Tees Business Tees Business Issue 21 | Page 5

E VE N TS Refresh Teesside Basecamp Boro, Middlesbrough Tees Business executive editor Dave Allan was one of the speakers at Refresh Teesside’s February meeting. Attendees also heard from Jim Taylor, from Code4000, and Alyson Agar from The Northern School of Art. Refresh Teesside is organised by Big Bite and brings together the region’s digital, creative and tech communities for talks, talent promotion and no-pressure networking events. My Sister’s Place fundraiser Whinstone View, Great Ayton My Sister’s Place, the domestic abuse service in Middlesbrough, held its first afternoon fundraiser in March. The event, which also marked International Women’s Day, was attended by 120 guests who heard from Andrea Clarke of Enterprise Made Simple, Katy Parkinson of Lexonik and Ruth Dalton, head of communications and marketing at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust discuss resilience and what it means to them. The event raised £4,000. The voice of business in the Tees region | 5