Charity Meetup - festive special event

Charity Meetup is a skill-sharing and facilitated networking event for the third sector. It's fun and welcoming but bursting with tips and takeaways. You'll be able to learn from speakers and foster connections to give and get support. A limited number of free tickets are available to charities (NFPs, CICs etc.) and volunteers for our monthly virtual events. Agencies and freelancers that support the sector and are happy to share insights to support charities are also welcome.

Join us for our festive-themed December virtual event with a wellbeing speaker and a prize icebreaker to celebrate our final online event of 2023.

AGENDA

09.55 - Meeting opens

10.00 - Welcome and chatbox intros

10.05 - Wellbeing speaker - Jo Gibney

Are you ready to embrace 2024 with intention and purpose? Do you find making the time for reflection a challenge? If so, you're in the right place! During this session, Courage and Confidence Coach Jo Gibney will take you through a journey of positive reflection and intentional goal-setting, to get you ready for the year ahead. By the end, you’ll have started to set goals and intentions, enabling you to finish 2023 knowing 2024's plan has been started.

Facilitated networking

We will put you into breakout rooms and give you points to discuss related to the theme of the meeting. Please also use this time to ask for any support you need or introductions you're looking for.

10.25 - Breakout rooms: group one

10.40 - Breakout rooms: group two

10.55 - Whole group discussion

11.00 - Close

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