10 & 11 March 2025, Whitworth Hall, The University of Manchester

We are excited to support our friends at the National Consortium for Societal Resilience (NCSR+) as they host the Third Conference on Societal Resilience on 10 & 11 March 2025, at Whitworth Hall, The University of Manchester.

This in-person, two-day conference offers a unique networking opportunity for professionals and organisations across the public, voluntary, community, and business sectors to learn, share insights, and explore collaborative opportunities to strengthen societal resilience in the face of disruption.

Key topics to be covered:

  • celebrating good practices for societal resilience to support the most vulnerable in society
  • innovative partnering for societal resilience with businesses, networks, and public health
  • implementation lessons from the NCSR+ strategy on societal resilience
  • designing the future of societal resilience today.

Please click here to register.

 

Upcoming events

  • London Business Networks for Resilience Launch Event | Connected for Resilience

    London Business Networks for Resilience Launch Event | Connected for Resilience

    Thursday 29 May, 8:30 for 9:00-10:30, London

    Resilience First is pleased to convene its members and the capital’s leading business networks for Connected for Resilience on Thursday 29 May.

    This is the launch event for the new initiative, London Business Networks for Resilience, supported by London Resilience and delivered by Resilience First, which aims to strengthen the resilience, emergency preparedness, and crisis response capacity of businesses across London.

  • In-Person Event: Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval

    In-Person Event: Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Upheaval

    Wednesday 4 June, 08:30-14:30, central London

    Join Resilience First for our in-person session on geostrategic resilience in practise: a half day event for resilience practitioners.

    To culminate the Geopolitical Resilience programme curated by Resilience First and PwC, we are delighted to invite you to an exclusive in-person event on Geopolitical Resilience, hosted at PwC’s Embankment Place offices.

  • Climate Resilience Foresight Series

    Climate Resilience Foresight Series

    From March to November 2025

    Resilience First (RF) and Washington DC-based think-tank The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) have partnered to curate and deliver a corporate dialogue programme: Climate Resilience Foresight Series.

    By combining expertise and leveraging extensive global networks of businesses, RF and C2ES are convening leading companies to examine how climate change is a threat multiplier in a 2- and 3-degree world, and how businesses can strengthen their climate resilience across five organisational dimensions.