Shared Economy event success!
We welcomed guests from the business, community, public and charity sectors to our Shared Economy event in Kingston last week.
They joined us to discuss the challenges thousands of individuals face locally, who have seen their circumstances worsened by the cost-of-living crisis and the post-pandemic mental health emergency.
Our CEO, Hicky Kingsbury said: "Thank you so much to everyone who worked so hard to make Shared Economy happen, a real celebration of what so many individuals and organisations have been doing and are planning to do locally, to support each other and our shared communities".
Our Kingston Charitable Foundation team loved working with event sponsors Wolters Kluwer UK - both in the lead-up and on the day. A huge thank you to their team for going above and beyond, and for sponsoring all the refreshments too.
The event panel were wonderful, thank you to Julie Leach (Chartered MCIPD) - the newly elected President of Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Diane White - CEO of Kingston Carers' Network , Dr Tariq Shabbeer - Secretary General of Save The World Club who all joined our CEO, Hicky.
Our moderator for this event, Katie Lovatt of Holland Hahn & Wills Financial Planning LLP completed the team, guiding us all through it with delightful warmth, ensuring our panel kept to time and managed the many questions and comments from our amazing audience of leading local stakeholders from all areas of our borough and its different communities, including the 3rd, Public and Business sectors.
Thanks also to our Kingston CF team members Justine Belcher and Shelley Heath who were joined by Ilona Saliev, from Kingston Chamber of Commerce, on the day, working very hard behind the scenes and welcoming our guests.
The whole event was filmed by Justin from Create4mentalhealth create change. He's currently editing the footage from the day and we look forward to sharing it with you when we have it. Thank you Justin, for being such a great member of the team.
And we loved the beautiful performance at the end! Dancers from London Kim's Dance, performed twice at the end, running up the central aisle to the beat of their drums, surprising our guests; they finished with a stunning knife dance as an encore. Thank you!
And one last thank you... it's to our guests. We loved that you joined us for this event, really entering into the spirit of what we are all working towards, a healthier, happier Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.