📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
This Thursday, find out how you can connect your business with high-impact social organisations at the tech sector engagement event in partnership with the Manchester Tech for Good Catalyst Programme at Venture Café Manchester.
Funded by Manchester City Council and delivered by the Tech for Good Alliance in partnership with Manchester Digital and techUK, this pioneering three-year initiative pairs skilled tech professionals – from developers and engineering teams to founders, CTOs, and CSR leads – with local charities, CICs, and VCFSE community groups in need of digital support.
Attend this targeted briefing to discover how your company can lend its technical expertise to amplify local community impact, champion innovation for social good, fulfill meaningful social value goals, and develop new skills in the process. You will hear real-world case studies from participating businesses, and learn how volunteer projects are scoped and managed, as well as how they benefit your business. You’ll also have the direct opportunity to sign up your business on the night.
Partners: Tech for Good Alliance, Manchester City Council, Manchester Community Central and techUK
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Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
An introduction to Life Mechanics and how the Life Mechanics Mind-Management Model can help any individual, but more specifically, creatives, innovators and those who find themselves with consistently overly busy minds almost all the time, manage anxieties, feeling of imposter syndrome, low motivation, issues related to self-esteem and mental burnout. The workshop introduces a technique to help manage stress and facilitate relaxation of the mind and body, and explores the true extent of the mind-body connection.
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A facilitated discussion exploring how involvement in Tech for Good projects can support staff development, employee engagement, innovation, social value, recruitment and retention. Through practical examples and discussion, attendees will consider how technology skills can support Manchester's communities while also creating tangible benefits for their own organisations.