Business with Impact Dinner

North East businesses are doing a lot of good and driving change. But could we accelerate our impact by doing more together and learning from each other? The 'Business with Impact Dinner' was founded to explore that together.

March 2026 will be the third dinner to explore collaborative impact. With the closure of Newcastle's first food surplus focussed cafe, Magic Hat, we were on the hunt for a new venue to host us. The team at Gateshead College jumped at the opportunity to support, and we're delighted to be hosting the dinner at Enfields Kitchen on the Baltic Campus at Gateshead College.

A whole new setting, but with even more impact. The meal will still be prepared by the team from Magic Hat and Bind UK, and the menu will still be food surplus focussed. This time, the team will be working in collaboration with Gateshead College students, giving them hands-on experience in a real event setting, something that feels perfectly aligned with the purpose of this dinner.

The Business with Impact Dinner first took place in March 2025 and brought like-minded North East businesses together. The network we built were keen to establish the community to continue to share ideas, tackle the big issues and facilitate connections to empower us all to make more of an impact through our businesses.

As has become the norm guests will be offered the chance to deliver a 5-minute lightning talk during the event on their chosen topic related to either community, the environment or health and wellbeing. You have the opportunity to sign up to one of these talks in the booking form.

The dinner will keep waste to a minimum, and we will be tracking and offsetting any carbon. 10% of the ticket cost will be donated to Bind UK.

Now in its third edition, if you haven't been able to join us at either of the first two, we encourage you to join our community this March.

Event Sponsors

If you would like to sponsor the event we have opportunities available to do so. Please contact us [email protected]

What people say about the event...

"North East business impact is growing and the inspiring people working in this space are the kinds of people you'll do great work with - and also have a lot of fun!"

"An important part of business is its power to deliver social impact. This network is sharing great lessons on that journey - with tasty food and a jolly natter. Join in!"

"Great to bring passionate people together, through good food and conversation."

"A superb evening, bringing together like minded people wanting to do business for good. A perfect mix of interesting talks, new connections, laughter and amazing food."

"Best networking style event I've ever been to - I love the format of lightning talks; the food was amazing; the purpose felt real and genuine; such a welcoming environment; I seriously cannot fault a thing."

"Brilliant format, brilliant people doing brilliant things. If you don't put yourself out there you don't create these really impactful conversations and connections. It’s really worth investing the time!"

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