Inclusive tech for community support

Wednesday, 20th May 2026

18:00 - 21:00

Note: Past Event

Historic Links: Luma • Meetup

We're back for another event hosted 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 & Jacqui Taylor

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 - overview

Building a PlaceCal community calendar for Macclesfield.

Our hosts Nexer Digital will be providing complimentary refreshments and catering.

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