• London & South East - over 500 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly morning coffee meetups in London & Oxfordshire, plus each month in London either an afternoon or an evening Networking & Learning meetup or an evening Networking & Social meetup. We are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups on the South Coast in particular.  
• North of England - over 120 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Leeds & Manchester, and three regional networking & learning meetups per year. We are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups in the North East in particular.
• South West of England - over 130 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Bristol, and three regional networking & learning meetups per year. We are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups in Devon in particular.
• Midlands & East of England - over 60 IAF facilitators & friends, with monthly coffee meetups in Birmingham & Warwick, plus two regional networking & learning meetups per year and our annual all-England & Wales meetup in Birmingham during International Faciliation Week each October. We are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups in the East Midlands & East Anglia in particular.
• Wales - new for 2019, we are keen to support new monthly coffee meetups in Cardiff and North Wales in particular, and new regional networking & learning meetups.

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 700 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!

• Gary Austin CPF-M, Hertfordshire - Board Secretary, Membership, London evening Learning meetups
• Neil Fogarty, Warwick - Board member, Marketing & Partnerships, LinkedIn, Warwick coffee meetups 
• Martin Gilbraith CPF, London - Board Chair, London & SE region, Twitter
• 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

• North of England regional meetup group organiser
• Wales regional meetup group organiser
• Coffee meetup hosts for Leeds, Devon, South Coast, East Midlands, East Anglia, North East, Cardiff & North Wales