Please join us for an inspiring showcase of carefully selected black businesses this Christmas.

This is an indoor, face to face event that supports emerging entrepreneurs & new black businesses of African & Caribbean decent with opportunities to sell their products. We achieve this by curating and hosting exclusive events in a variety of iconic venues across London and beyond. Our next event taking place over two days in the heart of Brixton, offers a diverse, quality shopping and cultural experience celebrating producers of the African & Caribbean community. If you’re looking for gifts, cards, unique prints, jewellery, male grooming kits, skincare, clothes or other original accessories come down! This market truly embodies the community’s spirit as well as supporting black businesses.

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How good are you at networking? 

Do you get into a cold-sweat at the thought of having to explain what you do to senior leaders?

Do you hope that your work will be recognised if you work hard enough?

Have you seen others recognised for work you have done?

All of these are symptoms of not networking.

As a professional in a connected world, you need to be comfortable with networking and sharing your unique skills in a confident and concise way.

In this session we will cover:

• Why networking is essential to your career
• Personal brand – what do you stand for?
• Your elevator pitch – make it memorable
• Define your USPs – what makes you you!
• Networking in a virtual world

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About Mary:

It’s taken 30 years of leading successful organisational transformation for Mary to be able to distil her learning into focused, relevant and engaging material for women on the edge of a career breakthrough.

Using her skills and expertise, gained through working with global corporations and high performing executives, she has distilled her learning into easily applied techniques and processes summarised in her second book The Female Edge. She firmly believes that women can find authentic success without compromising their values or ideals.

Helping women to find success in their career has become Mary’s deep passion and she has created several programmes to help women to find their authentic path to success.

In addition to being a published author, a Chartered Fellow of CIPD (UK) and holding an MSc and MBA, Mary is a regular contributor to performance management, a visiting lecturer and has qualifications in Emotional Intelligence Assessment (UK) and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). She lives in Oxfordshire with her loving partner, Joy, and when she is not writing, coaching and advising, will be found in a corner reading a book.

Use style to successfully reach your career goals – plan your Career Style Strategy

First impressions count. Find out how you can elevate your personal brand through the right style choices. Position yourself as the expert and move forward whether you’re starting, changing or developing your career.

In this 2-hour interactive workshop we will teach you how to create a wardrobe that will not only fit your Personality, Body and Lifestyle but also give you the confidence to step out and get visible, showing your PERSONAL BRAND.

Just imagine putting on a well-fitting, structured suit, before entering the room to hold a presentation in front of 100 people. If you can say ‘That fits!’ – you can go into meetings with confidence, feeling empowered and ready to talk without hesitation.

Our training will cover the following Steps:

• Define your Why – Your Position and Future Career Goals
• What’s your Industry Dress Codes (there’s always one, whether informal or formal)
• Using Colour & Style to communicate your personal brand
• Key Pieces of a Capsule Wardrobe

Melanie Potro has creating corsets for the Bolshoi, worked for Goldman Sachs and ran my own Bridal Couture Business from the London Oxo Tower. With over 25 years of experience in Couture, Corporate & Fashion, she understands how to create a wardrobe that feels empowering and promotes your Personal Brand.

Liz Duarte, her business partner, has lived, worked and studied in London, New York and Milan. She is a Certified Personal Fashion Stylist from the London College of Fashion and holds a Masters degree in Fashion Marketing. An expert in her field, she is currently teaching Personal Branding at the University of Bogota.⁠

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Personal branding is not just for celebrities!

In this interactive session, brand specialist Kubi Springer will outline how to build your personal brand so you can gain more recognition in the workplace and beyond.

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About Kubi:

Kubi Springer is an award winning Brand Specialist and Media Personality with 25 years brand marketing experience. Starting her career in 1996 she has worked with brands such as Nike, L’Oreal, Blackberry, MTV, MOBO Awards, P.Diddy, Justin Timberlake, Rolls Royce Motor Cars and Aston Martin. In 2018 she won the BWB ‘Best Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award and in 2019, she secured a book deal with Bloomsbury Publishers (the same publishers as J.K.Rowling – Harry Potter). Kubi is the author of two books: I am My Brand, published through Bloomsbury, and Crisis Made My Brand, which was released in October 2021.

