Build The Future with Lightup Impact and the Bayer Volunteering Berlin Community

Rethinking Sustainability, Ownership & Youth Leadership

Bayer Volunteering Community Evening

Join Lightup Impact supporters, friends, social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers for an evening of connection, storytelling, and collective reflection.

As we launch our Build the Future: Invest in Youth Leadership campaign, we invite you to learn about the impact we have created together across East Africa and explore how community ownership, sustainable business models, and long-term partnerships can strengthen youth leadership and social impact.

At the heart of the evening is the Build the Future Lab—an interactive workshop where participants will work together to rethink sustainability, ownership, and the future of youth-led development. Through collaborative discussions, we will explore how organizations can build more resilient, community-owned, and financially sustainable models for change while generating practical ideas to help shape the next chapter of Lightup Impact. 

The evening will conclude with a Community Market & Impact Networking Session, creating space for new connections, collaboration, and conversations about the future of social impact.

Event Agenda

18:00 – 18:30
🤝 Welcome, Registration & Networking

18:30 – 18:45
✨ Networking Activity: Connections That Shape Us

18:45 – 19:15
🌍 Lightup Impact Update, Stories of Impact & Looking Ahead

19:15 – 19:45
🍹 Networking & Drinks Break

19:45 – 20:45
💡 Build the Future Lab

Interactive group discussions exploring how to strengthen youth leadership through sustainable business models, community ownership, supporter engagement, and innovative approaches to social impact. Participants will contribute ideas to help shape the future of Lightup Impact and the wider youth-led development ecosystem.

20:45 – 21:00
🚀 Introducing the Build the Future Campaign

21:00 – 22:00
🌟 Community Market & Impact Networking

Connect with supporters, social entrepreneurs, and impact professionals, discover opportunities for collaboration, learn more about the Build the Future Campaign, and explore ways to get involved as a volunteer, mentor, partner, or Long-Term Builder.

Why Attend?

✅ Reconnect with the Lightup Impact community in Berlin

✅ Learn about youth-led change across East Africa

✅ Contribute ideas on sustainability, ownership, and the future of social impact

✅ Connect with Berlin-based social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers

✅ Discover how you can support and invest in youth leadership