Inclusive tech for community support
We’re back for our third event of 2026 at Nexer Digital in Macclesfield.
Join us for a series of talks and a chance to meet, mingle and share ideas, with refreshments provided.
Presentations:
Community information is broken. How can we fix it? - Kim Foale
Dr Kim Foale is the founder of Geeks for Social Change, a small tech collective that works with marginalised communities. Community information quality has been in decline for years. We used to share infrastructure for getting the word out: community forums, local newsletters, shared listings. The corporate web replaced all that with the expectation that every group does its own promotion on Instagram or Facebook, or through a website platform no-one really knows how to use. Kim will talk about GFSC's approach to fixing this
Generating 100k Signatures using Free Tech and Social Media - Hilary Stephenson
A whistlestop tour on how we used free tech, volunteers, community platforms and social media to generate 100,000 signatures in a 12 month campaign.
Macc Pride overview - Joanne Stratford
Joanne Stratford from Macclesfield Pride will give an update on their activities, community support work and plans for this year's Pride celebrations and events.
PlaceCal - Rach Penn
Building a PlaceCal community calendar for Macclesfield.
Agenda:
6.00 Arrival
6:45 Intro
Talks (from 7pm, with breaks)
Outro
Networking
9:00 Close
Food:
Our hosts Nexer Digital will be providing complimentary refreshments and catering.
Entry:
Taking the Newton St. entrance, head to the main reception. Someone will be there to greet you and direct you to the Nexer Digital offices.
About the venue:
The talk will be hosted at the Nexer Digital office in Macclesfield. The full address is:
The Ropewalks,
Newton St,
Macclesfield SK11 6QJ
Step free access is available at The Ropewalks with lift access to the Nexer offices.
Further information on our venues can be found at macctech.co.uk/venues
Parking:
There is a Car Park available at The Ropewalks, with additional street parking on Newton Street.
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