02 July 2019

• 8.30AM - 9.00AM
  Registration, refreshments and networking
  Registration, refreshments and networking
• 9.00AM - 9.10AM
  Chair's welcome
  Rob Preston, senior reporter, Civil Society Media
• 9.10AM - 9.50AM
  Heading East: Cancer Research UK move to Stratford
  • The why: our motivations for moving and the opportunities Stratford offers us
  • The what: our new office – our design choices
  • The how: the opportunity for change that this move has created

  Martin Elmer, director of property, Cancer Research UK, Jacqui Hill, project lead, Cancer Research UK

• 9.50AM - 10.30AM
  Commercial property market update
  • Reviewing recent trends in the commercial property market, with a particular focus on those issues affecting charities
  • Asking whether now is a good time to directly invest in property, either by purchasing or refurbishing

  Jonathan Vanstone-Walker, director, TSP

• 10.30AM - 11.10AM
  A journey of expansion, avoiding development pitfalls – A case study with Chippenham Borough Lands Charity
  • Building successful teams: choosing the right project manager and gaining trustee buy-in
  • Project planning: time and budget management
  • Relationships: getting the buy in from locals and councillors
  • Media attention: how to deal with bad press
  • Economic climate: in a time of low returns on investments, should we build or buy?

  Phil Tansley, chief executive, Chippenham Borough Lands Charity

• 11.10AM - 11.40AM
  Refreshment and networking break
  Refreshment and networking break
• 11.40AM - 12.20PM
  Unlocking efficiency through data
  • How effective data management can mitigate risk
  • Creating efficiencies in working practice through improved data management
  • Achieving more accurate financial management through data management
  • Using data to inform business decisions

  Mark Sambridge, head of corporate services, Cluttons, Rob Stokes, partner – corporate services, Cluttons

• 12.20PM - 1.00PM
  How buildings make or break charities: trends, challenges and opportunities in 2019

  Why buildings are as vital as people in delivering your charity’s social mission
  The top property questions trustees and chief executives need to ask
  Risk: what it really means for your charity when it comes to your premises
  What does your property future look like?
  Antonia Swinson, chief executive, Ethical Property Foundation

• 1.00PM - 2.00PM
  Lunch and networking break
  Lunch and networking
• 2.00PM - 2.40PM
  Building an inclusive space with beneficiaries’ needs at the core of design – A case study with Caudwell Children
  Seizing the opportunity to build a space around the culture Caudwell Children wishes to manifest

  • Promoting best commercial enterprise from the space
  • Facilitating flexibility in how workspaces are used – importance of collaborative working
  • Design that centres people with specialised physical and sensory requirements
  • Appropriate work spaces
  • Managing acoustic reverberations
  • Gaining input from feedback groups and service users

  Trudi Beswick, chief executive, Caudwell Children
• 2.40PM - 3.20PM
  Running investment properties to the operational benefit of the organisation – A case study with Borough Market
  • Ensuring that use of investment properties has a positive impact on the running of the market
  • Selecting appropriate tenants for the integrity of the organisation
  • Ethical
  • Independent
  • Diverse
  • Managing investment properties for long-term security
  • Setting and achieving environmental objectives

  Steven Wall, asset manager, Borough Market

• 3.20PM - 3.40PM
  Refreshment and networking break
  Refreshment and networking break
• 3.40PM - 4.20PM
  Please Release Me, Let Me Go - a discussion on end of lease issues from a landlord and tenant perspective
  • An overview of the different ways a landlord and/or tenant can end a lease
  • Break clauses and the interpretation of break conditions including the obligation to give vacant possession
  • Dilapidations including how tenants can minimise their liability to pay dilapidations and the options available to landlords to ensure that tenants comply with their end of lease obligations

  Michelle Bendall, head of property litigation, VWV
  Katie Hickman, partner, VWV
• 4.20PM - 4.50PM
  All of this belongs to you: building for the public
  • Inviting and enfranchising visitors
  • Co-designing and co-curating to put the user at the heart of the building    
  • Managing practical and legal issues to celebrate and creatively re-animate Heritage sites    
  • Future proofing the estate strategy: ensuring financial sustainability, environmental sustainability, and lasting public relevance

  Philippa Simpson, director of design, estate & Future Plan, V&A

• 4.50PM - 5.00PM
  Chair's closing remarks
  Rob Preston, senior reporter, Civil Society Media
• 5.00PM - 6.00PM
  Networking drinks reception
  Networking drinks reception

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Heading East: Cancer Research UK move to Stratford
Martin Elmer, director of property, Cancer Research UK, Jacqui Hill, project lead, Cancer Research UK

Commercial property market update
Jonathan Vanstone-Walker, director, TSP

A journey of expansion, avoiding development pitfalls – A case study with Chippenham Borough Lands Charity
Phil Tansley, chief executive, Chippenham Borough Lands Charity

Unlocking efficiency through data
Mark Sambridge, head of corporate services, Cluttons, Rob Stokes, partner – corporate services, Cluttons

How buildings make or break charities: trends, challenges and opportunities in 2019
Antonia Swinson, chief executive, Ethical Property Foundation

Building an inclusive space with beneficiaries’ needs at the core of design – A case study with Caudwell Children
Trudi Beswick, chief executive, Caudwell Children

Please Release Me, Let Me Go – a discussion on end of lease issues from a landlord and tenant perspective
Michelle Bendall, head of property litigation, VWV, Katie Hickman, partner, VWV

All of this belongs to you: building for the public
Philippa Simpson, director of design, estate & Future Plan, V&A

Sponsors:

Networking reception sponsor:

BMA House
Tavistock square 
London
WC1H 9JP 
Tel: 020 7222 8010 / 020 7874 7020
Fax: 020 7222 6883 
Website:www.bmahouse.org.uk

BMA House is a spectacular grade II listed building which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and has been the home to the British Medical Association since 1925. 

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"The event was current and covered topical and relevant subjects with the opportunity to network with peers in other organisations"
Graham Ireland, RNLI

"An interesting and informative day"
Huw Thomas, Chippenham Borough Lands Charity

"Well organised and chaired. Comprehensive and broad approach"
Mark Sutton, British Red Cross

"A good place for large and small charities to meet and hear each other’s challenges and solutions"
Tom Crame, Amnesty International

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