HOSTED BY The Avenue Cookery School

Join this fun Ice Cream Class to learn how to make this classic sweet treat at home! This class will teach you how to create 7 different types of ice cream, including some delicious toppings and sauces.

The class will begin with a short demonstration on the ice creams you will be creating. Then (in pairs) it will be over to you to create these marvellous treats!

While the ice-creams are churning, another demonstration will take place on no-churn ice creams. These will be pre-made and ready to taste. We will be explaining how to add flavour and creativity to the basic vanilla ice cream, as well as some useful tips and tricks!

At the end of the class it will be time to taste all your delicious creations with a topping of your choice! You will go home with full bellies and an ice cream in hand- yum!

What to expect?

Ice Cream Class Menu

• Lemon Sorbet (made by you)

• Custard Base Vanilla Ice Cream (made by you)

• Cornflour Thickened Vanilla Ice Cream (made by you)

• Quick Vanilla Ice Cream (made by you)

• White Chocolate & Raspberry Parfait (demonstrated only)

• Grapefruit & Gin Granita (demonstrated only)

• Honeycomb Ice Cream (demonstrated only)

• Salted Caramel Sauce (demonstrated only)

• Raspberry Syrup (demonstrated only)

• Pistachio Butter(demonstrated only)

• Oreo Crumb (demonstrated only)

Date:  15th July 2019

Location:  13 Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1FZ

Investment: £65 per person

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HOSTED BY The Avenue Cookery School

Love a hearty Brunch, but short of eggless ideas?! Come and join this Vegan Brunch Club with Bottomless Bellini’s and learn how to make the ultimate Vegan brunch, that might even beat a normal one!

What to expect?

You will learn how to cook up a 3-course meal filled with new vegan ideas and tips!

Greeted with a drink, you will sit down and watch a demonstration on what you will be cooking. You will then get to make the dish yourselves before dining round our table with new and old friends.

Brunch Club Menu

• Bottomless Bellini’s

• French Toast with Smokey Aubergine Bacon, Berries and Maple Syrup

• Homemade Granola (to take home)

What We Offer

• Fun and upbeat classes

• Recipe booklet to take home

• Everything provided including bottomless bellini’s

Skills Acquired

• Making 3 delicious Vegan Brunch dishes 

• Time management

• Table setting and much more…

The Merit Club members receive and exclusive 10% discount of this class.

Date:  15th June 2019

Location:  13 Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1FZ

Investment: £44.10 per person (£4.90 savings)

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HOSTED BY The Avenue Cookery School

Love a hearty Brunch, but short of eggless ideas?! Come and join this Vegan Brunch Club with Bottomless Bellini’s and learn how to make the ultimate Vegan brunch, that might even beat a normal one!

What to expect?

You will learn how to cook up a 3-course meal filled with new vegan ideas and tips!

Greeted with a drink, you will sit down and watch a demonstration on what you will be cooking. You will then get to make the dish yourselves before dining round our table with new and old friends.

Brunch Club Menu

• Bottomless Bellini’s

• French Toast with Smokey Aubergine Bacon, Berries and Maple Syrup

• Homemade Granola (to take home)

What We Offer

• Fun and upbeat classes

• Recipe booklet to take home

• Everything provided including bottomless bellini’s

Skills Acquired

• Making 3 delicious Vegan Brunch dishes 

• Time management

• Table setting and much more…

The Merit Club members receive and exclusive 10% discount of this class.

Date:  1st June 2019

Location:  13 Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1FZ

Investment: £44.50 per person

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HOSTED BY The School of Life

One of the most extraordinary and yet quietly routine assumptions of our age is that we should be able to find work that we can not only tolerate for the money, but profoundly appreciate - work with a high degree of purpose, camaraderie and creativity. We see nothing strange in the remarkable notion that we should try to find a job we love.

This one-day workshop insists that, in order to stand any chance of honouring our desire for meaningful employment, we will need to lavish concentrated brain power, time and imagination on its underlying complexities.

What to expect?

