Open to both tenants and external companies, this networking event encourages you to bring a “need and an ask” for your business. Meet like-minded professionals, spark valuable conversations, and discover solutions to your business challenges in an informal and relaxed setting.
Category: Events
Know your Neighbour: Explore the Opportunities Behind Open Doors
Every quarter, on the first Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm, tenants are invited to explore the corridors and visit their neighbours’ spaces for networking opportunities. We encourage participating tenants to keep their doors open on this day. It’s not just a chance to meet your neighbours but also a great opportunity to boost your step count!
Register here
Know your Neighbour: Explore the Opportunities Behind Open Doors
Every quarter, on the first Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm, tenants are invited to explore the corridors and visit their neighbours’ spaces for networking opportunities. We encourage participating tenants to keep their doors open on this day. It’s not just a chance to meet your neighbours but also a great opportunity to boost your step count!
Register here
Know your Neighbour: Explore the Opportunities Behind Open Doors
Every 2nd Wednesday of each quarter from 11am to 1pm, tenants are invited to explore the corridors and visit their neighbours’ spaces for networking opportunities. We encourage participating tenants to keep their doors open on this day. It’s not just a chance to meet your neighbours but also a great opportunity to boost your step count!
Food Trading & Donating Event
Join us in making a difference at our upcoming Trading & Donating event! This initiative is geared towards supporting Deal Foodbank and addressing food insecurities in our local community. We invite you to participate in two impactful ways.
Trade for a Cause: Bring needed stock and exchange it for items the foodbank has in excess. Your trade not only helps the foodbank manage surplus stock but also ensures that the most vulnerable in our community receive the produce they need.
Donate: If trading isn’t your preference, you can still make a significant impact by donating. Your donations, big or small, will directly support those in need.
Let’s come together to make this event a success and create a positive change in our community. Every contribution counts. See you there!
Find out more here
Food Trading & Donating Event
Join us in making a difference at our upcoming Trading & Donating event! This initiative is geared towards supporting Deal Foodbank and addressing food insecurities in our local community. We invite you to participate in two impactful ways.
Trade for a Cause: Bring needed stock and exchange it for items the foodbank has in excess. Your trade not only helps the foodbank manage surplus stock but also ensures that the most vulnerable in our community receive the produce they need.
Donate: If trading isn’t your preference, you can still make a significant impact by donating. Your donations, big or small, will directly support those in need.
Let’s come together to make this event a success and create a positive change in our community. Every contribution counts. See you there!
Find out more here
WISE Hub: Event 1: Launch & Connect
We’re excited to partner with WISE and Canterbury Christ Church University to bring you a collaborative networking series aiming to give women in STEM the opportunity to connect, learn, and grow.
The first session will bring together WISE members and industry professionals, introducing you to the WISE initiative, and allowing you to form new connections, learn about upcoming events, and engage in knowledge sharing, opening up opportunities for collaboration.
You’ll also hear from Jonathan Barrett FRSA, Founder of Sustainable Engineering, about the importance of using sustainable engineering to create a better world, by minimising waste, using renewable energy, and creating more efficient systems.
Pizza and Pint Social
An afternoon of pizza and drinks at the Barclays Eagle Lab in the Gateway Building.
Come visit the space and meet some of the new faces who’ve joined Discovery Park in the last few months!
Pizza will be available from 4:30pm.
Register here.
FSB Networking at Discovery Park
Barclays Eagle Labs at Discovery Park welcomes you to a breakfast networking event at their incredible co-working space in Sandwich.
Andrew Pledger and Michelle Sole from Barclays will speak about the working space and their support for small business. Martin White, from Supply my Business, will speak about sustainability support for SMEs and Liu Batchelor will speak on presentation and building confidence for SMEs to tell their story.
As always we will have an eclectic mix of guests, so bring your business cards and prepare to make some great connections!
Our events are relaxed, informal, and very popular, so please do book early.
Tickets are free and a light breakfast included. Guests will need to bring photo ID to show at the Visitor Centre.
Register here.
Sustainability Breakfast
Join us for the first of our quarterly sustainability breakfasts at the Barclays Eagle Lab in Discovery Park
The event will be an opportunity to network with likeminded businesses in the area and discuss the sustainability related issues facing the world. We’ll also hear from a range of speakers about what they’re doing in their particular industries, and what sustainable practices you can take away to address your own goals.
A light breakfast will be provided from 8:30am, featuring locally sourced food and drink.
Speaker Profiles:
Martin White:
Four years ago under lockdown, and as part of his personal journey towards greater self-awareness of the environment and climate change, Martin founded his own sustainability consultancy Green Business Hub.
Martin now advises a diverse range of private and public sector clients on their ESG strategy, encouraging them to think more holistically about sustainability rather than solely focusing on climate action and ‘Net Zero’ – because they have to – to include alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and increasingly ‘Social Value Add’ frameworks.
Andrew Pledger:
Andrew is the Ecosystem Manager at Barclays Eagle Labs in Discovery Park. The Eagle Labs mission is to connect the UK’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through a network of business incubators, expertise and support. With access to over 325 years of business expertise and connections, Eagle Labs are a community resource available for everybody. Whether you’re an inventor, an innovator or a mentor, Eagle Labs spaces are conducive to nurturing and growing your idea with support from Barclays and the Eagle Labs network.