GIPSIL Relaunch & Celebration Event: Building Brighter Futures Together

GIPSIL’s Relaunch & Celebration Event: Building Brighter Futures Together

Date: Tuesday, 1st April 2025
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM (with optional morning training)
Location: The Old Fire Station, Leeds

Join us for the relaunch of GIPSIL at The Old Fire Station! This event is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn more about GIPSIL’s new brand, free training, and a marketplace. Alongside GIPSIL’s relaunch, we will also be celebrating our partners at The Old Fire Station, showcasing their incredible work within the third sector.

• Learn about GIPSIL’s refreshed vision and how we’re supporting communities through our services.
• Explore partnership and collaboration opportunities with GIPSIL and Old Fire Station tenants.
• Attend free, informative training sessions and presentations suited to different professionals.
• Connect with like-minded individuals, businesses, and sector leaders.
• Take part in our networking marketplace featuring third-sector organisations and partners.
• Opportunity to sign up to receive further support, join networks and giveaways

Morning (Optional Training)
11:30 AM – Morning training session (Woodfield Court)

Main Event
1:00 PM – Arrival & Refreshments
1:30 PM – Brief Introduction
1:45 PM – Training & Presentations
3:00 PM – Arrival for those not attending training
3:15 PM – Marketplace & Networking
3:45 PM – GIPSIL Relaunch Talk by CEO, Julia Preston
4:15 PM – Further networking, donations, giveaways, and partnership opportunities

1. Overview of GIPSIL - Services & Collaboration Opportunities (Julia Preston & Louise Forrest) – Leeds Cooking School
2. Property Tour - View Our Supported Accommodation (Danny Dickinson & Matt Barley) – Details TBC
3. Young Person Housing Support & Advice – Understanding a Complex System (Dan Crowther, Dawn Craven & Team) – GIPSIL Meeting Room
4. Employment Support & Social Impact - Achieving Your CSR Goals (Pete Pickavance & Brent Riley) – Basecamp Room
5. Supporting Neurodivergent Young People – Bitesize Training (Hannah Railton) – Space 2 Workshop Room
6. Domestic Abuse & Cuckooing Awareness - Bitesize Training (Eileen Fox & Jo Williams) – Enterprise Room
7. Mediation Skills for Conflict Resolution - Bitesize Training (Nikki French)– Healthwatch Room

Potential Additional Training:

• Our Trauma-Informed Journey – Sharing Practice & Sharing Challenges (Risk & Resilience Team) – Woodfield Court Meeting Room (AM session)

• The Old Fire Station
• GIPSIL
• Community, Health & Prevention
• Engage Leeds
• Elevate
• Our Way Leeds
• 100% Digital Leeds
• Space 2
• Healthwatch
• Mindmate
• Basecamp
• LS14 Trust / We Love Seacroft

Each attendee will receive:

• GIPSIL service booklets
• Flyers & information from our partners
• Old Fire Station room hire leaflet
• Branded giveaways

GIPSIL has partnered with 100% Digital Leeds to offer laptops to support people in need. Please get in touch on the day or to find out more contact: [email protected]

Further details regarding parking and transport options will be shared closer to the event. We encourage car-sharing and lifts from nearby locations such as Woodfield and Merrion.

Photos will be taken on the day, if you do not consent, please make yourself aware to the marked photographer.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to celebrate, learn, and connect!

Info: This session provides a case study of GIPSIL's Trauma Informed journey; presenting our key learnings and the challenges we overcame as we embedded TI across the organisation. This is an opportunity to share your practices and approaches in a safe space. This workshop will mark the opening of our new Teams room, thanks to 100% Digital Leeds!

Info: Guests will check-in, receive welcome packs, and enjoy light refreshments before the event begins.

Info: A short welcome session providing an overview of the event, its purpose, and key highlights of the day.

Info: Attendees can choose from a selection of informative training sessions and presentations designed to suit different interests and professional backgrounds.

Info: For those not attending the training sessions, arrival for refreshments and informal networking in the café area.

Info: A keynote talk introducing GIPSIL’s relaunch, its new strategic priorities, and the impact we aim to achieve with our partners.

Info: Stay for an informal networking session, where attendees can sign up for further engagement opportunities, receive giveaways, and explore ways to work together in the future.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, United Kingdom