Brief outline of the day

Objectives

 - To have fun, connect, share concerns and generate a sense of solidarity. To explore how may we work together to help our organisations survive the next year.
 - To generate useful discussions - as determined by the members - and actions points for members and the BFT staff team
 - To introduce new project leader, their vision and allow them to get to know the groups
 - To meet, face to face, the growing number of members from the South-West. This would be a good opportunity to foster those regional connections.  

10am Arrival, tea and coffee

10.30 Instruction to the day and warm up

11.15 Matchmaking – have a burning question to ask another Better Food Trader? An opportunity to talk to a number of hosts on a range of topics.

1.15 LUNCH

2.15 Open Space “What do we need to do (together as an alternative food retail movement, and as individual members) to survive the next year?”

4.30 CLOSE

Covid considerations: we will follow government advice but will also provide hand sanitiser and encourage people to bring masks if they want to use them.