We examine how our expectations about a ‘good job’ were formed. We probe whether these are grounded in reality, and consider a helpful alternate notion of ‘good enough’ work to guide our ambitions. We finish up by considering some of the downsides of all jobs, even those we consider the most fulfilling.

Our culture has set us a devilish problem: promising us that fulfilling jobs exist while, at the same time, leaving us woefully unprepared for how to discover our own aptitudes and appetites. The purpose of this day is to help to correct an epochal problem which quietly gnaws at our lives and tramples upon our legitimate hopes. We come away better able to understand our talents and to move forward using the opportunities that are open to us.

This one day workshop brings together the best of The School of Life’s Work curriculum into a single high intensity session. You can explore our full curriculum here.

(Please be aware, Finding a Fulfilling Job contains material from the following individual classes: How to Identify Your Career Potential, How to Fail, and How to Be Confident).

Date:  19th May 2019

Location:  The School of Life 70 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AB

Investment: £150 per person

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HOSTED BY The Guardian

Learn how to lessen the power of your inner critic, feel more confident, fulfil your potential and increase your resilience in this encouraging evening class.

Most of us are guilty of being harder on ourselves than we are on others. The things our inner critic tells us about our progress and worth are things we would never say to a friend - and this can have devastating effects on our personal and professional development. We are living in an epidemic of self-criticism; everyone suffers with it, even very successful people.

If you want to fulfil your potential and learn how to realise your self-worth, you will need to battle your inner critic - but this can be a daunting task; how do you shut off that negative voice?

Enter leading life coach Fiona Buckland, who has worked with organisations including the School of Life, the United Nations, Google and many more. In her evening class, she will show you how to break the vicious cycle of self-doubt and setbacks, providing you with skills and techniques that you can integrate into your everyday life.

You will come away feeling confident in your abilities to reduce the power of your inner critic, diminish negative self-talk, and with an increased connection to those inner resources that energise and inspire you into positive action - even in challenging times. You will also learn how to be more present, to notice your habits of negative thinking, and how to take action with courage and compassion so that you can be more positive, effective, resilient and successful in every aspect of your life.

Date:  1st May 2019

Location:  The Guardian, Kings Place , 90 York Way  N1 9GU London

Investment: £49 per person

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HOSTED BY The School of Life

We expect love to be the source of our greatest joys. But it is also, of course, one of the most reliable routes to misery. Few forms of suffering are as intense as those we experience in relationships. Viewed from the outside, love could be mistaken for a practice focused almost entirely on the generation of despair.

The problems begin because, despite all the statistics, we continue to think of love as an enthusiasm, rather than a skill that can be learnt. One of the gravest errors we make around relationships is to imagine that they aren’t things we can get wiser or better at.

In fact, as in all areas, we can improve how good we are at loving another person, which is what this one-day workshop will help us to do. It will teach us to understand why we are all, in our different ways, tricky to be around and prone to sabotage love.

When difficulties strike in relationships, we often fall prey to the idea that it is the other person’s fault. The sadness must be someone’s fault: and, naturally enough, we conclude that the blame has to lie with our partner. We avoid the far truer, darker yet gentler possibility that this one-day workshop will help us to perceive: that we are trying to do something very difficult, which we need to learn to get better at.

Together, we bury the Romantic intuition-based view of relationships and learn to practice and rehearse our skills at love.

What to expect?

In Making Relationships Last we will learn:

• That it is normal for love and sex to have a complex connection, and that they may not always belong together.

• That we are all rather flawed, and accepting this can increase the amount of tolerance and generosity in circulation.

• That we will never find everything we need in another person, nor they in us - not because of these flaws, but because human nature makes this impossible.

• That we need to make immense efforts to understand one another.

• That intuition alone can’t get us to where we need to go.

In most relationships, we are trying to do something enormously difficult without the bare minimum of support necessary. It is not surprising that – very often – we have troubles. In this intensive day of study, we learn how to acquire skills and attitudes that can lead to a new, more hopeful future for love.

