This event will bring together organisations and businesses in the social impact space in Oxfordshire to celebrate the power of collaboration and community support. We will be exploring collaboration opportunities, sharing ideas, looking at ways of supporting each other, and how we can create meaningful actions and next steps from this gathering.

The session will be in a world cafe style, where you can have your say, and be part of facilitated discussions focusing on how community and collaboration can help enterprise thrive in Oxfordshire.

Following the discussion tables, Fadia’s Feasts will be providing food and drinks for attendees.

The discussions will cover:

• Community wealth building with CAG Oxfordshire and Co-operative Futures
• The local food economy and the Oxfordshire Food Strategy facilitated by Good Food Oxfordshire
• How the University of Oxford can support the Oxfordshire social impact community
• Creative sectors and collaborative opportunities

• Advice and information sharing

• Opportunities and innovation

• Next steps to help social impact organisations

There will be also be an opportunity to find out more about local organisations supporting social impact enterprise in Oxfordshire.

Laura Sewell, Director of Flo’s | The Place In The Park will open the evening with a brief welcome and introduction to Flo’s

Laura has worked in Oxfordshire’s voluntary sector her whole career and has an array of experience across education, youth and community, creative industries and wellbeing.

She believes in the power of collaboration to bring about systemic change and is excited to support this vision as part of her new role as Director of Flo’s – The Place in the Park.

Who is it for?

This meetup is aimed at local social impact and purpose led Oxfordshire businesses and organisations, and University of Oxford students and staff interested in the social impact enterprise space.

The Venue

Flo’s is a community-owned café and centre based in Florence Park in the east of the city where people can meet to work, play, create, and learn. Fadia’s Feasts at Flo’s will be providing delicious Middle Eastern inspired nibbles and drinks.

Fadia and Karim will be catering for this event. The team at Flo’s got to know Fadia through their work and friendship with the Syrian Sisters as she was an original member of Damascus Rose Kitchen. Fadia works with her son Karim in Flo’s kitchen every weekend – cooking up the most delicious Syrian inspired mezze, falafel and other dishes.

You can read more about them on pages 6 and 7 of Flo’s impact report >>

https://www.flosoxford.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Flos_Impact_Report_2022_A3spreads-1.pdf

Thank you to EnSpire Oxford for supporting this event

EnSpire Oxford is a University of Oxford initiative to help connect our students, staff and alumni to the entrepreneurial people, places and programmes available within the University of Oxford and beyond.