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. Complete all 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 (11am-1pm)
Saturday 14 March 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion and Social Inclusion (11am-1pm)
Saturday 28 March 2026 - Workshop 3: Business Accounting and Marketing (11am-1pm)
Saturday 4 April 2026 - Workshop 4: Sustainability (11am-1pm)
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 2 May - 9 May 2026
Venue: The Guildhall, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PW.
Saturday 2 May 2026 - Workshop 1: Principles of Business, Accounting, and Marketing (10am-2pm. Guests to kindly arrive by 9.30am for registration)
Saturday 9 May 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion, Social Inclusion, Resilience, and Sustainability (10am-2pm. Guests to kindly arrive by 9.30am for registration)
Click here to register for the Newcastle-under-Lyme sessions.
Keele University | 6 June 2026
Venue: Keele Business School, Denise Coates Foundation Building, ST5 5AA (parking available).
Free public event at Keele for entrepreneurs, business managers, policymakers, and stakeholders.
Saturday 6 June 2026 - Final free public event (11am-1pm).
Past sessions
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 (11am-1pm)
Saturday 14 March 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion and Social Inclusion (11am-1pm)
Saturday 28 March 2026 - Workshop 3: Business Accounting and Marketing (11am-1pm)
Saturday 4 April 2026 - Workshop 4: Sustainability (11am-1pm)
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 2 May - 9 May 2026
Venue: The Guildhall, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PW.
Saturday 2 May 2026 - Workshop 1: Principles of Business, Accounting, and Marketing (10am-2pm. Guests to kindly arrive by 9.30am for registration)
Saturday 9 May 2026 - Workshop 2: Community Cohesion, Social Inclusion, Resilience, and Sustainability (10am-2pm. Guests to kindly arrive by 9.30am for registration)
Keele University | 6 June 2026
Venue: Keele Business School, Denise Coates Foundation Building, ST5 5AA (parking available).
Free public event at Keele for entrepreneurs, business managers, policymakers, and stakeholders.
Saturday 6 June 2026 - Final free public event (11am-1pm).
