Beacon Forum 2026

Your ticket gives you

• Access to 500+ leaders and peers across philanthropy and finance, with structured networking and curated connections
• Inspiration and insight from leading thinkers in plenary keynotes and panel sessions
• Practical learning through interactive “how-to” workshops on scaling impact, measurement, and blended finance
• Influence and strategy sessions where you can contribute to shaping policy and market development
• 6 CPD hours of accredited learning, plus a drinks reception in the historic Guildhall to connect with peers and clients.

The day is shaped around keynotes, workshops and roundtable sessions.

The Keynote addresses

These podium speakers include government, leading philanthropists, social investors and impact pioneers whose work is actively shaping the future of giving and social change in the UK and globally. They will set the scene for the day and shine a light on the trends, innovations and shifts defining the future of the impact economy.

The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Darren Jones MP is leading the government’s activity to partner and grow social impact activity across the UK.

Sergio Fernández de Córdova

Joining us from Washington, Sergio Fernández de Córdova, is the Executive Chairman and Founder of PVBLIC Foundation. He has partnered with the global family wealth holders, the United Nations, the Vatican, and the White House on impact partnerships that have improved the lives of more than 1 billion people in more than 100 countries.

In conversation with the UK’s leading Modern Philanthropists

The Great Wealth Transfer is now shaping the future of wealth management and moving impact activity up the list of client priorities. Hosting this multi-generational panel, Isabelle Hayhoe from Barclays Private Bank will celebrate the field-building of some of the UK’s most pioneering philanthropists and impact investors and show how the upcoming generation is seizing the opportunity to embed impact across their personal and professional lives.

Philanthropy that changes systems

The practical, long-term systems that implementing change takes – from working across complex geographies to building deep partnerships – and the lessons can be applied across the impact ecosystem. Julie Hutchison & Anne-Louise Vernes, LGT Venture Philanthropy

Workshops and roundtables

During the day you can choose from eight workshops and more than 48 roundtable discussions.

Workshops

One-hour sessions offering practical learning, delivered by experts and sector pioneers. Topics include:

• Wealth advisers and charities working together
• Collaborative funds and co-funding models
• Transatlantic philanthropy and cross-border giving
• The £500m Better Futures Fund and outcomes-based investment
• Business and government collaboration through the Impact Economy Collective
• Impact investing and market evolution
• AI-driven models to unlock assets and speed up collaboration

Designed for philanthropists, wealth advisers, corporates, civil society, impact investors, policymakers and innovators.

Roundtables

Smaller Chatham-House discussions focused on what needs to happen next in the sector. Themes include:

• Total impact portfolios and private market strategies
• Corporate philanthropy and ESG aligned giving
• Donor-Advised Funds, foundations and new giving structures
• International philanthropy and global partnerships
• Climate action, community investment and place-based strategies
• AI in funding and grantmaking
• Mental health, science and social justice innovation
• Crisis response and funding when budgets are constrained

These sessions give participants direct access to influential peers and decision-makers.

Securing your place

We hope you will join us for a day of inspirational networking and knowledge-building.

This is a not-for-profit event but we do need support to make it happen so this year we have a tiered ticketing system for profit and non-profit organisations.

Individual tickets cost £200 for non-profit organisations or £400 for commercial organisations.

Want to get more involved?

If you would like to bring others from your organisation, or if you would like to be part of the event, there are a few options:

• We can offer a block booking of 6 or 12 tickets with a discount. We are calling these our “golden tickets” because you can share these tickets in your organisation, or with clients, members or partners. Or, you can gift them to us, so that we can offer complimentary places to those who otherwise would not be able to attend.
• Or we can offer you the opportunity to sponsor a roundtable or workshop at the event.

With these different options, we want to maintain the Beacon Forum as a whole-sector event–convening more of our sector’s leadership, sharing more learning, driving greater collaboration, and creating more pathways into impact.

Accessibility 

Please see the accessibility guidance for the Guildhall.

We are actively working to improve the accessibility of our online and in-person events. As part of our commitment, for all online events we use live closed captions and upload the recordings to YouTube which has the capability to select subtitles. For in-person events we strive to use accessible venues. If you have any additional accessibility requirements get in touch.