Community Cohesion workshops
Grow your business, grow your community
A series of free workshops by Keele Business School, focusing on:
Community | Strategy | Resilience | Social inclusion | Marketing | Accounting | Sustainability
- Are you a business owner, prospective entrepreneur or policymaker?
- Are you based in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele, or the surrounding areas?
- Are you looking at how you can grow your business or get your ideas off the ground?
- Are you a stakeholder in the community?
If so, you could benefit from a new series of business and community workshops being held by Keele Business School.
These free workshops, led by Dr Tolu Olarewaju (Lecturer of Management, and President of the Staffordshire Black Business Network), will equip attendees with the skills and knowledge needed to improve various aspects of your business, particularly through the integration of the area’s diverse and evolving ethnic minority communities.
People from all ethnic backgrounds are welcome. By integrating academic research with lived experience, the workshops will generate insights that benefit local businesses while also informing national and international discussions on inclusive growth.
Session details
Sessions will take place on Saturdays, from 11am-1pm. Complete all four workshops and the public event to be entered into a prize draw for Amazon vouchers.
Stoke-on-Trent | 7 March - 4 April 2026
Venue: Redemption Community Hub, Herbert Minton Building, 79 London Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QE.
Saturday 7 March 2026 - Workshop 1: Principles of Business, Strategy and Resilience
Saturday 14 March 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion and Social Inclusion
Saturday 28 March 2026 - Workshop 3: Business Accounting and Marketing
Saturday 4 April 2026 - Workshop 4: Sustainability
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 18 April - 9 May 2026
Venue: The Guildhall, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PW.
Saturday 18 April 2026 - Workshop 1: Principles of Business, Strategy and Resilience
Saturday 25 April 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion and Social Inclusion
Saturday 2 May 2026 - Workshop 3: Business Accounting and Marketing
Saturday 9 May 2026 - Workshop 4: Sustainability
Click here to register for the Newcastle-under-Lyme sessions.
Keele University | 6 June 2026
Free public event at Keele for entrepreneurs, business managers, policymakers, and stakeholders
Saturday 6 June 2026 - Final free public event.
