CHESTER RACECOURSE TO HOST RACING TOGETHER INDUSTRY DAY

Speakers and panel guests will bring expert insights to the innovations in community engagement at The Racing Together Industry Day, to be held at Chester Racecourse, on Thursday 8th February 2024.

Building on the success of the inaugural Industry Day at Ascot earlier this year, the 2024 edition will consist of a variety of speakers from both within and outside the racing industry. There will be time for networking and sharing best practices, as well as a panel discussion, too!

Conor McGinn, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Racing and Bloodstock, will open the 2024 Industry Day at the world’s oldest racecourse and will be joined by speakers from the sports of rugby and cricket.

The event will be kindly supported by Gallagher’s Insurance, who will be exploring the ideas of corporate sponsorship in the Community Engagement Space.

John Blake, Racing Together CEO, said:

“We were so pleased with the positive response from so many colleagues during and following the inaugural Racing Together Industry Day at Ascot earlier this year. We hope that another engaging and diverse group of speakers will attract similar support when we welcome guests to Chester Racecourse on February 8th.

“It is testament to the commitment and urgency across racing to prioritise and, where possible, connect community engagement programmes as an essential part of future planning. It is hard to think of a more important time in the industry’s history for all our organisations to develop even more authentic, meaningful and visible ways to connect with society.”  

Racing Together represents and champions British racing’s community engagement and education activity and is a growing partnership of charities and other organisations who work across the sport to benefit others.

Discounted early-bird tickets for the Racing Together Industry Day can be purchased by visiting: 

www.tickettailor.com/events/racingtogether/

Full day seminar programme and speaker information will be announced in due course.

Racing Together is British racing’s community engagement activity and is an open partnership of charities and organisations that work across the sport to benefit others. The initiative is led by the education charity Racing to School and guided by a subcommittee. 

Racing Together coordinates, supports, represents and measures British racing’s community engagement and CSR activity. Its vision is for British racing to be known as a ‘force for good’ by helping the communities in which the sport operates. It achieves this by providing practical support and resources; facilitating ideas, collaboration and progress; working on specific nationwide initiatives; hosting inspiring seminars and coordinating Racing Together Community Day, while promoting and sharing best examples of community engagement on an ongoing basis. Racing Together is grateful to the HBLB for its annual funding award.

www.racingtogether.co.uk