ACO 2024 Annual Conference: New Horizons

Kindly sponsored by CCLA.

Date: Thursday 12 September, 9:30am – 5:00pm.
Venue: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London.

Join us for ACO’s key annual (in-person) event, bringing together colleagues from charities across the sector that provide financial and wellbeing support to individuals.

Post-election – and in challenging economic times – we are facing an uncertain future where the only constant seems to be the need to embrace change. At the same time, charities continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience and look to adapt their support models to meet the increasing needs of their communities and beneficiaries.

This year’s conference will take a closer look at some of the key issues the sector faces and showcase how ACO charities are rising to the challenge through collaboration, innovation, and adaptability.

Programme Overview

• 9.00am Registration

• 9.30am Introduction

Donal Watkin – Chief Executive, ACO

• 9.45am Tools for Change: Good Investment for a Better World

Amy Browne, Stewardship Lead, CCLA

• 10.10am New Horizons: the challenge of innovating financial and wellbeing support

Panel Session:

• • Chair: Jodie Gill (Chief Operating Officer – caba)
  • Tom Lawson (Chief Executive – Turn2Us)
  • Shona Fleming (Chief Executive – Scotscare)
  • Cristian Holmes (Chief Executive – caba)
• 11.00am Break
  
• 11.20am Breakout Discussion:

Tackling Stigma: Overcoming Barriers and Ensuring Access to Support Services

• 12.10pm How data is transforming the charity landscape

Tania Cohen – Chief Executive, 360Giving

• 12.40pm Lunch

• 1.30pm AI in Action: Practical Tools for Charities Using ChatGPT

James Gadsby Peet – Director of Digital, William Joseph

• 2.15pm Campaigns Showcase: Celebrating Transformative Charity Initiatives
  • National Benevolent Charity: Home is Where the Harm is
  • Vetlife: Neurodiversity Awareness Campaign: Bridging Understanding, Breaking Barriers
  • Licensed Trade Charity: Because Everyone Needs a Little TLC
• 3.00pm Break

• 3.20pm Staff Burnout: tools to recognise and tackle the challenge for the charity sector

Stuart Milliner – Head of Merrifield Consultants

• 4.00pm Closing Remarks

Donal Watkin – Chief Executive ACO

• 4.05pm 2024 ACO Awards Ceremony

• 5.00pm Drinks Reception

• 6.00pm Close

In addition, the conference programme will also incorporate the 2024 ACO Annual Awards ceremony (award nominations now open).

We hope you can join us!

Register here.