Common Ground Meetings

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Common Ground meetings are relaxed, informal, friendly, informative, stimulating challenging discussions & are central to making us a strong, inclusive, dynamic network. Share your knowledge and learn from the experiences of others.

Befriending Networks provides Common Ground meetings so that befriending staff or committee members can meet others involved in befriending projects locally, discuss and explore topical issues around befriending, and contribute to good practice in befriending at a national level.

Common Ground Meetings around the country feature the same agenda items, but also allow time for local issues to be raised. At the end of each series of Common Ground Meetings, we produce comprehensive notes-so you can find out what other befriending projects across the country have been talking about!

Common Ground Meetings take place in March, June and November.

Details are sent to members a few weeks in advance. Meetings are held in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Dundee, Galashiels and Aberdeen. In addition we take one meeting to a different location with each round of meetings and hold a teleconference for those unable to attend meetings.

Each meeting covers 2 best practice discussion topics and notes are then compiled from the round of meetings and distributed to all members.

Agenda

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30 JanMonday 30th January 2012 11am - 1pm
Erin Room, Blackfriar's Development Centre, North Port, Perth PH1 5LU
30 JanMonday 30th January 2012 2pm - 4pm
South Ayrshire Befriending Project, 4a Citadel Place, Ayr KA7 1JN
31 JanTuesday 31st January 2012 10am - 12 noon
Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland, 3rd Floor, Roseberry House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ
31 JanTuesday 31st January 2012 11am - 1pm
Epilepsy Connections, 100 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6DH
31 JanTuesday 31st January 2012 11am - 1pm
Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Road, Dundee DD1 1LL
01 FebWednesday 1st February 2012 11am - 1pm
Befriend a Child, 9 Bon Accord Square, Aberdeen AB11 6DJ
02 FebThursday 2nd February 2012 10am - 12 noon
FDMD, The Victoria Centre, 173 Victoria Road, Falkirk FK2 7AU
02 FebThursday 2nd February 2012 3pm - 5pm
York Mind, Highcliffe House, Highcliffe Court, York YO30 6BP
03 FebFriday 3rd February 2012 11am - 1pm
Age UK Newcastle, 5th Floor, Hadrian House, Higham Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AF
03 FebFriday 3rd February 2012 11am - 1pm
Befrienders Highland, 2nd Floor, 19 Church Street, Inverness IV1 1DY
08 FebWednesday 8th February 2012 2pm - 4pm
Health in Mind, 40 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4RT
10 FebFriday 10th February 2012 10am - 12 noon
Teleconference

If you're not a member of Befriending Networks and you would like to attend a Common Ground Meeting, please email susan@befriending.co.uk.

Testimonials from previous clients

“The common ground meetings are an invaluable support to us. Working for a small, independent project, we only have each other to bounce ideas off and it's great to network with others and share ideas, discuss good practice and learn from BNS experience. It's also really good to hear what's happening locally.”

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Suggest a topic

Is there a topic that you'd like to discuss in a Common Ground Meeting? Let us know – email your suggestions to susan@befriending.co.uk.