SOFAR X MILL STREET

What a busy week of events last week was!

We signed Saturday evening off with a sold-out event from Sofar Sounds Coventry, where the Urban Garden was transformed into a beautiful music set for the evening.

Sofar Sounds is a global music community that connects artists and audiences through live music.

We were joined by 3 incredible artists, Dom Malin, Natty Ola and John Connearn, who sang a variety of covers and original songs to a sea of new faces and lucky members that managed to grab some last-minute tickets.

We're looking forward to seeing the recordings of the evenings and encourage you to give the artists a listen.

For You - Sessions on self-development.

For Your Business - Sessions on developing your business.

For Fun - Erm, we think you get the picture.

For Good - A little bit about the good that we're doing in the building.

LEAMINGTON SPEAKERS CLUB

TUESDAY 24TH OCTOBER | 7:30 TILL 9:30 PM

Whether you want to make a better business presentation, give a speech at a wedding or birthday, chair a meeting, propose a toast, or say what you mean at work, Speakers Club may be for you.

Leamington Speakers Club provides its members with an environment in which every single speaker can practice, develop and improve their public speaking skills with a huge amount of support and encouragement.

If you or someone you know would benefit from some public speaking practice, then make sure to pop along and see what it's all about.

Book your FREE ticket here!

QUIETNOTE WORKSHOP

WEDNESDAY 25TH OCTOBER | 12:15 TILL 1PM

Join Will Crawford, the founder and director of quietnote, for a free wellbeing workshop here at Mill Street.

Quietnote is here to use our expertise in music to provide an innovative approach to mindfulness. By combining music and mindfulness, we can give you more control over your mental health, wellbeing and happiness. Alongside this, our work is here to help inspire, improve skills, heighten focus and boost performance - giving you more control over your time, money and energy.

The session begins with an introduction and open conversation about mindfulness and how it can have a positive impact on our wellbeing and mental health.

This is followed by an introduction to breathing exercises and techniques to help calm and centre the mind. From this, participants shall explore how music can act as the guide to mindfulness exercises.

Through this section, Will uses his classical guitar to help participants experience how music can help reduce stress, control anxiety, and help relax the body. Throughout the session participants are invited to share their thoughts and feelings, allowing individuals to better personalise the practice to their body and lifestyle.

Mindfulness is not all about relaxation and ‘inner-peace’, it’s also about heightening our senses, focusing our minds, and improving our skills. This session is here to do exactly that.

Get your ticket HERE.

OUR SOCIETY - EXPLORE, UNCOVER, DISCOVER

THURSDAY 26TH OCTOBER | 6:30 TILL 9 PM

Join ESRC Festival of Social Science to hear from people who study a wide range of subjects that affect our society.

From Economics to Apps, this collection of short talks will cover different topics and why researching them is so important, as well as providing opportunities for questions and discussion.

Tickets are free but registration is required, and will include one drinks voucher and light refreshments.

Get your ticket HERE!

THE ANSWER IS IN THE ROOM

FRIDAY 3RD NOVEMBER | 3 TILL 4:30 PM

THE URBAN GARDEN

1MS director and business whizz, Nigel Shanahan is back with the next segment of The Answer Is In The Room.

The one and only Jon Pickup, CEO of Butlins and 1MS karaoke legend, will be taking you through an approach he takes with his senior management team, to get to the heart of issues.

Followed by a 15-minute spotlight topic from Nigel himself as he introduces us to EOS, the Entrepreneur Operating System.

We invite all Mill Street leaders and founders to take part and share your wisdom!

DE-ICE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH ACTIONCOACH

THURSDAY 30TH NOVEMBER | 1:30 TILL 2:30

DOWNSTAIRS MEETING ROOM

ActionCOACH's Hana Smiddy is back for the Autumn Winter term with a series of seasonal workshops. Her first workshop, 'Warm Up Your Sales' is now fully booked, but we have spaces left for 'De-Ice Your Communications'.

Effective Communication is critical when it comes to business.

Let's talk about the Who, What, Why, Where, When and How of how we communicate and discuss what makes the biggest differences in our relationships.

This workshop is interactive, we can’t just talk about communication, it’s a practical exercise.

Reserve your spot HERE!

FSB DROP-IN SURGERY

THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER | 1 TILL 3 PM

Are you considering a Federation of Small Businesses membership?

If you're facing challenges within your business, then theres a high probability that FSB will have just what you need to help.

As a non-profit organisation, FSB exists to help small business owners, like you, to navigate the highs and lows which come with running a business.

With a plethora of benefits, services, resources and protection to support your business journey, FSB can also help your business become more profitable;with members saving thousands on insurance, accepting payments, debt recovery, legal, H&S, HR and HMRC Protection.

Drop into this in-person surgery, where Lee Osborne (Development Manager for Warwickshire) and Glenn Cameron (Membership Advisor) will answer any questions you have, whilst helping you get the maximum benefit from your membership.

THANK FIZZ IT'S FRIDAY

MEMBERS ONLY | THE URBAN GARDEN

FRIDAY 27TH OCTOBER | FROM 4 PM

Whether you’re partial to a glass of bubbly or a bottle of beer, come on down to the bar and have one on us to celebrate the beginning of the weekend!

T-MINUS 3 DAYS TILL THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR

We're on the final countdown to the biggest Halloween party in Leamington and we can't wait to reveal all.

You can expect some super excting prizes, a huge surprise and the launch of a big secret project. 👀

INTRODUCING THE MAKE GOOD GROW SOCIAL ACCELERATOR!

Introducing the Make Good Grow, Social Accelerator!

There’s only one way to ‘grow’ when it comes to supporting the local community.

We match skilled businesses and individuals who are passionate about giving back to the community, with good causes and charities who need that step up in order to get growing.

Our new ‘Do Good’ scheme; The Social Accelerator is designed to help a small cohort of up to 5 local good causes and charities, by offering 4 individual programmes that address their most pressing challenges; Grow, Run, Streamline and Up skill.

Bringing people together to create a positive impact has always been our mission. Now with The Social Accelerator, we want to focus our efforts on creating substantial change, think DIY SOS, but better!

We’ve got a toolkit of Passioneers ready to go, could you be in our next cohort?

Or are you a Passioneer ready and raring to get stuck in?

Come and speak to the MGG team for more information!