Thrive’s Somerset Convention returns for 2025, where the focus of conversation will be Heading Upstream: tackling causes, not consequences.

What could the community sector do if we could focus on working to prevent the cause, rather than providing support to manage the effect? How can we create capacity to change within the individual and our communities in Somerset?

This event is an opportunity to explore ways that local and national organisations are seeking to create change, build resilience and prevent the need for intervention when people and communities are at crisis point. Through a mixture of panel debates, breakouts and presentations, Thrive want to start a new conversation that will inform their work in Year 3 of their strategy and beyond.