🌈 GPN Networking Evening & Talk with Lukasz Konieczka
Tuesday 24th March 2026
The Civil Service Club, London
Join us for an inspiring evening of social and business networking, followed by an optional dinner—hosted by Jean-François Dor, founder of the Gay Professional Network, since 2010.
We meet every 4th Tuesday of the month (except August and December) at the Civil Service Club, a safe and welcoming venue offering affordable food and drinks.
🤝 What to Expect
- Connect, learn, and grow in a relaxed yet sophisticated atmosphere
- Build lasting social and professional relationships
- Meet great people from diverse industries and backgrounds
- Enjoy a thought-provoking talk from a guest speaker
Optional dinner to continue the conversation
“Attendees have reported turnover increases from £500 to £24,000 through networking at our events. Over £25 million in funding has been accessed by our members. It’s good to network!”
Every month, we welcome various speakers and please check our event page https://www.gpn.one/links-and-events-diary/ for more details.
🌟 Our Next Meeting — Tuesday 24th March 2026
We are delighted to welcome Lukasz Konieczka in March and support Mosaic LGBT+ Yung Person's Trust.
- Lukasz Konieczka is the Executive Director of Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust, a London-based charity that supports, educates, and inspires LGBT+ young persons aged 12–18 and 18–25. He has extensive experience in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and has developed frameworks such as BELONGING to foster inclusive environments. His work often focuses on organisational wellbeing, psychological safety, and practical applications of EDI in both charity and business contexts.
- View Lukasz’s profile
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- What Younger LGBT+ Persons Are Teaching Us About Work, Identity, and Community?
Younger LGBT+ persons are often described as more anxious, more sensitive, or harder to manage at work. But what if they are simply responding — intelligently — to environments that haven’t kept pace with social, economic, and cultural change?
Drawing on direct two-decade experience of working with young LGBT+ persons within our community, this talk offers a rare window into what young LGBT+ people are actually navigating today — from identity and belonging to safety, mental health, and precarity. More importantly, it explores what their experiences are quietly teaching us about the future of work.
This session will challenge familiar assumptions about “resilience”, inclusion, and professionalism, and invite business leaders to rethink how psychological safety, leadership, and belonging are built in practice — not just in policy.
The talk will also offer a practical and thoughtful exploration of how businesses can work meaningfully with LGBT+ charities: moving beyond one-off donations towards partnerships that create shared learning, sustainable impact, and stronger pipelines between community and workplace.
This is not a call for charity — it’s a call for relevance, responsibility, and relationship across generations.
🕰️ Event Schedule (Approximate)
- 6:30 PM – Arrival, drinks & nibbles (purchase from the bar downstairs and bring to the room)
- 7:00 PM – Brief introductions (1–2 minutes per guest)
- 7:30 PM – Talk & Q&A
- 8:00 PM – Optional dinner (order and pay at the bar; please book in advance so we can reserve tables)
- 9:30 PM – Carriages
💬 Who Attends?
Expect a vibrant mix of professionals across businesss, finance, law, property, diplomacy, arts and entertainemt in a relaxed, welcoming setting. Also welcomed are students and career-changers.
🌍 Diversity & Inclusion
“We celebrate diversity in race, ethnicity, age, disability, skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, and beyond. Though our community is currently 80% gay cisgender men, we warmly welcome everyone.”
🎟️ Tickets
- Members: Free
- Non-Members & Guests: £15
- Early Bird: £10
- At the Door: £20
Membership starts at £60/year (recurring) or £100 one-off.
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💌 From Jean-François
“Conviviality au rendez-vous! I look forward to seeing you soon.”
Jean-François Dor
Founder, Gay Professional Network
📧 jf@gpn.one
🌐 www.gpn.one
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