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The ACO organises many networking events throughout the year, featuring fantastic speakers from across the sector. This includes our Annual Conference, Autumn Summit and quarterly grant-making forums
Unfortunately due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, ACO has made the decision to postpone this year's annual conference initially planned for May.
The conference has been rescheduled for Friday 9 October 2020.
We run quarterly Grant Making Forum meetings in London, Manchester and York and quarterly meetings for organisations with small staff teams in London, which are all free to members. Potential members can be invited to attend to get an idea about ACO and its membership.
Meetings are held at the British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS, from 11am-1pm
The Under Fives meeting follows on from the GMF after a half-hour break for lunch to start at 1:30pm.
The objective of the Under Fives group is to support smaller charities with five staff or less to meet their stategic goals.
The group discusses how themes relevant to the benevolent sector (presented in the Grant Making Forum) translate to charities delivering on a smaller scale. The group also gives the opportunity to discuss hands-on issues outside of the workplace, enabling staff to deal with day-to-day issues.
We are planning to create a virtual network to encourage greater participation from members between meetings.
The ACO is grateful to the British Dental Association Benevolent Fund for supporting these events.
"We have found the ACO conferences an invaluable and cost effective method of inducting new Trustees. The high quality speakers added with the unrivalled opportunity to network with other Trustees, staff and volunteers who work within the benevolent sector really helps to embed the uniqueness of the work which we do and the context in which we operate. We aim to engage every Trustee with ACO events as a part of the Board's development plan".
"We have always found the ACO to be an immensely helpful and important resource in our grant making. Events such as the Annual Conference and Forums are important opportunities for sharing working practices and we have appreciated fellow members' willingness to offer help and advice over similar issues."
Thank you to those that made our ACO Annual Conference 2019 so successful. Thank you to EdenTree Investment Management and Wilsons Solicitors for sponsoring the event.
Meetings are held at the British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS, from 11am-1pm. This is a "Members-only" event, everyone is welcome and attendance is free.
A group meeting for solo workers and small staff teams ("under 5 employees"). The meeting is Chaired & Minutes taken however there is no agenda and members discuss topics of interest and pose questions. This is a great forum for support/ advice/ Best Practice and general sharing. No booking required. ACO members only.
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