Link4Coffee Launch Event - and what an event :)

LAUNCH EVENT

Wednesday 24th September 2014
10:00 am till 12:30 pm

Well... it has been a very eventful 24 hours.  Last night my family and I were host to +Gerri Riddiough the Regional District Leader for +Link4Growth Team North (aka Princess of Power lol)

We had shall we say a rip roaring night, Gerri coped very well with the influx of people, her only gasp for breath was to chant "and who's this?" LOL

Well it is not everyday someone gets to stay in the crazy family home of 7 kids, as well as that home being practically a youth centre, added to that mix was my friend Nina and lots of inebriating libations.  Much fun and laughter had by all.  I think I went to bed about 2am.

Up for 8am, kids fed, washed and dressed, babysitting teens rolled out of bed, and Gerri and I were dressed and ready in the car and pulling up in the Market Square for 9.55am (ish)

Introductions and Stimulating Conversations

We arrived at Jan's Cafe, to be met by Andy Jones from +Bouncing Carrot Photography , Jan and Amanda from Jan's Cafe, Geoff from GTS, who is also the Chair of Heanor Traders Association, and David Reeves of +Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children 

The conversation ranged from the specifics of Heanor, about the approaching Christmas season and how to create more foot traffic to the market place as well as up and down market street.

We discussed certain projects we are involved in such as Andy's home education awareness campaign in answer to the Nottingham City Council's awful Missing Education poster campaign, since Andy is also the man behind Bouncing Carrot Photography we spoke about the history behind +Bouncing Carrot Photography and its fabulous name.

Charities and Social Enterprise...

We discussed the amazing work done by the +Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children  and the

differences that real charities can make in the lives of others.  About their awesome Sparkle Parties that raise money for families with children near the end of their lives after a long term illness.  He was inspirational to Gerri and I as he spoke about using social entrerprise initiatives in Cannock to also raise money for the charity without incurring huge costs and overheads, both Gerri, Andy and I want to know more David :)  - Definitely a sychronous meeting and connection there.  The Universe is listening Gerri - what more proof do we need !? LOL

Community Education...

Both Jan and Amanda are amazing connectors locally, as the local cafe they have a diverse customer base and get to know lots of local information.  We were talking about the closed Derby college site and how not everyone is academic and how people want to learn real skills and crafts, there is a huge community of crafter that would love to turn their hobbies into paying income, and there isn't enough support or education for them to do that.

Changing the World...

We also talked at length about the various forms of civil action aimed at changing things locally, I know that both Andy Jones and I who have spoken about this for years now, and have both been active in the "alternative" communities.  We all feel

strongly that people should be knowledgeable on common law and how it affects our rights and activities.  There will be more on this in future blog posts from me and from Gerri and no doubt Andy as he is inspired to do so.

We mentioned another Link4Growth subscriber +mike bridger   and what a complete goldmine of information he is when it comes to helping people fight fraudulent claims to their identity, property and income.  One of which we discussed was the Royal Mail and the "postcode contract", admittedly we were a little vague and hazy but we intended to know more.  It was one of those pivotal conversations where we knew we could do more on this subject - which was proved at the end of the coffee event.

more on that later ;)