This one-day workshop brings together the best of The School of Life’s Love curriculum into a single high intensity session. You can explore our full curriculum here.

Date:  28th April 2019

Location:  The School of Life 70 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AB

Investment: £150 per person

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HOSTED BY The Avenue Cookery School

Love a hearty Brunch, but short of eggless ideas?! Come and join this Vegan Brunch Club with Bottomless Bellini’s and learn how to make the ultimate Vegan brunch, that might even beat a normal one!

What to expect?

You will learn how to cook up a 3-course meal filled with new vegan ideas and tips!

Greeted with a drink, you will sit down and watch a demonstration on what you will be cooking. You will then get to make the dish yourselves before dining round our table with new and old friends.

Brunch Club Menu

• Bottomless Bellini’s

• French Toast with Smokey Aubergine Bacon, Berries and Maple Syrup

• Homemade Granola (to take home)

What We Offer

• Fun and upbeat classes

• Recipe booklet to take home

• Everything provided including bottomless bellini’s

Skills Acquired

• Making 3 delicious Vegan Brunch dishes 

• Time management

• Table setting and much more…

The Merit Club members receive and exclusive 10% discount of this class.

Date:  20th April 2019

Location:  13 Enterprise Way, Wandsworth, London, SW18 1FZ

Investment: £44.10 per person (£4.90 savings)

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HOSTED BY The School of Life

Emotional Intelligence is the quality that enables us to negotiate with patience, insight and temperance, the central problems in our relationships with others and with ourselves. It can manifest in partnerships as a sensitivity to the moods of others, a readiness to grasp what may be going on for them beyond the surface, and to enter imaginatively into their point of view. It shows up in relation to ourselves when it comes to dealing with anger, envy, anxiety and professional confusion. Emotional intelligence is what distinguishes those who are crushed by failure from those who know how to greet the troubles of existence with a melancholic and at points darkly humorous resilience.

What to expect?

This one-day workshop is designed to equip us with the core skills of Emotional Intelligence. We learn:

• Why our minds have a hard time understanding themselves.

• How to map and understand our anxieties.

• How to make sense of the hurts and resentments we carry.

• How and why we characteristically respond to frustration.

• How much we like ourselves.

• How easily we trust others.

• What our true identities are.

Emotional maturity doesn’t have to remain a vague pipe dream. It is, when we approach it more closely, reached by a number of coherent steps and insights that can move us beyond our habitual state. To develop emotionally involves:

• Learning to understand and sympathise with ourselves.

• Taking proper stock of our childhood influences.

• Communicating our flaws and eccentricities to others in good time.

• Interpreting others beyond what they have directly said to us.

• Recognising the hard edges of reality without being destroyed by them.

• Accepting our needs for consolation and assistance.

• Achieving a necessary degree of confidence.

• Being able to detach ourselves from turmoil and take pleasure in local circumstances.

• Knowing how to fruitfully despair without giving up on existence.

This one-day workshop brings together the best of The School of Life’s Self curriculum into a single high intensity session. You can explore our full curriculum here.

(Please be aware, Improving Your Emotional Intelligence contains material from the following individual classes: How to Develop Self-Knowledge and How to Be Sociable).

Date:  7th April 2019

Location:  The School of Life 70 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AB

Investment: £150 per person

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HOSTED BY Andrea Bond - Therapies & Wellness

Andrea Bond runs a small group for Women's Wellness, where ladies can come and relax and talk in a quiet and friendly environment

These workshops are for women who suffer from anxiety in any form, and who would like to learn some techniques to help with anxiety and mix with other like-minded people.

What to expect?

Coffees, Teas and biscuits will be served and a cosy private and friendly environment .

The workshop will finish with a Relaxation and Mindfulness session.

* (If you are currently seeking medical help, please check with your Doctor/Therapist before enrolling.)

FAQs

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

Minimum age 18

What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?

There are a couple of private parking spaces. There is also street parking

What can I bring into the event?

