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#INVESTHER

Lodestone led a probono campaign #InvestHER to reverse legislation that would have a disproportionate impact on female founders and investors.

Following a six-week campaign, our call – to reverse the income threshold change for angel investors from £100,000 per year to £170,000 - was heard and the Spring Budget 2024 announced a reversal to law. We joined the City Minister at No11 to discuss our campaign and how to unlock finance for female founders the following day.

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University of Manchester

Lodestone supports The University of Manchester on its innovation agenda, highlighting the positive role of the institution on economic growth, linking back to the organisations purpose and mission. Promoting the work of the university to...
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Training Senior Leadership and Academic Staff

Lodestone has worked with The University of Manchester training senior leadership and academic staff to productively engage with politicians and policy makers to increase their impact and raise their profile. We also trained academics and...
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Register Her To Vote (RHTV)

RegistHERtoVote is a campaigning operation, set up by the founders of Lodestone, to increase the number of women registered to vote and to amplify the voices of women in the political debate. Our campaign has...
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Spurgeon’s College

We successfully supported Spurgeon’s College in challenging their rejected application for registration from the Office for Students (OfS) through an integrated legal, public affairs and comms strategy. We raised the profile of the College and...
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