What we’re about
Want to meet new people? Have you lived in the area a while and want to try some different activities in different places?
Well here's the place to come! Activities include meals out, trips to the theatre, cinema nights, coffee mornings, trips to historic buildings and exploring the local towns! If you have a good idea for an activity let us know. Better still join our team of organisers and host one yourself. Smuggle some fun time into your life!
Group Rules
1) Your Profile
a) Please ensure that your ‘Profile Name’ includes your first name. The use of initials only, such as TC, BLT, JR, or similar, is not acceptable in this group. You can edit your Profile Name in 'Edit Profile' if needed.
b) Please ensure that your profile displays a recent photo of yourself alone that includes your face, head, and shoulders. Images of your pet, a cartoon, or a group photo (two persons or more) are not acceptable, as the Event Host and other members need to be able to identify you. You can change your photo in your profile ‘Settings’.
2) Membership and Event Fees
Currently there is no charge for being a member of this group. A Group Subscription charge is paid by the Group Organiser to ‘Meetup’ and they are not seeking to recover this through a membership fee at this time. A few of our events may however attract an Event Fee if the Event Organiser has incurred significant costs to host it. Should this be the case, this will be clearly stated in the event description. This fee will be in addition to any personal costs that an attendee may incur such as parking fees, and food and drink costs etc.
3) Reserving a Place at an Event
a) Only reserve a place on an event if you have a clear intention of attending it. If you are unsure whether you want to go, or may not be available, then please do not reserve a place until nearer the time of the event. If you require transport to get to an event then use the event 'Comments' to request this, stating your whereabouts. If you are fortunate enough to be offered a lift by another member, then please offer to contribute to their costs. Do not directly approach another member requesting a lift. Do not RSVP to the event until your transport has been confirmed. There is an option in Meetup to add an event to a list of 'Favourites', which enables you to have a record of an upcoming event without having had to commit to attending it.
b) Having identified an event that you wish to attend, select the event ‘Attend’ or RSVP button to reserve your place. Your status for the event will then be ‘Going’, unless the event is already full in which case you may be placed on a ‘Waitlist’. Persons on the ‘Waitlist’ will automatically have their event status updated to ‘Going’ if a vacancy appears, and you should receive a notification of this. Please note in some cases the Event Organiser may disable the ‘RSVP’ option until nearer the date of the event.
c) Some events may provide a member with the opportunity to bring 'guests' with them. Only persons who have not previously been a member of this group are permitted to attend with the member as a 'guest'. Anyone who has previously been a member of the group who wishes to attend must reapply and have their application approved before being permitted to attend an event. Please do not bring a guest to an event unless you have updated your RSVP to reflect this indicating how many guests you intend bringing, as to do otherwise could impact the event, especially where seating has been booked for a specific number. Please contact the Event Host if you are unsure about this. Members are responsible for the behaviour of their guests at the event.
d) Unforeseen situations arise, and if you have chosen to attend an event, or added yourself to a ‘Waitlist’, but something prevents you from attending, then select the ‘Edit RSVP’ button on the event and select the ‘Not Going’ option. If the event is less than 48 hours away, in addition to updating ‘Edit RSVP’, it is also courteous to use the ‘Comments’ feature on the event to leave a brief message regarding your non-attendance. If you have paid a deposit for the event, this may not be refundable.
The practice of members regularly reserving places on events and then changing their event status to ‘Not Going’, or not showing up at events when their event status is ‘Going’, is not welcomed. This inconveniences Event Organisers, and also has an impact on venues where the nature of the event has required the Event Organiser to provide confirmation to the venue of the number of attendees. Members are likely to be removed from the group if they have reserved places but withdraw from, or do not show up at, four (4) consecutive events, or their overall attendance record of events that they have initially reserved places on drops below 30%.
4) Event ‘Comments’
a) The Event ‘Comments’ feature should be used to request information about the advertised event, to provide short notice advice that you are no longer able to attend (also update via ‘edit RSVP’), request transport to an event, or should you wish to do so to make positive comments about the event after it has taken place.
b) Under no circumstances is the ‘Comments’ feature to be used to give criticism, advice, sarcasm, abuse, or to make any other remark that might be considered offensive, however humorous the intention.
c) Do not use ‘Comments’ to request alterations to any aspect of the event. The content of an event is the decision of the Event Organiser, and if you feel that any part of it does not accommodate your requirements then please refrain from attending the event or commenting on it.
d) Regardless of whether it relates to 'Meetup' or not, do not use 'Comments' to advertise items or services that are for sale, other groups or organisations, or other events or activities.
5) During the Event
a) You are responsible for your own safety and wellbeing throughout the event. The group accepts no responsibility for any injury or loss that you may incur while attending our events. You are attending the event as a like-minded person, and the Event Hosts and/or Event Organisers are to all intents and purposes another attendee at the event and they hold no legal responsibility for any difficulties that may arise during the event. If you or another attendee at an event becomes unwell please alert the Event Host immediately.
b) If you are attending a walk, always bring an adequate amount of water with you in a suitable drinking container.
c) You must adhere to government legislation at all times.
d) Ensure that you have with you the means to purchase any items or services that you may need during the event, including any that have been specified in the event description, such as Event Fees, food, drink, entry fees etc. Do not expect any other member of the group to fund any requirements that you have during the event.
e) Any person making comments at an event that are liable to cause offence will be warned of this behaviour by the Event Host. Should the warning be ignored, the Event Host may ask the person to leave the event.
f) By all means mention your interests when talking to others at events, but campaigning, haranguing and fulminating must be avoided. Discussions about politics and religion are strictly off-limits at all events.
g) Any actions that may be interpreted as an attempt to corral other members into joining alternative social groups, or to form a ‘clique’, will result in dismissal from this group.
h) If you have any concerns during the event, then please refer them to the Event Host.
6) After the Event
a) If you have any concerns after the event then please send a personal message to the Event Host in the first instance. If the Event Host has not been able to resolve the concerns to your satisfaction, please send a personal message to the Group Organiser who will do their best to resolve them.
b) If you enjoyed the event, and others that we host, then please mention our group to your friends.
7) General Etiquette and Safeguarding
a) Great effort is made by team to organise events and to ensure members enjoy being in this group. Members are expected to act in a manner that eases pressure on the Organisers. Any form of abuse aimed at the Organisers will lead to a member's instant dismissal and barring from the group.
b) Please act in a friendly manner towards other members, both at events or in communications outside of the events. You should not however harass, stalk, pester, or give any other form of unwanted attention to other members. This is not a dating site, it is a social group. It is important that all members can feel safe. We reserve the right to remove from our group any members who do not observe this. We also recommend that members report any such instances to Meetup. The following link refers:
https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001673631-Harassment-and-bullying-offline
Please note that while our team do everything possible to create a safe environment for our group's members, we are not responsible for experiences that members have in other Meetup groups.