A bottle of water and a mat

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Email: info@andreabond.co.uk

Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?

Not unless you give the organiser at least 7 days notice in advance of the class.

Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

Please inform the organiser if the Ticket name is not the same as the person attending. This can be done by text or email: Text 07779619546 Email: info@andreabond.co.uk

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Date:  Saturday 9 March 2019, 14:30 – 16:00

Location:  17 Hearsall Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 7DD

Investment: £20.00 + £1.55 FEE

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HOSTED BY The Wesley Euston Hotel & Conference Venue

The most anticipated relationship intensive you’ve been asking for is now here!

Are you ready to find out exactly how to live in a world of healthy, exciting, passionate, honest, deep, intimate, fun, connected, trusting, authentic and loving relationships?

What to expect?

Whether you are married, single, complicated, confused or all the above, this is for you. Relationships are flowing and dynamic - there is always more to learn and places inside you and your relationship to grow.

Your VIP Package

The VIP Session is for those who want to take their learning even deeper by spending more time with Faisal & Anna. This is your opportunity to get REAL CLARITY before you leave for the day.

You will receive:

• 2 hours EXTRA time with Faisal & Anna to more deeply answer the questions that have some up from the day

• LIVE coaching and individual support within the group

• Deeper immersion into your SPECIFIC relationship issues, where you will leave with even greater clarity

• Practical and cognitive exercises

Date:  Sat, 9 March 2019, 09:00 – 18:00 GMT

Location: The Wesley Euston Hotel & Conference Venue, 81-103 Euston Street, London, NW1 2EZ

Investment:  £297 – £397

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HOSTED BY The Guardian

Learn how to build a successful career if you're not the person who shouts the loudest in this practical masterclass with personal branding consultant Richard Etienne.

Do you find yourself overlooked at your workplace? Do you get overwhelmed by job interviews? Does it sometimes seem like those who make the most noise are the most successful?

What to expect?

Branding consultant Richard Etienne will teach you helpful ways to build a strong personal brand as an introvert, including tips on how to get over the fear of networking, become more assertive and use online communication to your advantage.

You will unlearn what you know about introverts in the professional world and acquire tools to help you succeed and build your self-esteem.

Content

• Speaking up about your accomplishments

• Working in and managing a team of mixed personalities

• Sharing your ideas

• Making the internet your friend

• Creating personally beneficial relationships

• How to go easy on yourself

• The world is your stage, therefore rehearse

• Daily exercises and rituals

This course is for you if...

• you consider yourself introverted 

• you want to become bolder in your professional life

• you are about to change careers or enter the professional workplace for the first time 

• you manage a team and wish to identify with and develop introverts

Date:  Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location:  The Guardian
Kings Place 
90 York Way 
N1 9GU London
United Kingdom

Investment:  £99.00 + £5.11 fee

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HOSTED BY House of Togetherness

What are the elements and practices that will create for us the most fulfilling and connected sexual experiences?

Jamie Catto has been teaching couples and singles the most efficient, down-to-earth and yet irreverent tools to unlock the safest and most enjoyable routes to more intimate, satisfying and easeful adventures in the bedroom .

What to expect?

Hot and cold drinks and light savoury and sweet snacks will be available on the night.

Doors open 6:30pm

Workshop begins 7:00pm

Workshop ends 9:00pm

Socialising 9-9:30pm

Close 9:30pm

Date: Fri, 22 February 2019, 18:30 – 21:30

Location:  House of Togetherness, 14-16 Betterton St, London, WC2H 9BU

Investment: £25 each or £20 each when purchased with a friend.

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HOSTED BY LONDON CONTINENTAL HOTEL

Imagine how your life would be like if you loved yourself deeply?

During this Healing Meditation, you will be guided to release anything that no longer serve you, heal on all levels before awakening and expanding self-love in your heart

What to expect?

Please note the following instructions by the organiser:

1. ARRIVAL

Please arrive 10 mins before the start of the session. We start at 6.30pm sharp so please arrive no later than 6.20pm.

