The Plunkett Foundation is delighted to announce that Bestway Wholesale, the UK’s largest independently owned national wholesaler of food and beverage goods, is the official sponsor for “Facing the Future Together” conference at IET Birmingham, Austin Court on July 6th.
Facing the Future Together, the first face-to-face conference since 2019, will bring together community businesses, members, advisors, and experts for a lively day of networking, inspiring talks, workshops and knowledge sharing.
Speakers include representatives from national funders, community sector bodies, partners from the cooperative movement, authors, and campaigners and of course community businesses themselves. One of the highlights of the day promises to be the closing keynote from Adam Henson, Farmer, Countryfile Presenter and Author.
Keynote streams include Creating Inclusive Community Business: A Rural Perspective, The Road to Net Zero: Community Businesses as Climate Champions and Trends, Challenges and Opportunities: Retail and Hospitality.
Additionally, two workshop streams with eight interactive sessions will get to the heart of the issues that community businesses say they’re most concerned about: People and Finances. For more information and to see the full programme go to the Plunkett Foundation website.
Designed in collaboration with Plunkett Foundation members, the programme includes a mix of sessions to appeal to community businesses of all shapes and sizes; from new groups to well-established and trading businesses, from all corners of the UK, and for all business types.
Bestway’s continuing partnership with Plunkett is in recognition of their shared commitment to supporting rural community retail businesses. Bestway recognises the important role community retail plays in the day to day lives of the customers they serve, and not just by providing fair access to food for all, but also in recognition of the social and wellbeing benefits created.
