Jeff Banks

CEO of Lightyear Foundation & consultant in health/education/social care. Former ICS Director of Strategic Partnerships. Views my own, retweets ≠ endorsement.

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

Fantastic to be invited to attend @newscilive as guests of Zee Dinally and the team @ Immersive Experiences @360experiences Proud to be charity partner of this brilliant #STEM company. Meeting so many inspirational disabled young people, their parents/carers and STEM educators.

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

Have you tuned in to episode three of Squar3roots Podcast yet? In “The magic of science with Chloe”, Chloe discusses her passion for STEM with Rosie.

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

We were thrilled to recently win the Gold Award at the Communicate Magazine Corporate Engagement Awards for our partnership with ApotheCom in the category of Best pro-bono work for a charitable, social or ethical cause.

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[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

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Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/loYMaqbM12
Spotify: https://t.co/ajU0NwnZaS
YouTube: https://t.co/xD2DyOGWNr

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

We had the pleasure of meeting Lakhile at the podcast’s launch party on Monday, and his energy and enthusiasm was absolutely contagious. His performance of his own song, Made it Through https://t.co/V9Sbu4l8Gs had the whole room clapping and singing!

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

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Apple podcasts: https://t.co/eYhQwOqKM0
Spotify: https://t.co/XCmuunPgnC
YouTube: https://t.co/pW1VQV3g1S

Many thanks also to @bhageshsachania for the wonderful photos of the launch event!

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

There was lots of cheering, applause, and new friends made! Some of us even shed a tear or two. 

Episode 2, “Driving into STEM with Dylan” is launching this evening at 6pm - subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform and get your notifications on so you don’t miss out!

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

It’s been a week since the Squar3roots podcast launch party and I think Rosie has just about recovered! It was a lovely event which invited past and future podcast hosts to celebrate the launch of the podcast.

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

Huge thanks to the Spectris Foundation for helping to make this trip a success. https://t.co/FPZdLbALc0

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

Pleased to be supporting a thriving #thirdsector by contributing to this awards programme as a judge. A really interesting experience! Good luck to all the entrants!

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[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

We were surprised and delighted to be nominated for this prize by a partner organisation. Could you give us a little vote please? 🙏

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

We need your help!

We would love your nominations for The Children & Young People Movement for Good Special Draw.

Please follow the link below to nominate us and share with your networks.

https://t.co/FHacGsW7TC

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

Great to be with colleagues from @lightyear_fdn for the @STEMLearningUK special schools conference today. Lots of valuable insights and proud to be speaking at the close the event later. 👍

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

@WeAreZooCo @improbable1 https://t.co/JkcQ9X7Hwk

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

Absolutely loved seeing #perfectshowforrachel tonight. Superb show, utterly unique, enthralling! Thank you @wearezooco @improbable1

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

As part of our Strategic Plan development, we are asking a series of questions to get people thinking about disabled and neurodivergent children and young people and STEM. 
Today is the FINAL day and we are asking:

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

@lightyear_fdn Fascinating conversations across the different social media platforms. Thank you!

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

As part of our Strategic Plan development, we are asking a series of questions to get people thinking about disabled and neurodivergent children and young people and STEM. 
Today is the SECOND day and we are asking:

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

@lightyear_fdn All important, but for me it's about how we ensure that disabled/ND CYP are able to influence scientific and technological advances which will change the world for us all. 👍

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

As part of our Strategic Plan development, we are asking a series of questions to get people thinking about disabled and neurodivergent children and young people and STEM. 
Today is the FIRST day and we are asking:

[Jeff Banks @JeffBanks2018]

Please do look out for this next week. Your help would be much appreciated. 🙏

[Lightyear Foundation @lightyear_fdn]

Lightyear Foundation exists to support disabled and neurodivergent children and young people to engage with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)