2. INTRODUCTION

We'll do a group introduction, so we can get to know one another a little bit more

3. GUIDED MEDITATION S

This session is focused on healing you on all levels so you can love yourself deeply, and live a more fulfilled life.

I will guide you through different meditations:

- Chakra healing

- Deep healing on all levels

- Self-love

I will also play in the background subliminal affirmations that I have created myself about self-love to awaken the love in your heart fully, you can discover more about them here lifemasteryhub.com/subliminal-meditations

I will bring the energy of Reiki and Sekhem into the room during the session to facilitate healing and changes.

5. GROUNDING

We'll ground ourselves back into our body before sharing our experiences

6. EXPERIENCE SHARES

At the end of the session, feel free to share your experiences with the group

WHAT SHOULD I BRING FOR THE SESSION?

A duvet to keep you warm

A cushion (you may need one if you want to lie down during the session)

Please note, there's no obligation to bring these items but they will make your experience more comfortable.

Date: 22 Feb 2019, 18:30 – 21:30

Location: London Continental Hotel, 88 Gloucester Pl, Marylebone, London W1U, UK

Investment: £20

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HOSTED BY Waterstones 

Bitch Lit is a monthly book club devoted to new feminist writing and cult classics by women.

The discussion on 7th February will be held on  Nell Dunn’s Talking To Women – a series of in-depth, far-ranging interviews with women – which was recently reissued by Silver Press. 

What to expect?

Waterstones promises an irreverent, fun discussion, which will be will be led by Waterstones Gower Street's Elizabeth Morris and literary critic Lucy Schole.

Date: Thursday 7th February 18:30

Location: Waterstones London - Gower Street , 82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ

Investment: Tickets are £8/6 (students) and include a glass of wine or soft drink. Books for next month's Bitch Lit will be on sale. 

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HOSTED BY Coffee, Cake & Kisses

A conversation on connections between law and sex. 

The discussion will revolve around themes that may stray across consent, family law and its obsession with sex, sexbots, the disruptive power of sex in legal and academic practice, ethics, philosophy and sex.

What to expect?

The conversationalists will be Victoria Brooks and Marc Mason.

Victoria is a writer and researcher on ethics and sexuality. She is interested in sex generally, but particularly in relation to identity, female sexuality, sexbotics, and making philosophy sexier.

Her book Fucking Law: the search for her sexual ethics is out in June 2019 for Zero Books. It can be pre-ordered here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Fucking-Law-search-sexual-ethics/dp/1789040671

Marc is an academic whose research looks at barristers: he's most interested right now in a project looking at how LGBTQ+ barristers work with their identities and sexualities.

He also used to be a family barrister and is intersted in exploring further the way that law manages to worry really quite a lot about sex.

Cake, hot and soft drinks will be available from the venue. BYO is allowed; corkage applies.

Date:  Wed, 6 February 2019

Location:  Coffee, Cake & Kisses, 54 Warren Street, London, W1T 5NN

Investment: £5 in advance, £7 on the door

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HOSTED BY Dr. Kathrine Bejanyan

Kathrine’s mission is to demystify relationships and help people connect with themselves and their partners in a genuine, authentic way. 

A very direct, practical and rational seminar aimed at helping women understand male psychology, creating attraction and developing a successful relationship, without a lot of colourful fluff.

What to expect?

Areas to be covered:

• Understanding male psychology and how to create attraction in a relationship with the right guy

• Understanding how to create genuine love in a relationship and not just settle for “sparks” without the substance

• Why women are attracted to cocky or domineering men (but may say they want a “nice guy”)

• Why women can feel bored or lack sexual desire/attraction for a nice guy

• Where women go wrong in dating and relationships that lead to the wrong outcomes

• Why women’s empowerment messages can sometimes have the opposite effect on relationships

• How believing in the fairy book romance is actually keeping you from getting a healthy and successful relationship

Date: Saturday 2 February 2019, 10:00 – 16:00

Location:  Central London, London, WC2N 5DU

Investment: £250

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY Rise London

When you’re self-employed doing the accounts is an essential part of the job, but it can very easily get pushed to the side because…. well it all seems a bit complicated.

