Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

10 minute Speaker:

Saskia Blackwell – Personal Trainer
Topic: Saskia’s Switch from Sixth-former to Sole Trader

To book a 5 or 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

10 minute Speaker:

Brian Bingham from Techvolution Virtual Office Solutions.

To book a 5 or 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

Presentation by Brian Bingham from Drug and Alcohol Training Services

Topic: Drug and Alcohol Awareness in the Workplace

more info…
An inter-active and non-judgemental session to help raise participants’ awareness of drug and alcohol workplace related issues.

Objectives:

• To bring an awareness of how their D&A impacts on the workplace – both the employees and employers
• To explore and challenge myths and attitudes that surround drug and alcohol use
• To increase knowledge, understanding and awareness of substances, their names, effects and dangers
• There will be professional dummy samples (sealed) to examine along with the paraphernalia needed to take these substances
• To enable participants to help spot the signs and symptoms of drug use
• To discuss various forms of D&A testing within the workplace
• To make participants aware of their own responsibilities under the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1971 and a range of other relevant legislation in respect to drugs and alcohol within the workplace
• To signpost clients and staff towards appropriate treatment and support services

About Brian Bingham

Brian has presented D&A Awareness training session for many years along with undertaking various research reports for Avon & Somerset Constabulary and the Ministry of Justice Departments on the subject of D & A and re-offending.  He was a college and university lecturer and Consults for a Virtual Office Solution company – Techvolution – helping businesses make the very best use of their time, skills and resources.  His interest are people, chess, gardening, cycling and photography.

Notes

• We meet in the training room situated at the top of the steel staircase.
• Parking is free after 6pm and is available in the street or just 50 yards away in Brunswick Square.
• Light snacks, beverages, tea, coffee and water will be available.
• £3 cost per person to cover catering and administration charges.
• Enquiries: Martin Vines M: 07804166644

Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

10 minute Speakers:

1.  Syreeta Wing from Weddings and Events by Syreeta

To book a 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

Presentation by Rupert Marlow from Rupert Marlow Photography

Topic: Effective use of Imagery

More info…
Explaining how to use photography to be most effective.  A good photo of a product is not necessarily the ideal way of illustrating it, or encouraging people to buy it. Some basic rules can make all the difference!

About Rupert Marlow…
“I am a freelance photographer based in Bristol and have been working on my own for 5 years, with work in the US, Greece, Antigua and all over the UK, I have managed to gain a wide range of experience in many genres of photography.

I grew up in the Cotswolds and enjoy cycling, skiing and cooking.  Photography has always been a passion but it wasn’t until I was 20 that I decided to leave Law and follow my passion into a career.  I’ve never looked back!!“

Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

5 minute Speakers:
To book a 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

(Please Note: This event is running on the 4th Thursday of the month and not the usual third week of the month)

Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

5 minute Speakers:
To book a 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

Presentation by Adam Saunders from NEETRIX

Topic: The Cloud. Beyond the hype.

More Info…
The term “Cloud” is bounced around a lot in today’s modern business especially on the subject of technology at work. Adam will be explaining what it is really about, who it is for, what to look for, and the questions you should ask to find out if the hype behind “cloud” would be a serious tool for your business.

About Adam Saunders…
“I’m Adam Saunders and I’m an Internet Architect. What this means is that I design and build both small and large scale web technologies that solve significant business problems, and I’ve been doing this for 15 years. In that time I’ve consulted four leading blue chip companies and have run a number of successful software and internet service businesses including the latest system called Neetrix. Neetrix is a fully online business management platform specifically designed for small and medium businesses. It is secure, easy to use, and holds every aspect of a business in one place, online.”

More about the meeting…
We meet in the room at the top of the steel staircase.

The meeting is from 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.

Snacks, beverages, tea, coffee and water are provided (£3 is charged to cover expenses).

Enquiries:
Martin Vines
M: 07804 166644
eMail: martin@martinshelpdesk.com

Please join us at Papadeli’s for networking and refreshment.

5 minute Speakers:
To book a 10 minute slot for yourself to speak to the group please Contact us.
(all attendees are given a minute or two to speak)

Service for Refreshments is at the table and can be chosen from the menu. Deli items are available from the Deli downstairs.

Parking is available in the street or in the Sainsbury’s car park. The ramp to the car park is opposite Papadeli.

We meet upstairs in Papadeli, and we usually join two to three tables together to accommodate the group.

Please note: The venue is provided free of charge. Please honour this by ordering something at the table.

Enquiries: Martin Vines
email: martin@martinshelpdesk.com
M: 07804 166644

Permission to Draw

Can’t commit to your dreams because they might fail?  Scared to sully a blank canvas?  Can’t begin the first chapter of your novel?  Can’t play a note in case it sounds dreadful?  Got a business idea you are terrified to launch?  Do too much dusting?  Too anxious to please your boss, stay too late at the office?  Join us at The Coach House for a Bad Art Night.

This is a course for the finicky, pernickety, nit-picking pedants in us all.  For all the blocked perfectionists, the fiddlers and the fearful, the dabblers, the doodlers and the dreamers.  For all of us who yearn to create something of worth.

The one thing you must do on this course is BAD ART.  The worse the better.  I promise it will loosen you up,  give you a different perspective on life, unblock your creativity.  You will meet like-minded people (I am one) and we will learn through bad art and good conversation to laugh at ourselves a bit more because life, and art, should be more fun than we make it.  You may even go home and create your masterpiece!

Are you coming ??
Please bring something to the evening to work with.
See the LIST of what you could bring to add to the fun.

We meet in the room at the top of the steel staircase.

The meeting is from 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.

Snacks, beverages, tea, coffee and water are provided (£3 is charged to cover expenses).

Enquiries:
Martin Vines
M: 07804 166644
eMail: martin@martinshelpdesk.com