The new charity retail: virtual conference
Our second virtual conference is nearly here, taking place across Tuesday 17 – Thursday 19 November. The new charity retail will provide you with high level webinars to embrace and run with the accelerated arrival of new retail innovations and smarter and sustainable working in the ‘here and now’.
Our members can purchase a conference pass for only £50 plus VAT to attend all 8 webinars across the three days. They will also receive admittance to our AGM and The new charity retail awards ceremony, both on Thursday 19 November.
Thank you to our sponsors
Programme
| Date | Time | Session | Speaker |
| Tues 17 November | 10–11am | People, planet, profit: How charity shops can strongly communicate brand values which capture the consumer mood for sustainability | Esther Pugh, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University |
| Tues 17 November | 12noon–1pm | Three charities, one retail, more profit | Steve Curry, Chief Executive, Harlington Hospice and David Brodala, Charity Retail Consultant |
| Tues 17 November | 2–3pm | Achieving net-zero: maximising bric a brac recycling to drive sustainability and brand engagement | Taskeen Ahmed, Group Chief Operating Officer, Precycle Group |
| Wed 18 November | 10–11am | The Halo Effect on charity stores towards donations | Ciarin Kent, Business Analyst, Shelter and Paul Langston, Association Partner, CACI |
| Wed 18 November | 12noon–1pm | Easy ways to sell second-hand online | Maria Yavorskaya and Tatiana Gakh, Co-founders, Zipsale |
| Wed 18 November | 2–3.30pm | BONUS session: Lockdown 2.0 – panel session | A panel of charity retailers, chaired by our Chief Executive, Robin Osterley |
| Thurs 19 November | 10–11am | Using technology to transition to the new normal | Josh Bentham, National Partnerships and Commercial Manager at Shopiago by World of Books Group and Andy Ostcliffe, Online Operations Manager at British Heart Foundation |
| Thurs 19 November | 12.30pm-1.30pm | Making the sector more inclusive | Rebecca Armstrong, Consultant, Sparkle |
There is more information on the above sessions in the downloadable conference programme.
AGM 2020 and The new charity retail awards
Also included on the third day of The new charity retail is our AGM and The new charity retail awards ceremony – which are both free to attend for CRA members and non-members. Both events will take place on Thursday 19 November on Zoom.
Read about The new charity retail awards here
Diversity and inclusion
We encourage attendance from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) members as these groups are underrepresented in our sector and we are working to include their viewpoints in all our events.
If this meeting would be relevant to you, or a BAME colleague, then please register onto our event or pass these events onto them.
Terms and conditions
A full refund will be available for bookings cancelled up to and including Friday 6 November. After this time no refunds will be issued.
If you have any queries about the conference please do not hesitate to get in touch with Julia Edwards, Head of Outreach, on julia@charityretail.org.uk.