Founder and managing partner Jodie Hill is speaking at the Manchester stop of the Lifted Ventures #NoMoreTalking Roadshow.

Putting business first means backing female founders. Following the successful launch of #NoMoreTalking in Leeds earlier this year, Lifted Ventures is taking the event on the road. The organisation will be driving a change in rhetoric from funding gaps, to greater business and economic returns.

Despite receiving less than half of the investment capital of their male peers, female-founded companies deliver twice as much revenue per pound invested.

To date, many investment pathways have remained the same for 25 years, since the emergence of the first Silicon Valley VC’s, and the model urgently needs updating to reflect the communities they need to serve, driving the imbalance of capital into female founders.

By supporting these diverse groups with the right pathways to land investment, Lifted Ventures will ignite the power of the community as this is the only way to accelerate change, especially in economic headwinds.

This event will drive this agenda, as a catalyst from talking to action.

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Founder and Managing Partner Jodie Hill and Senior Associate Solicitor Alicia Collinson are speaking at The Great Big Legal Offsite 2024, an event that will bring senior members of the legal community together to strategise, collaborate and network.

Join us for a full day of insights, learning and best practice at The Great Big Legal Offsite (GBLO) 2024.

The GBLO is a premier legal collaboration event aimed at uniting small to mid-sized law firms across key UK regions such as Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and London.

Aimed at managing partners, managing directors and other key members of your law firm leadership team, this full-day, this offsite event will bring senior members of the legal community together to strategise, collaborate and network.

The day will be split into sessions covering a wide range of themes on the issues and challenges that leaders in legal grapple with on a daily basis.

Through keynote speeches, interactive sessions and networking opportunities, the event is set to ignite and inspire action and support the legal community’s continued growth and efficiency.

With an excellent roster of speakers, including Jodie Hill and Alicia Collinson, we are delighted to invite you to The GBLO 2024.

The GBLO 2024 is a collaborative effort between Legally Speaking Podcast, HiveRisk and headline sponsor Clio Cloud-based Technology.

Supplemented by the engagement of industry experts and thought leaders, The GBLO is set to be a landmark event in the legal calendar and is not to be missed.

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Senior Associate Solicitor Alicia Collinson is hosting a webinar that will help managers and HR professionals understand the importance of supporting their employees’ mental health.

This will ensure they meet their legal obligation to provide a safe working environment and avoid damaging discrimination claims should they get it wrong.

This live and interactive session will cover:

• When a mental health condition or symptoms are a disability.
• What is misconduct and unacceptable behaviour?
• The risk of discrimination claims if you handle situations wrong.
• The role occupational health can play.
• Practical tips on how to manage these difficult situations.
• Case studies showing employers who got it wrong (and right).

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Senior Associate Solicitor Alicia Collinson is hosting an in-person workshop that will help managers and HR professionals to be aware of how to best balance obligations to support employees’ mental health.

An employee’s mental health condition can impact how they behave, and how they interact with other colleagues or customers. In some cases, it can result in extreme behaviour which could damage the reputation of the business.

For this reason, it’s important for managers and HR professionals to be aware of how-to best balance obligations to support employees’ mental health, but also feel confident in continuing to properly explore consequences for unacceptable behaviour and disciplinaries consequences.

This workshop will discuss the importance of supporting your employees and their mental health, seeking to ensure that you meet your legal obligation to provide a safe working environment and avoid damaging discrimination claims should you get it wrong.

The course will cover the following:

• What is misconduct and unacceptable behaviour?
• Disciplinary hearings, how to conduct them – and why does Acas matter?
• What role does social media or online presence play in misconduct?
• When a mental health condition or symptoms are a disability – with case studies and discussions.
• What is disability discrimination? What are the claims and who is liable?
• What are reasonable adjustments and why are they relevant here?
• The role occupational health can play.
• How should misconduct be handled where there are mental health concerns – a case study and work-through.
• Case studies – employers who got it wrong (and right).

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Senior Associate Solicitor Alicia Collinson will provide a complete guide to workplace mental health in this workshop for line managers.

It is crucial for employers and managers to understand workplace mental health. Not only because they are legally obliged to do so, but also to foster a supportive and inclusive culture that values employee wellbeing and mitigates the potential impact on the business.

Join this one-hour workshop for an overview of the most crucial points you need to know.

This workshop will cover:

• Why does mental health matter to a business? What are the legal obligations an employer and manager should bear in mind?
• How to spot the signs of poor mental health in employees and what a manager can proactively do to provide effective support.
• What cultural or structural changes you should consider to foster a workplace which supports mental health and reduces absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover.
• How does a manager balance professional expectation and providing mental health support, where needed?
• Plus, the opportunity to have all your questions answered by Alicia Collinson.

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Senior Associate Solicitor Alicia Collinson will provide attendees with the tools necessary to broach difficult subjects with employees and discuss them effectively.

As managers, HR professionals or business owners, some of the hardest parts of the job can be conversations with employees.

Talking about sickness absence, performance concerns, disciplinaries, recent losses, can all be very difficult conversations. This is made even more tricky when mental health issues are involved.

This new virtual classroom seminar will provide you with the tools necessary to broach difficult subjects with your employees and discuss them effectively.

This interactive half-day session will include peer discussions, case studies, scenario roleplay and Q&A, following which you will receive customisable documents to support you going forward.

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• How to effectively structure and prepare for a difficult conversation.
• How to handle difficult conversations involving an employee with a mental health condition.
• Understand how your choice of location, atmosphere and approach can impact conversations and identify ways in which you can adapt to suit people’s needs.
• Understand what psychological safety means in the workplace.
• Identify unconscious bias and how to overcome this in conversations.
• Develop your skills and confidence through interactive case studies and scenarios.

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Founder and Managing Partner Jodie Hill is joining a panel at The Lifted Women Angels Conference, to inspire and empower more women to become Angel Investors and invest in women-led startup businesses in the North.

The Lifted Women Angels Conference, taking place in Harrogate at The Old Swan Hotel on 26 September, aims to bring together women leaders and women professionals from all industries and sectors. The audience will include active angel investors and those looking to find out more.

In this special conference, Lifted Ventures will be inspiring and empowering more women to become Angel Investors and invest in women-led startup businesses in the North.

The conference is being set up in partnership with The British Business Bank and supported by UKBAA and the Women Backing Women Campaign. The conference will outline and share experience of the opportunities to invest in early-stage companies in the North, highlighting the business benefits to backing female founders.

Currently women represent just 14% of Angel Investors in the UK despite women being half of the population and growing in wealth.

The event will educate attendees on the routes to becoming an Angel Investor, why it’s important to back female founders as well as showcasing how accessible and rewarding angel investing is. The conference will also support the Women Backing Women campaign’s mission to increase the number of Angel Investors in the UK to 30% by 2030 through education, collaboration, shared experiences, good practice, and knowledge.

The conference is a great way to learn more about this exciting opportunity and a great way for women to use their expertise, financial capacity to support female founders. This conference is for professional women, existing and new angel investors as well as women living and working from anywhere across the UK who are keen to support Northern Female founders and give back to their home roots.