When you’re self-employed doing the accounts is an essential part of the job, but it can very easily get pushed to the side because…. well it all seems a bit complicated.

Tax bills, due dates, do you charge VAT, how much should you be paying yourself, IR35, deductibility of expenses ahh it’s enough to make any freelancer slowly scan the permanent job section. But the good news is She’s on the Money has you covered. Its experts are going to look at the most common mistakes that most freelancers/small business owners make and how you can avoid making them.

What to expect?

The event will feature some fantastic speakers from Accounts and Legal, Multiple and Xero plus more to be announced shortly. They will also cover:

Sole trader v Limited

• Discuss pros and cons

• How to set up each (brief)

• What is a tax/financial year for each route (sole trader/limited)

• What are the legal obligations for each route (what needs to be submitted where and when)

• What taxes do you have to pay and when

• The most tax efficient way of withdrawing money from a business

• VAT implications – pros and cons (VAT MOSS)

Deductibility of expenses

• Basic principles

• Trap of entertainment

• Use of home

• Allowances

IR35 – super important for freelancers
Insurance

• Legal obligations

• Benefits – other than ‘peace of mind’!

Trademark
Benefits of putting money into Pension scheme - tax reliefs
Do I /why do I need an Accountant?

Date:  Tue 22 January 2019

18:30 – 21:00 GMT

Location:  Rise London

41 Luke Street

London

EC2A 4AR

Investment:  £16.58

Please note, this event is not organised by The Merit Club

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY The British Library

Learn how to brand your business without breaking the bank!

If you're a business or a charity with a great idea, there are some fundamental ways to tell your story on a budget and get your brand noticed. Join branding experts Michael Murdoch and Robbie Dale to discover the top tips and tricks to help an audience fall in love with your business.

Branding tells your story; it's not just about a pretty logo! It's about the bigger thinking around the organization. With a brand you can trust and believe in, any business can thrive.

What to expect?

In this workshop you'll learn:

- How to test and validate your ideas about your brand

- How to write your Brand Positioning Statements and understand your 'why'

- How to name your business or product and help it stand out

- How to create your Value Proposition and present it clearly and succinctly

- How to bring your brand to life through identity, colour, fonts, images and illustrations

- How to create your Brand Guidelines

Date: Tue, January 22, 2019

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM GMT

Location:  Business & IP Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Investment: £22.50 – £145

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY Georgian House Hotel

Avocado Social’s one day Social Media Workshop for Business is perfect for founders, marketing managers and consultants of growing businesses who are keen to improve their existing understanding of how to use social media to grow their brand.

By the end of this workshop you will feel confident in putting together an effective social media strategy for your brand and know how to use the tools and techniques needed to continue to grow your social media communities.

What to expect?

• Understand how the Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram algorithms work & how this should inform your social media strategy
• Learn how to create and curate effective content
• Discover the best apps and scheduling tools to help you manage social media effectively
• Learn key community building tactics including hashtags and influencer partnerships
• Find out about how Facebook and Instagram advertising works and how you can get the most from your advertising budget
• Learn how to measure your activity and build a meaningful report

Class size is strictly limited to 10 people

A relaxed networking buffet lunch, courtesy of the Georgian House Hotel, is included in the cost of this workshop.

Date: Fri 18 January 2019

10:00 – 16:00 GMT

Location:  Georgian House Hotel

35 - 39 St George's Dr, Pimlico, London, SW1V 4DG

Investment: £249

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY Louisa MacInnes And Katrina Clark

A one day, women-only workshop led by two leading Sex and Relationship Coaches and Certified Bodyworkers, Louisa MacInnes and Katrina Clark.

A gentle introduction to the foundations of conscious sexuality, overcoming shame and learning to live from a place of authenticity, joy and pleasure.

What to expect?

