Events at The Werks
Our philosophy in creating an open community extends to The Werks events space. Ideal for workshops, training events, meetings, seminars and community events.
Rates
Day rate: £150
Evenings or half days: £75
Hourly: £20
Half price for non-profits, CICs, charities and members.
All prices do not include VAT which is chargable.
Werking picnic
When: Friday 25th of July from midday
Where: Palmeira Square if nice 'n' sunny, if not at The Werks
Sign up: register online
Davide of Radikio is starting a personal chef and catering business and has been trialing out some of his lovely food on some of us lucky werkers. Now we are organising a proper picnic for everyone to enjoy the wonders of his food PLUS the great company of werkers and friends.
Come along and join us. The cost is £5 which needs to be paid up front to guarantee numbers. Registration is online, payment must be made by the 18th of July at the very latest.
The Picnic Buffet Menu
New potatoes , butternut squash, red peppers, red onions , chestnut mushrooms salad
Tossed with parsley and smoked paprika dressing (vegan)
Black Sea Bream, fennel , radish and juniper ceviche
With garlic bruschetta
Caprese: sun blushed tomatoes, mozzarella, black olives and basil (vegetarian)
Grilled vegetables and cous cous (vegan)
Sliced braised Pork loin with caper “tonnata” salsa
Dessert
Mix berries , white chocolate custard , crumbled amaretti biscuits
Join Nathaniel White for a workshop on Formal Consensus facilitation on July 26th!
Formal Consensus is a clear formal decision-making structure, simpler than the parliamentary procedure of Robert's Rules of Order, and better for bringing together the group's best creative thinking. (Do adversarial politics and a majority-rule vote capture our best thinking? I don't think so). Want to combine clear agreements and decision-making processes with deep democracy and participatory governance? Want to bring out the best in your team mates and your self? Learn Formal Consensus!
Formal Consensus emerged from the US anti-nuclear movement as a way of quickly making good decisions among a group of hundreds of loosely affiliated individuals, some of whom might be government agents provocateurs (An organizational nightmare...). It has been successfully adopted by businesses, intentional communities, and the global activist group Food Not Bombs. Nathaniel White trained with the author of the Formal Consensus manual, C.T. Butler, in 1997. Nathaniel uses the method in his paid and voluntary work, and contributed to the most recent version of the manual.
The training will go from 11am to 4pm, and focus on the structure of a Formal Consensus meeting and on the facilitation skills useful for generating high-quality collaborative decisions. The training will be downstairs at The Werks, 45 Church Road, Hove BN3 2BE.
The fee is sliding scale (£5 to £40, so extremely affordable).
This training is targeted to serve three groups: Transition Town Brighton and Hove, the Source Village ecovillage development group, and the Pioneers of Change (London) hosting team. First priority will be reserved for members of those groups, but other members of the public are welcome. To reserve a place, contact Nathaniel White (white@magicatechne.com) and put Formal Consensus in the Subject line.
We Can Werk it Out
Where: The Werks
When: Thursday 10th, 17th & 24th of July 2008 from 6-8:30pm
How much: Open contribution
A series of events to make things different
- Do you want to develop an enterprise?
- Do you want to generate income?
- Do you have ideas you are passionate about?
- Do you want creativity to work for you?
The Werks presents a series of 3 events to start with and change your life.
They will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings. Payment is ‘Open’*.
Day 1
- What is each person doing?
- Why are you doing it?
- Could you do it better?
Day 2
- How to re-invent yourself
- How to achieve the things you really want to do
Day 3
Where now?
Each member will come away with a series of steps to achieve their goals
Sessions
Each session is from 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. split as:
- 1 HOUR: Asking questions/ information exchange/ discussion
- 0.5 HOUR: Interaction and drinks/snacks
- 1 HOUR: Answers and agreement
The first sessions are weekly on: Thursday July 3rd, 10th and 17th @ 6 p.m.
Between each session you are asked to develop the themes which have been covered and relate these to your working life.
Werking principles
Werkshop and The Werks are part of Werkshop CIC which is a social enterprise dedicated to support for creativity and enterprise. The ways in which this is done are by:
- Supporting creative networks
- Creating supportive environments
- Developing links with education, public and private enterprise.
- Developing access to information, workshops and other events
- Providing support through mentoring, advice and routes to finance
Facilitation
‘We Can Werk it Out’ is facilitated by The Werks and Ian Elwick. Ian has extensive experience in mentoring, workshop delivery and consultancy. Clients have included:
- BT
- Natwest
- Grandmet
- SEEDA, LDA
- Councils: Croydon, Brighton & Hove, Hastings, Wandsworth, Milton Keynes & East Sussex
- Universities: Brighton, Sussex, City, Goldsmiths, Portsmouth & UCCA
- Theatre Resource
- Sea Space
- More than 400 SMEs and freelancers
Ian has also been the founder or director of 25 companies including The Werks, Werkshop, Brighton Media Centre, Bizvizion, Innovate South London, Digital Content Forum & StreetVibes Youth.
Other Events
Please ask about follow-up workshops and events:
- One day Business Plan
- Marketing for Creatives
- Creative Enterprise: How to develop and grow
- Social Enterprise: What is it and how do you make one?
Open Payment:
At The Werks we operate payment either on fixed fees or on Open Payment.
If it is the ‘Open’ option as with these workshops you are asked to contribute through a donation or some other method by discussion. A basic figure for each event will be suggested.
AfternoonTeaCamp
Where?: here at The Werks
When?: Sunday July 13th 2 - 6 pm
An excuse to get a bit social comes AfternoonTeaCamp. It’s on the weekend (this Sunday), in the afternoon at The Werks. The idea is that everyone brings something to share and that we can all enjoy each others company.
Good company and social interaction is essential!
How does AfternoonTeaCamp work?
- Bring something related to afternoon tea. E.g tea bags, milk, sandwiches, scones….
- Sign up on the list where people should say what they are going to bring. (We wouldn’t want everyone to bring just milk ‘n’ tea!)
- There will be slots for people to give presentations (BarCamp style)
- Kids are welcome, perhaps they could make something too and show it off.
- Any sponsors want to help out with costs?
