TBBWI – March 2023 Meeting Minutes

Record of the main Meeting held at South Weald Parish Hall at 8pm on Wednesday 15th March, 2023

The President welcomed 71 members this month plus 5 guests and our guest speaker for the evening, Natalie Fernando, from Wellness Counseling Ltd.

The record of the previous meeting was taken as read and signed.

Notices were given as follows:-

-Members were reminded to park considerately so as not to block the rear access.
– Future trips are planned to The Mosque at Regent’s Park and Eltham Palace.
– No Thirsty Thursdays in April due to it falling close to Easter.
– The Neuro-divergent group will meet on Tuesday as planned but future dates won’t clash with book group.
– For this year’s Brentwood Art Trail, members are asked to take a photo of ‘hidden gems’ in and around Brentwood. Initially photos should be uploaded onto Shooting Stars.

Next month will be our AGM with Pudding Club.

The President spoke of housekeeping.

The President formally welcomed Natalie Fernando who gave a little information about her background before explaining how life coaching works. Natalie gave lots of practical examples and shared planning tools with us to help us reach our own personal goals. She stressed the need for us to identify feelings and to separate these from thoughts when attempting goal setting.

The challenge cup this month was to share a favourite inspirational quote and Natalie chose her three favourites. The winners were as follows:-
Jess F. – 4 points, Marion T. – 3 points and Tricia D. – 2 points. All other entrants were awarded a point each.

Members enjoyed some social time over tea, coffee and cake.

We had our regular collection for the foodbank and our book library and, this month, Easter eggs to be donated to Changing Pathways. Craft items were also collected for our stall at Spring Group.

The President thanked everyone for coming and the meeting closed at 10pm.