This one day women-only workshop will give you the tools to

- Get out of your head, and into your body

- Identify what you want, and how to ask for it

- Release confusion about your authentic sexual expression

- Start feeling, and start living with the sexual vitality that is your birthright!

Date:  Sat, January 12, 2019, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Location:  Drummond Street. London, NW1

Investment:  £85

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY London Regus

Are you lacking confidence when it comes to understanding financial terminology – P&L, accrual, EBIT, bottom line, revenue, dividends etc

Delegates will learn skills relating to understand the terminology, realise the need to know the cost of things, how the business runs day to day, month to month, quarter to quarter and then year to year.

What to expect?

• Understand financial terminology or jargon

• Recognise the benefits and importance of understanding budgets within your organisation

• Gain awareness of the true costs of a project, team or department

• Recognise how your organisation measures financial performance

• Use management accounting techniques such as costing, cash flow and budgeting, to help forecast performance, support decision making and manage budgets.

• Implement your learns into managing a budget scenario and make a decision with justification

Date:  Wed 9 January 2019, 09:30 – 16:30

Location:  London Regus, 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5BW

Investment:  £511.79

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY Good Housekeeping Institute

Master the art of these notoriously tricky French delights with the Good Housekeeping Triple-Tested method.

You will learn how to make an Italian meringue, guaranteeing perfectly smooth shells and the much desired ruffled feet.

What to expect?

The course includes practical tuition from GHI cooks, recipes and ingredients, plus refreshments. Aprons and cooking equipment are provided for you to use on the day.

All food produced during the course is yours to take home.

Date: 8th January 2019, 9:00am–12:00pm

Location:  Good Housekeeping Institute, 21-25 St Anne’s Court, London, W1F 0BJ

Investment: £90

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY THE PSYCHEDELIC SOCIETY

Dancing Freedom is a facilitated movement meditation dance practice accompanied by sumptuous and inspiring music. It's a place to feel who you are rather think who you are. To feel your true heart's expression by simply moving your body. To dance freely, waking up the energy in our body is to remember that we are intrinsically part of and connected to the natural world.

What to expect?

Dancing Freedom works with the five elements, (earth, water, fire, air and ether) to inspire the tangible relationship between the natural world and the body's natural rhythm and beauty. Sophie mixes using musicians artistry from many different genres and cultures that speak to the human heart and soul, to earth, fire, air and water! The practice is open to all.

About Your Teacher Sophie

“I am dedicated to facilitating dance spaces where people can become more awake to their life's passion. I am a Yoga teacher, Dancing Freedom facilitator and DJ. I have danced, free of self consciousness, all my life and that's because I started as a little one to help me through life challenges. I am passionate about music and how it moves the body to release tension held inside, encouraging a greater sense self worth where life's dreams can be made reality.

I currently hold a regular Dancing Freedom community in Frome, Somerset, as well as DJing for conscious dance nights, Ecstatic Dance events, festivals and retreats.”

Date: Friday 16th November, 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Location: 8 Mackintosh Lane, London, E9 6AE

Investment: £16.76

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.

HOSTED BY THE HOXTON HOLBORN

Refinery29 – the women's media powerhouse and home of the famous Money Diaries series – is joining The Hoxton for two very special events on modern personal finance.

What to expect?

Join their Health and Living Editor Jess Commons and other experts as they tackle tricky money topics and answer the most pressing cash questions you have.

In this second instalment of the series, they’ll be talking salaries: how to find out how much you're worth, destroying the gender pay gap, and asking for more.

Date: Tuesday 13th November, 6.30pm - 9.00pm

Location: The Hoxton, Holborn, 199-206 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BD

Investment: £7.00

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The Merit Club assumes no responsibility for third party products or services. Your dealings with any third parties mentioned on or found through The Merit Club's website are solely between you and any such third party and are subject to any terms, conditions, privacy policies, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. Your use of a third party site is at your sole risk and, as set forth above, without warranties or legal liability of any kind on the part of The Merit Club.