\, drawing from the latest IPCC report. The Fresk will be run by trained facilitators\, but doesn’t involve an expert presenting information to the group; instead it requires all participants to take an active role in the building-up of the Fresk\, becoming participative learners.
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LOCATION:Various Events in York
CATEGORIES:Planet,Sustainability
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