List of hackathons in Keele, United Kingdom in 2015

It is with great pleasure that we write to invite you to our Community Funding Hackathon, hosted by Trafford Housing Trust as part of the Community Funding review. Taking place on 20th October 2015 at Sale Point in Greater Manchester, we’re bringing together a unique blend of social entrepreneurs, grant-specialists, housing associations, charity leaders and social investors to design new solutions and models for community funding and investment. Each year our Community Panels distribute around £750,000 in grant funding to a wide range of community groups in Trafford.  As Trafford Housing Trust and the community funding model reach their tenth year in operation, it is timely that both the delivery model and our understanding of community need are reviewed. Trafford communities have seen considerable change in the last decade, with the social, environmental, cultural and financial climate in which we operate transforming and changing the very nature of communities and community need. We have identified you as one of the leading figures who can help us design funding models with potentially transformative impact and we’d be delighted if you could attend. Benefits of coming along include: Participating in an innovative event that will have real community impact Connecting with a unique and diverse group of attendees A free Caribbean lunch (and drinks!) We will also reimburse all reasonable travel expenses. Please extend this invite to any colleagues who can bring additional expertise round the table. I very much hope you can attend and I look forward to seeing you soon.  FAQs  What is a Hackathon? Put simply, a Hackathon is a focused session to innovate and problem-solve. The theme of this Hackathon, THT's second ever 'Hack', is Community Funding (grant making and investment). We don't expect to completely revolutionalise Community Funding in the space of a day (though if we do, great!). Whilst networking and building new business links, we hope to capture plenty of ideas and best practice and to produce a number of robust models which we can build upon to inform our review and proposals for the future. What is the Community Funding Review? Trafford Housing Trust’s five geographic Community Panels are reaching their tenth year in operation. We are reviewing our delivery model and our understanding of community need. Now, more than ever, we must be mindful of the value for money which we can deliver within communities in order to be a ‘force for good’ and meet evidence-based community needs. Our funding model, processes and priorities are being considered so that we can develop an increasingly robust model which will maximise the impact we can make within communities. We want to be transparent, honest and open to new ways of working, building on the achievements of the last ten years. We want experts to join us for a Hackathon to capture innovation and best practice which will potentially transform our community model and maximise our community impact. Where can I contact the organiser with any questions? Please email communityfundingreview@traffordhousingtrust.co.uk Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? No, we'll have a list of attendees to register you at the event upon your arrival. The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay? Yes, please just let us know who will be attending by emailing communityfundingreview@traffordhousingtrust.co.uk