Membership

Bridge Builders’ Network is open to all those who have attended one of our five-day foundation courses. The purpose of the Network is to provide an opportunity to refresh and enhance members’ skills, to offer encouragement through meeting others with a shared commitment, and to develop people around the country who can provide a local resource to their churches and communities. Everyone who has been through one of Bridge Builders’ five-day foundation courses can attend Network Days, but there are benefits for membership subscribers. Occasionally we run "open" Network Days which anyone interested can attend.

Membership Benefits

• The current fee to attend Network Days is £20. The fee for non-members is £50. Among other things, Network Days offer training in developing your leadership and facilitation skills further. If you have not completed a mediation skills training course, you are welcome to attend mediation review days as a role-play disputant or observer, as numbers allow.

• Being part of an encouraging community of diverse people with shared interests.
• Regular e-mail updates and newsletters with information on events and matters of interest.
• Membership of a Google Group for discussion of issues relating to conflict transformation.
• A semi-regular published report on Bridge Builders.

Membership Opportunities

Members are encouraged to offer the following:
• Articles for the e-mail newsletter, perhaps covering case studies, personal experience of applying learning from BB training, issues around conflict transformation in the church, theological perspectives etc.
• Book reviews, either for the e-mail newsletter, or for presentation at Network Days.
• Training input for Network Days.

Membership Scheme & Cost

• Membership is for one year, renewable each year.

• The cost of membership is currently £40 per year.
• If applying during a foundation course, your first membership fee is only £30.
• To become a member, please contact us at bb@menno.org.uk

Bridge Builders' Network Days

The series of Bridge Builders’ Network Days in 2010 is set out below. Please book with us now and note the dates in your diary. More detailed information on each day will be circulated by email only, nearer the event. Please ensure that we have your current e-mail address if you want to receive updates (and our new quarterly-ish e-newsletter). If you are not on email, please contact us for further information closer to the day.

WINTER 2010

21 January at the London Mennonite Centre, 9:45-4:15,
Mediation Process Review (Healing Strategies)

28 January at St Nic’s Church in Durham, 9:30-4:15,
The Power of Feelings*

28 January at Earlsdon Methodist Church in Coventry, 9:30-4:15,
Use of Gilmore-Fraleigh Style Profile

SPRING 2010

22 April at the London Mennonite Centre, 9:45-4:15,
Dealing with Difficult Behaviour

6 May at Church House in Manchester, 9:30-4:15,
The Power of Feelings*

6 May at South Parade Baptist Church in Leeds, 9:30-4:15,
Skills for Personal Confrontation*

20 May at Inverkeithing Baptist Church in Inverkeithing, 9:30-4:15,
Pre-mediation and Mediation Review

AUTUMN 2010

22 September in Durham, 9:30-4:15,
Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Practice

30 September at the London Mennonite Centre, 9:45-4:15,
Email Communication & Conflict in the Church

7 October in Coventry, 9:30-4:15,
Email Communication & Conflict in the Church

*Open days, i.e. open to people who’ve
not done Bridge Builders foundation
course – please invite your friends!

PDF Open Day Non-Network Member Booking Form

Programmes

The programme for each day will be determined closer to the event. We seek to respon to the feedback from participants on previous Network Days.

Cost and Cancellation

The fee is £20 for members of the Network and £50 for non-members – to be paid at the time of booking. The fee covers lunch and refreshments and all materials. Cheques should be made payable to “Bridge Builders”. Cancellations are accepted up to 10 days before the day without penalty. The full fee is owed if cancelling within 10 days of the day.

Registration

To register for any of the days, please send a cheque and covering note to Bridge Builders by post: there is no booking form. Your booking will not be processed without payment, so please send payment promptly.

PLEASE NOTE: There is limited availability at each venue, with places allocated on a first come, first served basis. You can sign up for any of the above dates now.