• London & South East - over 550 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly morning coffee meetups in Cambridge London, Oxfordshire & Winchester plus each month in London either an afternoon or an evening learning meetup or an evening drinks meetup. We are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups in Brighton in particular.  
• North of England - over 135 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Leeds, Manchester & Newcastle and three afternoon regional learning meetups per year. We are keen to support a new monthly coffee meetup in Liverpool in particular.
• South West of England - over 135 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Bristol and three afternoon regional learning meetups per year. We are keen to support a new monthly coffee meetup in Devon in particular.
• Midlands & East of England - over 65 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Birmingham plus two afternoon regional learning meetups per year and our England & Wales Annual Conference in Birmingham during International Faciliation Week each October. We are keen to support a new monthly coffee meetup in Nottingham in particular.
• Wales - new for 2019 and over 35 IAF facilitators & friends already, with monthly coffee meetups in Cardiff and North Wales.  We are keen to support afternoon regional learning meetups in particular.

We asked some of our regulars what they have appreciated most about IAF E&W Meetups and why should others be interested - they replied:

• "The sharing of ideas" - Jonathan Bannister
• "Meeting diverse practitioners of facilitation - and learning together" - Michael Ambjorn
• "Expanding my thinking AND facilitation practice through peers generously sharing their ideas" - Andi Roberts CPF
• "A brilliant initiative - a great way to build your faciliation skills whilst networking with like-minded sorts" - Neil Fogarty
• "Diversity of input, quality of input, creation of our "own space", snowball effect over time as our numbers have grown, commitment of some key players @martingilbraith @orford @penny_walker_sd to name a few" - Mike Pounsford CPF 
• "A wonderful opportunity to learn from each other, to share experiences and to practice new ways of facilitation in a friendly and fun environment... with fellow facilitators from different nationalities" - Pinar Akkaya
• "Learning... It’s also great to feel a sense of belonging to a community... I think this feeling of being part of a profession or industry has all sorts of benefits to me as an individual (now a CPF) and my business." - Sean Blair CPF
• "Setting out as a facilitator on my own was a scary decision but I have met so many great people through the meet-ups... Its a really wonderful community to be a part of!" - Camilla Gordon
• "I feel I can relax and share openly, have fun and learn loads... There's a generosity and love of learning which makes these meet-ups special. And a surprisingly wide range of people and ways that they use their skills" - Penny Walker

Please join us at a meetup by clicking on the meetup group links above - everyone with an interest in group process facilitation is welcome, including facilitators and others who use or commission facilitation, IAF members and non-members alike. 

Please connect with us online also, by joining over 900 IAF facilitators & friends in our Facebook and LinkedIn groups, and by following IAF England & Wales on Twitter and Instagram.  Please also take a few minutes to complete our online survey, to help to make IAF England & Wales and our free facilitation meetups more valuable to you in the coming year - thank you!

Our monthly meetup schedule at a glance

Click on the image below to enlarge it, and please follow the links to our regional meetup groups above for further details and to RSVP to an #IAFMeetup near you!

Tweets by IAFEnglandWales

• Gary Austin CPF-M, Hertfordshire - Board Secretary, Membership, London evening learning meetups
• Neil Fogarty, Warwick - Board member, Marketing & Partnerships, LinkedIn 
• Martin Gilbraith CPF, London - Board Chair, London & SE region, Twitter, virtual meetups
• Helene Jewell, Bristol - Board member, South West region, Facebook & Instagram
• Steve Lloyd, Plymouth - Board Treasurer
• Hilary Topp, Birmingham - Board member, Midlands & East region, International Facilitation Week 
• Penny Walker CPF, London - Professional Development

Join us! We are particularly keen to welcome new members to our volunteer Leadership Team in the following roles - please contact us for details:

• Regional meetup group organisers for the North of England, Wales and London & SE regions
• Coffee meetup hosts for Brighton, Devon, Leeds, Liverpool, London & Nottingham - or wherever you are!
• Podcasters to join our brand new new podcast team