Venue: It will be an indoor gathering with accommodation at FSC Preston Montford 6 miles west of Shrewsbury

More information and link to registration form coming soon  

Please DO NOT contact the venue directly.

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 Purpose of Gatherings

• Radical Routes business – decision-making and discussion, reporting on work done and allocating tasks to do
• Introduction to how RR works and how to participate in it
• Keeping up with each other's co-op news - meeting new members, helping with problems, celebrating achievements
• Socialising, skill-sharing, inspiring each other – building relationships of trust so we can work together well
• Meeting new people and spreading consciousness of radical co-operation as a tool for re-making our world.

Who can come?

Gatherings are open to everyone:

• Delegates of member co-ops
• Other co-op members, associates and friends who want to participate in the network
• People from new or existing co-ops who are interested in joining
• random other visitors or interested people.

 What happens there

• Delegates of member co-ops need to attend business meetings on behalf of their co-ops
• Anyone at a gathering can attend any meeting
• There are workshops (consensus decision-making, facilitation, how to set up a workers co-op), trainings, discussions 
• at a physical gathering, there are lots of things to do outside meetings: putting up and taking down marquees, hanging out, food prep, kids group, queer space, banner-making, etc.
  at online gatherings, we have space to socialise on Discord, training sessions (e.g. anti-racism, financial literacy) , cake-making, a quiz, board games,
• New groups should attend the ‘New Groups’ meeting, and new people should attend the introductory sessions

Gatherings are usually quite intense, with lots of people trying to share a lot of information and make lots of decisions in a relatively small amount of time.  Some people are quite hectic.  If you particularly want to communicate with a specific person you don’t know, feel free to ask someone who knows what’s going on for help.

Venue information

 ... coming soon