Plan your day at TBE South West Charity Conference & Expo 2026
The 8th annual TBE South West Charity Conference & Expo takes place this Thursday, 11th June at Bath Racecourse.
This year’s theme, Rebuilding Trust, Resilience and Relevance: The Future of Charity in a Changing World, brings together businesses, charities and not-for-profits to tackle the challenges shaping the sector and define what comes next.
Delivered in partnership with founding sponsor Milsted Langdon, it promises a packed day of insight, conversation and connection.
Why attend?
Charities and not-for-profits
Promote your current fundraising campaigns and volunteering opportunities, connect with peers and take away practical insight from the day’s speaker programme.
Businesses
• Identify causes to support through time or fundraising
• Showcase your services to the third sector
Individuals
• Understand the needs within our community
• Find ways to get involved through time or fundraising
• Learn from the day’s conference programme
• Make new connections
The expo and conference programme is free to attend but registration is essential. You can upgrade your day by purchasing breakfast and/or lunch networking tickets.
Plan your day
Breakfast | 8:30–9:45am
Start the day with a networking breakfast and panel discussion exploring this year’s theme.
Panellists:
• Fraser Normington, Head of Fundraising, Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance
• Ian Lloyd, Partner, Milsted Langdon
• Becky Somerset, Director, 3SG
• Trevor Reid, Director of Fundraising & Communications, Meningitis Now
• Laurie Trounce, Head of Charity, Stephens Scown
A seated breakfast with tables arranged to connect you with relevant people. Tickets: £45
Expo | 10:00am–1:00pm
Free to attend (registration required).
A full exhibitor line-up showcasing charities, businesses and community organisations from across the region.
Exhibitors include:
3SG
Alabaré
Amperative
Banner Foundation
Bath BID
Bath Cats & Dogs Home
Bath City Farm
Bath City FC
Bath Comms
Bath Community Kitchen
Bath Mind
Bath Racecourse
Blackmore
Brewin Dolphin
Charity Accounting Partners
Compass Video
Corporate Events for Good
Corsham Print
Digital Detox
Echo DMS
Given Gain
I Can & I Am
Integrity Print
Invest in B&NES
Leadership Dialogues
Meningitis Now
Milsted Langdon
N3 Display Graphics
Nine Feet Tall
Oxygen
Radio Bath
School in a Bag
Stephens Scown
SWA
TBE Awards
Trauma Recovery Centre
Visual PR
VOX PR
We Get It
Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance
Wiltshire Community Foundation
Woods Valldata
Networking Lunch | 1:00–1:45pm
Sponsored by Stephens Scown. A relaxed networking session, catered by Bath Community Kitchen. Tickets: £10
Conference | 2:00–4:00pm
A fast-paced, back-to-back speaker programme designed to educate, challenge and inspire:
2:00pm
Faye Tryhorn, Alabaré
Building resilience from the ground up
2:20pm
Sean Taylor, Given Gain
Restoring trust and driving engagement for your cause through peer-to-peer fundraising
2:40pm
Tiggy McCool, Nine Feet Tall
Helping charities respond to disruption and become digitally resilient
3:00pm
Emily Smith, Stephens Scown
AI, brand protection and reputation
3:20pm
Emily Mitchell, Milsted Langdon
Fireside chat with the League of Friends of the Royal United Hospitals, Bath
3:40pm
James Shone, I Can & I Am
Keynote address
Attendance is free with registration.
Book your place
Secure your free ticket here. We look forward to welcoming you.
