BSIN Social Investment Program - Launch and Introduction to Social Impact and Investment

Join us for the launch and first sessions of our new Social Investment Program, on Tuesday 19th September, 12.30 - 16.15 with an optional opportunity for further networking until 17:00. 

Hosted from Locksbrook Campus (Bath School of Art, Film and Media and Bath School of Design, Locksbrook Rd, Bath, BA1 3EL) We have designed this launch to be suitable for anyone regardless of where they are in their journey, with a breakout session for session 2 to best suit your organisation.   

The session will cover a discussion and input on how the Social Investment Program will look, a talk from Good Finance on 'What is Social Investment?', breakout sessions with the choice of two options: 'Growing your Social Impact' with Sue Marchant, from Cool Ventures, or 'Setting up a new Social Impact organisation, which framework is best for you?', with Julian Blake, from Stone King. There will be a general overview of funding opportunities, plus optional networking.

The event will be hosted by: 

Hannah Whiting - Bath Spa Business Development Manager 

Becky Brooks - 3SG Director 

Joshua Hale BEM - Bath Social Impact Network Coordinator   

Agenda 

12:30 - 12:40 Arrivals and registration  

12:40 - 13:10 Welcome and facilitation on how you would like the Social Investment Program to look. Becky, Hannah and Joshua  

13:10 - 14:10 Session 1: What is Social Investment - Good Finance 

14:10 - 14:15 Change rooms for breakout sessions 

14:15 - 15:00 Session 2 - choice of two options  Option 1: Growing your social impact - Sue Marchant from Cool Ventures  Option 2: Setting up a new Social Impact organisation, which framework is best for you? - Julian Blake Stone King 

15:00 - 15:15 Refreshment Break  

15:15 - 16:00 Session 3: General overview of funding opportunities - Speaker(s) to be confirmed 

16:00 - 16:15 Close and upcoming sessions - Joshua  

16:15 - 17:00 Optional networking 

 

Accessibility  Details about the venue can be found here: bathspa.ac.uk/student-life/campuses/locksbrook-campus 

Travel: There is limited parking at the venue,  if you need a space for an accessibility reason please email bsin@bathspa.ac.uk and we will reserve one for you. The guide above lists how to access by public transport and foot.  

Access: We will be using a room that is fully accessible by lift and has an accessible bathroom.  

Funding and audience  This event has been funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust Connect Fund with the aim to help increase social investment in BANES. This event is open to anyone who has an interest in creating or growing their social impact in BANES. We welcome you at any stage in your organisations journey from initial idea to fully established.   

Reporting  To help us with out reporting to our to our funders we will send a demographic questionnaire separately to all attendees. This is optional but will help us to evidence out work and attract future funding, this data will be anonymous and only the top level analysis will be used for reporting.