Calling all hosts – 4 September 2014 eat up
by George Julian
It’s that time of year again and we’re on the look out for hosts for our September eat-up. Our last eat-up in June saw 15 groups gather across the UK and since then we’ve had a one-off eat-up that coincided with the JSWEC Conference last month. We’ve also celebrated our first birthday!! Not that we did anything except blog about it – you can read it here, and it includes my take on the secret of our success!!
Anyhow, back to September. If you’d like to host on Thursday 4 September, it’s the same drills as always – please add a comment to this blog post, with your name, your co-host if you have one (we will crowdsource you one if you don’t), your suggested venue/location. The comments will be made public so don’t include your email address or anything you’d like kept private.
Our requirements are minimal. Ideally eat-ups start at the same time everywhere 19:30 (but you can alter this if you must, however the time was set in conjunction with previous attendees), we prefer it if no more than one of the two hosts have hosted before – this allows us to spread the host role and build capacity/a network of people who have hosted. We also ask that venues are accessible. You can read more detail here.
Please get sharing and volunteering. Please feel free to offer on twitter too but please do comment here so we have all offers in one place. Please also offer again even if you’ve mentioned it in passing to Matt or myself, because we both have brains like sieves and will have probably forgotten!
Once we have a number of hosts we’ll add the booking pages to eventbrite. It’s up to you then to do the promotion. Thank you curriers.
ps We will also have another stand alone Social Care Curry Club at NCASC this year in Manchester…..watch this space.
Hi Javeda Jafri & myself (Annie Manning) would like to host for Hertfordshire in Sep. javeda has a restaurant in mind, in Hemel. I will find out the name! Thanks
Thanks both, let us have venue details when you know them, George
Hemel is open for bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-care-curry-club-hemel-hempstead-tickets-12755356615
Hi – I’ll host Dundee. I’m sure Tim Kelly or Laura Garland will co-host. Will chase them now. We’ll go for Dil Se Restaurant again.
Ace, thanks Jon.
Hi, myself (Angharad Pike) and Hilary Hubbard would like to host in Hampshire for 4th Sept, but no idea what we do next!
Hi Angharad, you can read more here https://socialcarecurryclub.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/what-does-a-social-care-curry-club-host-do/ essentially you pick and book a venue and location, let us have details and then we’ll add all eat-ups to eventbrite closer to time and you promote locally. Have a read of that post and let me know if you need to know any more, George
Hello! All done – we are in. We are hosting at Kuti’s Brasserie, 39 Oxford Street, Southampton Hampshire SO14 3DP. We provisionally booked for 25 people as we just dont know if its going to work, but they will happily take more, and to make it easy we have booked the buffet so something for everyone and nice easy £15.95 a head. Looking forward to it!
Southampton is open for bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-care-curry-club-southampton-tickets-12755188111 thank you
Hi , I would like to host the social curry club on Sept 4th in Derby at the Slice of India , Mansfield Road .It is the same venue we used last time It is that time of the year again, join us for an evening of authentic Indian curry and a chit chat at the Slice of India , Mansfields Road ,Derby on the 4th of September from 6.30 pm onwards at the cost of £ 12 .00 a head!! An amazing array of dishes to sample and an informal chat… getting to know like minded colleagues …trying to bring about a positive change in the work that we all do !!…
Great, thanks Simran. Derby is open for bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-care-curry-club-derby-tickets-12755811977
Fiona Munro and myself (aided and abetted by others) would lie to host a Glasgow version at The Dhabba, Candleriggs Fiona has a special relationship with them so I’m sure she’ll be able to broker a great deal…
Glasgow is open for bookings https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-care-curry-club-glasgow-tickets-12755276375
Hi, I’m definitely up for hosting in Bradford. Just trying to arrange co-host (shouldn’t be a problem!).
However……I’m away 16-27 Aug……would it be best to book the venue before then sort out rest if arrangements when I get back?
Jen
Hi there, really sorry….I’ve got a children’s care issue and as I’ve not got s co-host yet im going to have to say at the moment I can’t host in Bradford. 😦
Will see if I can sort it out when I get back.
Jen
Hi – prob too late but as I can’t see a night in suffolk if a cohost is out there for Ipswich will do at the maharani….
Shall we stick it up on eventbrite and see if there’s any interest? 7pm kick off ok?