BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Power to Change - ECPv6.17.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Power to Change X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Power to Change REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T133000 DTSTAMP:20250520T172401Z CREATED:20250415T155528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T172401Z UID:89099-1747744200-1747747800@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:The economic contribution of community business DESCRIPTION:Power to Change has long advocated for greater investment in and support of community business\, but there has been a gap in the quantitative evidence base around the unique economic contribution that community business makes\, both at national and local levels. \nPower to Change’s new report\, ‘The economic contribution of community business’\, provides an estimate of the total economic contribution made by community business in terms of Gross Value Added (GVA)\, the first time this has been done in the sector. In this panel discussion\, we will discuss the findings of this research\, and the ways in which community businesses can use key figures to make the case for investment. \n \n Sign up for the event\n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nick Plumb (Chair)\n Director of Policy and Insight\, Power to Change \n Nick provides overall direction for our policy\, research\, communications and advocacy work. He oversees a team which develops new policy thinking\, carries out original research and analysis\, builds Power to Change’s profile\, and champions community business \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Linda Hien\n Insight Manager\, Power to Change \n Linda ensures Power to Change’s research and insight programme is rigorous\, creative and high impact. She oversees and provides guidance for research across the organisation\, and gathers robust evidence and learning around the community business sector. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Graves\n Director\, Ortus Economic Research \n Andrew is an analyst\, evaluator and project director\, having worked in the economic development field for 31 years. Throughout his career\, Andrew has been at the forefront of designing and delivering research and evaluation projects related to economic policy. His impact project experience covers innovation projects\, strategic plans\, capital investments\, cultural programmes and skills development projects. He has worked for a wide range of clients giving him extensive experience of a breadth of policy and organisational contexts. He counts many of the key UK economic policy organisations as his clients. Andrew is currently leading the 6-year impact evaluation of the National Innovation Centre for Data on behalf of Newcastle University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Rowell\n Director\, Ortus Economic Research \n Andy has more than 25 years’ experience as a data analyst and researcher. Andy was formerly Head of Observatory at Trends Business Research Ltd\, leading a team of specialist data analysts and statisticians also responsible for the maintenance and development of TBR’s in-house research database of firm-level business information\, called TCR. Prior to joining TBR\, he was responsible for the regional programme of research and analysis at Learning and Skills Council North East and subsequently\, Young People’s Learning Agency\, North East. Andy has extensive experience of research and evaluation in the areas of economic development\, social inclusion\, education and skills. He has designed and led many research studies focused on identifying policy recommendations or assessing the impact of policy initiatives. He leads Ortus’s analytical work\, both in the UK and internationally. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Stephen Miller\n Consultant \n Stephen is an independent consultant with almost twenty years’ experience of supporting charities\, community businesses and social enterprises to achieve greater impact by demonstrating their unique value and improving how they work. He specialises in social research\, policy\, and social innovation\, all with the common goal of creating a fairer and more inclusive economy. Examples of his recent projects include: supporting NHS Scotland redesign healthcare services to transition towards net zero;  supporting a new charitable foundation to develop their strategy and evaluation framework as they seek to bring about a fair and just food and farming system; and supporting a housing association to develop a community investment strategy to maximise social value. Stephen has previously held senior research and policy roles at Design Council and UnLtd – the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs\, and was most recently Director of Delivery and Impact at Power to Change. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the webinar:\nCatch up on our report authors discussing the research alongside Andy Graves\, Andrew Rowell\, and Stephen Miller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the webinar URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/the-economic-contribution-of-community-business/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kittys-Laundrette-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Power to Change":MAILTO:comms@powertochange.org.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR