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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250920T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T170000 DTSTAMP:20251002T120052Z CREATED:20250812T082006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T120052Z UID:91053-1758355200-1759942800@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Party conferences 2025: bringing community business into the room DESCRIPTION:This page will be updated regularly throughout the conference season with the latest information and confirmed speakers.  \n  \nLabour Conference\, 28 September – 1 October\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community businesses are already working on the ground to tackle the big issues of our time and we want people delivering this change to be heard loud and clear at Labour conference this year.   \nThis year\, at conference we will be working with a group of seven community business leaders from across England to burst the conference bubble\, bringing people with skin in the game face to face with national policymakers and political influencers.   \nIf you’re curating a panel and want practical insight from those making change happen\, get in touch with lucy.symington@powertochange.org to find out if a community business leader can bring real world experience to your panel.   \n \n Meet the community business leaders joining us at Labour conference\n \n \n \n \n \n Our programme of fringe events at Labour Party Conference:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Merseyside Community Power Roundtable\, Saturday 27 September\nWith the Co-operative Party and Make CIC.  \nThis private roundtable\, with Mayor of Liverpool City Region\, Steve Rotheram and Alison McGovern\, MP for Birkenhead and Minister for Local Government\, will bring Liverpool based community businesses and organisations together to celebrate what communities have achieved and what they can do more of with the right support. This event is invite only.  \nBeyond Blue Labour: does communitarianism present a roadmap for renewing social democracy? Sunday 28 September\, 12.45-1.45pm\, RIBA North\nWith UCL Policy Lab and We’re Right Here.   \nJoin us as we launch a new essay collection exploring how communitarianism might provide the roadmap to strengthening our politics and renewing Britain.Speakers include: \n\nIntroduction by Andy Jackson\, The Heeley Trust\nMarc Stears\, UCL Policy Lab\nFrances Foley\, Compass  \nJosh Simons MP\, Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office   \nKirsty McNeil MP\, Minister for Scotland\n\nHolding on to HOPE: How to build community Britain\, Monday 29 September\, 4pm\, ACC Meeting Room 12\nWith the Co-operative Party and HOPE Not Hate. \nIt’s time for the political system to recognise and value the social\, economic and political power of communities. The Co-operative Party\, HOPE not Hate and Power to Change are hosting vital discussion on the steps needed to do that and to build community power for the future.Speakers include: \n\nRos Wynne-Jones\, The Mirror (Chair) \nKirsty McNeil MP\, Minister for Scotland\nCaitlin Prowle\, The Co-operative Party\nMisbah Malik\, HOPE Not Hate \nSacha Bedding\, The Wharton Trust\n\nDrinks reception: Growth you can see\, feel\, and be a part of\, with community business\,  Monday 29 September\, 5pm-7pm\, Baltic Creative\, 49 Jamaica Street\, L1 0AH \nBurst the conference bubble and join community business leaders to explore how we can spark change that reaches into everyday life in every community.Speakers include: \n\nChris Curtis MP\, Labour Growth Group \nMarie Osborne\, Future Wolverton \n\n \n Sign up \n \n \n \n \n \n Liberal Democrat Conference\, 20-23 September 2025  \nIf you’re attending the Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth this year and want to connect\, please contact lucy.symington@powertochange.org.uk. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Conservative Conference\, 5-8 October 2025  \nIf you’re attending the Conservative party conference in Manchester this year and want to connect\, please contact jessica.craig@powertochange.org.uk. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n See all events\n \n Read our new research 'Returning power to the people' URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/party-conferences-2025-bringing-community-business-into-the-room/ LOCATION:Various venues ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Power_to_Change_Event_©Robin_Clewley-0131.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Power to Change":MAILTO:comms@powertochange.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T200000 DTSTAMP:20251118T161659Z CREATED:20251105T181533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T161659Z UID:92701-1763490600-1763496000@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Event | From the ground up: Community business & Britain’s next decade  DESCRIPTION:For the past decade\, Power to Change has seen community business grow steadily into a movement that spans the country. While our economy is still failing to improve living standards for everyone and too many communities feel powerless to make change\, this collection advances a vision of Britain’s future where power and resources are in local hands and calls on those who can make it happen.  \nMarking our 10th anniversary\, the collection brings together creative thinkers\, practitioners\, and local and national leaders to reflect on the past decade of community business and explore how communities can meet the challenges ahead with resilience and unity. \nYou can already read some of the brilliant contributions from the likes of Vidhya Alakeson\, Nick Garland and inspiring community business leaders like Sacha Bedding in Hartlepool.  \nThe launch will feature a panel discussion chaired by Anoosh Chakelian\, Britain Editor of the New Statesman and essay contributor. \n \n Sign up for the event\n \n Read the collection\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Anoosh Chakelian (Chair)\n Britain Editor at the New Statesman \n Anoosh Chakelian is an award-winning social affairs journalist covering politics\, policy and social affairs across Britain. She is host of the award-winning New Statesman Podcast and co-presents the Westminster Reimagined podcast series with Armando Iannucci.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Emily Bolton\n Chief Executive and Founder of Our Future \n Emily Bolton is the CEO and co-founder of Our Future – working to back post industrial communities to create a thriving future. Previously part of the founding team and latterly executive board member at Social Finance. Her work has focused on creating impact at scale. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rachel Coldicutt\n Executive Director of Careful Industries \n \n\nRachel Coldicutt is a researcher and strategist specialising in inclusive\, community-powered innovation and the social impacts of new and emerging technologies. Rachel has been working in technology since the 1990s and is currently founder and executive director of research consultancy Careful Industries. She was previously the founding CEO of responsible technology think tank Doteveryone and was awarded an OBE for services to the digital society in the 2019 New Year’s Honours.   \n\n\nRead Rachel’s essay \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hetan Shah\n Chief Executive of The British Academy and Chair of Our World in Data \n Hetan is chief executive of the British Academy\, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He is Chair of Our World in Data\, a website providing long run data and evidence on global challenges. Hetan was appointed in 2024 by the UK Parliament to the board of the National Audit Office\, the UK’s independent spending watchdog. He is Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute\, Kings College London and a Fellow at Birkbeck College\, University of London. Hetan serves on a number of advisory boards including at the Resolution Foundation and UCL’s Policy Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n James Plunkett\n Convenor of Kinship Works \n \n\nJames is a writer and consultant with nearly 20 years experience in UK policy-making\, including roles across the private\, public\, and third sectors\, from Downing Street to leading think tanks and charities. He convenes of Kinship Works\, an organisation supporting more human alternatives to bureaucracy. He posts on Blue Sky\, Medium\, and Substack. \nRead James’s essay \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Patrick Hurley MP\n MP for Southport \n Patrick Hurley is the MP for Southport and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Social\, Co-operative and Community Economy.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Josiah Sulc \n CEO\, Rooted In \n Josiah is CEO of Rooted In\, a community development charity providing services and training opportunities and operating two community cafes in Allerton and Lower Grange\, West Bradford. Through Rooted In Community Homes\, the organisation is seeking to address a lack of affordable family housing in the neighbourhood\, with an ambitious plan for 52 new community homes built by and for local people. \n \n \n \n Sign up for the event\n \n Read the collection URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-from-the-ground-up-community-business-and-britains-next-decade/ LOCATION:British Academy\, Westminster\, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace\, London\, SW1Y 5AH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Celebrating 10 years ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Promoting-content-4-e1762366510644.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Power to Change":MAILTO:comms@powertochange.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251129T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T170000 DTSTAMP:20251201T115752Z CREATED:20251006T165650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T115752Z UID:91698-1764403200-1764954000@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Events | Community Business Week 2025 DESCRIPTION:  \nSaturday 29 November> Friday 5 December\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This #CommunityBusinessWeek\, we’re celebrating the businesses that make our towns\, cities\, and communities vibrant\, resilient\, and inclusive. \nFrom pubs and farms to libraries and community centres\, community businesses are transforming lives and places across England. We’re encouraging everyone to discover\, visit\, or support their local community business during the week. In this spirit\, we’ve teamed up with five community businesses across the country to celebrate Community Business Week in person. \n \n Community Business Week 2025\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our event partners\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Can Make\n Location: Bristol \n Date: Sunday 30 November  \nTime: 4.30 – 8.30pm \nA community lights switch-on\, festive celebration\, and drinks. We Can Make will also be showcasing their new retrofit-themed light-up interactive game\, Street Lighter. \n \n \n \n Join in\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Star and Shadow Cinema\n Location: Newcastle \n Date: Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 November  \nTime: 12pm-9:30pm   \nAn ‘open doors weekend’ full of music\, films and community activities. \n \n \n \n See what's on\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Civic Square\n Location: Birmingham \n Date: Thursday 4 December  \nTime:  3–8pm \nAn afternoon of sharing\, learning\, and celebration\, reflecting on a year of organising around street scale and neighbourhood retrofit. Expect site tours\, dinner\, conversation\, and screenings – all exploring how we can build thriving neighbourhoods in a changing climate.  \n \n \n \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friends of Stretford Public Hall\n Location: Greater Manchester \n Date: Thursday 4 December  \nTime: 5.30-10.30pm \nAn evening of talks and live music\, marking 10 years of community power in Stretford and celebrating community businesses from across Greater Manchester and the North West. \n \n \n \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Edberts House\n Location: Gateshead \n Date: Friday 5 December  \nTime: 4:30–7pm  \nA community Christmas lights switch on\, with food\, market stalls\, music\, and crafts. \n \n \n \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get involved\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download the toolkit\nThis toolkit will have everything you need to shout about Community Business Week and help you promote your community business. Expect: explainers\, social media assets\, flyers\, posters\, stickers\, guides for putting on events\, and support for local press outreach. \n  \n \n Get yours...\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Share your advice\nCommunity businesses work hard day in\, day out to serve their communities – and it’s not always easy. To build solidarity\, share your one piece of advice for others working at a community-led business. \n  \n \n Add yours\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Business Week 2025\n \n Celebrating ten years backing community business URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/community-business-week/ CATEGORIES:Celebrating 10 years ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CBW_WebsiteHeaderImage.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Power to Change":MAILTO:comms@powertochange.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTSTAMP:20260918T171055Z CREATED:20260904T093231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T171055Z UID:96736-1790467200-1791158399@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Party conferences 2026: DESCRIPTION:This page will be updated regularly throughout the conference season with the latest information and confirmed speakers.  \n  \nLabour Conference\, 27 – 30 September\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our programme of fringe events:\n \n \n \n \n \n A symbol of a British renaissance: The civic high street  \nSunday 27 September\, 1- 2 pm\, Arena Room Sherwood   \nA thriving high street is more than a place to shop. It’s where people meet\, live\, access services they need\, and use businesses they care about. If our high streets are to be the symbol of a British renaissance\, we need to pull together to fundamentally change their offer to communities.   \nThis panel discussion asks what policies\, partnerships\, investment and support are needed to bring about a mixed-use\, civic model where high streets are reimagined as places for local services\, heritage and culture\, community and housing.   \nPanel:   \n\nJess Craig\, Policy Manager\, Power to Change (Chair) \nChris Curtis\, MP for Milton Keynes North\nBev Craig\, Mayor of Greater Manchester (invited) \nLouise Haigh\, First Secretary of State (invited)\nLaura Onita\, retail correspondent at the Financial Times\nJo Cooper\, CEO Back on the Map\, Sunderland\n \n\nWhat’s next for communities policy?   \nSunday 27 September\, 4-5 pm\, Arena Room Aire   \nThe Community Right to Buy showed what is possible when community organisations\, campaigners and policymakers pull in the same direction to give people more power over the places where they live. Join Power to Change and the Co-operative Party for a timely discussion on the next big policy ambition for the community power movement.  \nPanel:   \n\nJo Platt MP\, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (Chair) \nFlorence Eshalomi\, Minister for Communities\nNick Plumb\, Director of Policy and Insight\, Power to Change  \nFin Irwin\, Founder and Co-Director intoBodmin  \n \n\nPower & Place: Where now for community power \nMonday 28 September\, 6pm\, ACC\, Arena Room Derwent \nRefreshments provided   \nRos Wynne-Jones\, the Mirror’s Real Britain columnist\, hosts a conversation between:   \n\nAngela Rayner\, Secretary of State for Housing\, Communities and Local Government (invited) and;  \nPlace leader Liam Kelly\, CEO of Make CIC and Pride in Place Board Chair in nearby Central Birkenhead.   \n\nBridging perspectives from the centre of government and the heart of a community driving change on the ground\, this event explores what the next chapter of devolution looks like and how the government can fulfil its commitment to restore pride in place.    \n \n \n \n \n \n Liberal Democrat Conference 19-22 September 2026  \nIf you’re attending the Liberal Democrat Party conference in Brighton this year and want to connect\, please contact lucy.symington@powertochange.org.uk.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Green Party Conference 2–4 October 2026 \nIf you’re attending the Green Party conference in Brighton this year and want to connect\, please contact ellie.radcliffe@powertochange.org.uk.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n See all events URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/party-conferences-2026-community-power-from-the-margins-to-the-centre/ LOCATION:Various venues ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Promoting-content-1-1-e1788431594547.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DTSTAMP:20260908T150044Z CREATED:20260902T141109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T150044Z UID:96692-1790726400-1794355199@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Study visits | Civic High Street Collective DESCRIPTION:The Civic High Street Collective brings partners together to champion a mixed-use\, civic model where high streets are reimagined as places for local services\, heritage and culture\, community and housing. Across the country\, there are inspiring examples of what’s possible. But action is needed to scale this approach and make it the norm. \nJoin a visit to Bristol\, Sunderland or Hastings this autumn to see the civic high street in action. Capacity is limited\, so please register your interest\, and we will confirm your place at least two weeks ahead of the visit. \nThese events are being run in collaboration with the Royal Society of Arts and will welcome Fellows from their network alongside members of the Civic High Street Collective. \nWhen and where?\nWednesday 30 September – Bristol\, hosted by Artspace Lifespace \nThursday 22 October – Hendon\, Sunderland\, hosted by Back on the Map \nTuesday 10 November – Hastings\, hosted by Hastings Commons \nFor the first study visit to Bristol\, expressions of interest close on 14 September. \n \n Register your interest URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/civic-high-street-collective-study-visits/ LOCATION:Various venues ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Promoting-content-2-e1788359220954.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T200000 DTSTAMP:20260902T145734Z CREATED:20260902T145538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T145734Z UID:96719-1793815200-1793822400@www.powertochange.org.uk SUMMARY:Westminster Reception | Civic High Street Collective DESCRIPTION:The Civic High Street Collective brings partners together to champion a mixed-use\, civic model where high streets are reimagined as places for local services\, heritage and culture\, community and housing. Across the country\, there are inspiring examples of what’s possible. But action is needed to scale this approach and make it the norm. \nOn Wednesday 4 November 2026\, the Collective will come together in Westminster for an evening reception celebrating the growing movement for the civic high street. \nComplete the form below to register your interest. Full details to follow. \n \n Secure your place URL:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/event/westminster-reception-civic-high-street-collective/ LOCATION:Westminster\, London ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.powertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Promoting-content-3-e1788360880388.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR