We Are Wakefield First Friday Networking 7th March 2025
We Are Wakefield members and first timers will enjoy breakfast and networking at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust with key speakers from Mid Yorks including Emma Hall, Chief of Strategy, Planning and Partnerships, alongside other senior representatives for the March edition of We Are Wakefield, combined with Hands Across Wakefield to celebrate 125 years of the Pinderfields Hospital site.
Date and time
Friday, 7th March, 2025 9.30 – 11.30am GTM
Location
Trust Headquarters, Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG
About this event
9.30am to 11.30am
We Are Wakefield members and first timers will enjoy breakfast and networking at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust with key speakers from Mid Yorks including Emma Hall, Chief of Strategy, Planning and Partnerships, alongside other senior representatives.
This March edition of We Are Wakefield will begin the celebrations of 125 years of the Pinderfields Hospital site, giving members the opportunity to learn more about our local NHS Trust, NHS supply and procurement, partnership opportunities, the newly launched MY Innovation Space, MY Hospitals Charity and more!
Your mission throughout the morning will be to form new connections through great conversations! Make 2025 your year for WAW COLLABORATION!
11.30am to 1.00pm Optional follow-on session:
In celebration of 125 years of the Pinderfields hospital site, MY Hospitals Charity are launching its biggest charity event, ‘Hands Across Wakefield’. The event will see 2,000 people in a human chain stretching from Pinderfields Hospital to Wakefield Cathedral.
We Are Wakefield members are welcomed to complete a section of the chain together to help set this historic milestone for Wakefield and symbolise unity, compassion, and support for healthcare in the community.
Members are asked to complete the questionnaire upon sign up to indicate their participation in the chain.
1.00pm – 2.00pm More Celebrations!
If you are taking part in Hands Across Wakefield, then come and join us afterwards at Wakefield Cathedral to celebrate being part of Wakefield’s biggest charity event.
Refreshments will be available and there will be stands from local business and organisations that have supported Hands Across Wakefield. This is an ideal opportunity to meet the people who helped make the event a success and who have community spirit at the heart of what they do. At 1.30pm, the event will officially draw to a close with a short multi-faith service.
If you would like to attend the celebration event at Wakefield Cathedral, please sign up here
Hands Across Wakefield Celebration Event – Wakefield Cathedral
Parking & Transport – IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READ!
Hosting this event momentous event at Pinderfields Hospital comes with a challenge.
Limited parking will be available at the hospital site. Some spaces within the staff car parks have been made available and these spaces will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Members parking here will be encouraged to make a voluntary donation to the Hands Across Wakefield event.
Members will also able to access the Wakefield Sports Club public car park (WF1 3RR) for £2.00 for 3 hours or £3.60 for the day, a short 10-minute walk from the Hospital site and a great place to park to jump back in your car after the Hands Across Wakefield event.
Alternative paid parking is also available in the Pinderfields Hospital Public Car Park (WF1 4DG) as well as Bevan Grove Car Park (WF1 4SR).
Members are encouraged to car share for this event and use public transport where possible. Where more than one member is attending from the same organisation, please car share.
Taking part in Hands Across Wakefield and the Cathedral celebration event? Why not park at Trinity Walk and get the 444 or 446 bus to Pinderfields.