Alzheimer’s Society’s much-loved Carols at Christmas event is back on Wednesday 15 December, and this year they are doing something very special.

You can sign up for virtual tickets and watch the show snuggled up on the sofa or you can join them in person in the beautiful and atmospheric Southwark Cathedral … the choice is yours! If you can’t make it on the night, the concert will be available online until after Christmas so you can watch at your convenience with friends and family. What better way to spend Christmas Eve than snuggled up on your sofa watching their candlelit concert?

You are invited to join hosts Grace Dent and Arielle Free for a festive evening of carols and celebration. You’ll enjoy very special readings from Sir Jonathan Pryce CBE, Lesley Manville CBE and Ed Balls with musical performances from singer-songwriter Bea Anderson, identical twin sopranos Classical Reflection and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalists gospel choir Shalom Chorale.

Get your tickets at alzheimers.org.uk/carolstickets or by calling 0330 333 0804.

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WeAreTheCity would like to invite you our 2021 Virtual Holiday Party!

Join us in our virtual networking world for a drink at the bar, a dance on the dance floor, and a catch-up in the lounge.

We hope you can join us to catch up with friends and colleagues, and also make new connections. There is no awkwardness of breaking in to a conversation in our virtual world, you can just rock up to anyone on the platform and say hello.

Our final virtual networking session of 2021 takes place on 16 December from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.

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In this webinar, Felicity Lerouge, Leadership Development Consultant and Founder of Phenomenal People, will discuss why stress and uncertainty fuels unconscious bias and how to manage it.

What the webinar will cover:

– Detrimental effects of stress that you may not be aware of
– How your head could be making things worse
– Simple tools to quickly, effectively restore balance and improve collaboration
– The next steps

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About Felicity:

Felicity Lerouge is a Leadership Development Consultant, specialising in personal effectiveness, communication, company culture and employee engagement. Since she founded her company, Phenomenal People Ltd, in 2010, she has supported her clients through consultancy, programme design, facilitation and executive coaching. She has worked with clients such as corporate giant BA as well as start-ups and not for profit organisations.

She is known for her insightful, engaging style, which inspires leaders to reconnect with their passion for their roles, develop their skill sets and empower their teams.

Her leadership insights come from a melange of unconventional environments, where collaborative, self-leadership is more effective than bureaucratic models. She understands what makes teams thrive in rapidly changing environments.

“Three in every five women are negatively affected at work as a result of the menopause. Excluding menopausal women from the workplace is detrimental to our economy, our society and our place on the world stage.”  Rt. Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Chair, Women and Equalities Committee

Join Westminster Insight’s timely Menopause in the Workplace Digital Conference to learn how to support women and destigmatise the menopause in the workplace. Find out how to implement a menopause policy in your workplace that will empower line managers, create inclusive communications and enact cultural change. Implement a strategic approach to address menopause-related discrimination.Understand your legal responsibilities as an employer and get an update on the latest guidance for when and how to make reasonable adjustments.

The keynote address will be delivered by Caroline Nokes MP, Chair, Women and Equalities Committee who will share the latest updates from the menopause and workplace inquiry, including national legislation and workplace guidelines.

You’ll hear insights from leading public and private sector employers – Santander UK, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust and Ministry of Justice – they will share how they successfully implemented menopause policies and the positive impacts on workplace culture, support and productivity.

This half-day event will be broadcast live from our studio in London via an interactive digital platform.

Key Points:

• Reviewing the impact of the menopause on workplace productivity, the gender pay and pension gap
• Tackling stigma and organisational culture to reduce menopause-related workplace discrimination
• Understanding your legal responsibilities under the Equality Act and Duty of Care and when to make reasonable adjustments
• Educating line managers to ensure appropriate support to menopausal women
• Learning from experts from across the private and public sectors on how to plan and implement a workplace menopause policy.

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