Getting to the Friends Meeting House
The Friends’ Meeting House is a lovely, historic building in the centre of town, less than a mile from Brighton train station. It is also close to many bus routes (your nearest stop will be on North Street, the Clock Tower, the Old Steine or Churchill Square where most Brighton buses go). If you are driving, there is no on street parking nearby, but there is a (quite expensive) car park very close by (Lanes car park, Black Lion St, Brighton, BN1 1ND).
Below is a photo of the Friends’ Meeting House. When you arrive through the main door, we will ask you for your name so that we can tick you off on the register. We will also offer you a name badge.
We recommend arriving at the start of the time window for registering (at 9am, or very soon after) if you have a specific seating requirement.
This is a neurodiversity friendly conference. If you have a sensitivity to sound, we recommend sitting either at the back of the main room or on the upper balcony level. Alternatively, if you would like to sit closer to the front, please feel free to bring your noise cancelling headphones or loop ear plugs with you. Please also feel free to bring along any stim/fidget toys that don’t make a sound. If you find it difficult to sit still for long periods and would like to be able stand whenever needed during the talks, we will direct you to the back row of the upper balcony level. Please arrive at the start of the time window for registering (at 9am, or very soon after) to secure one of these seats
Main meeting room
Below is a photo of the meeting room at the Friends Meeting House, where all of the talks and one of the workshops will take place. There is also an upper balcony area behind this where you can sit.
After registering, please leave something non-valuable on your chosen seat. And you can then either head to the café area (through the front left door of the main meeting room), the Lecture Room or the garden until just before the conference starts, at 9.30am.
There is a café and lecture room available for your use during the break and lunch times. Here are photos of the café and lecture room at the Friends Meeting House.
There is also a quiet room available for your use during lunch and break times. Here is a photo of the quiet room. You are welcome to eat and drink in here, but please be careful, as this room has a new carpet.
Workshops
Here is where the six workshops will be taking place.
Workshop A) Permission for pleasure and delight as a compassionate response, will be taking place in the lecture room (8.1m x 5.7m) on the ground floor:
Workshop B) Honouring Grief – the eight-week breathworks model, will be taking place in room 3 (5.7m x 4.2m) on the 2nd floor (accessible via stairs):
Workshop C) Kirtan workshop, will be taking place in the quiet room (5.9m x 3.7m) on the ground floor:
Workshop D) Finding light in the dark: Using mindfulness to reconnect with positive emotion and build wellbeing in depression, will be taking place in the main meeting room (11.1m x 8.7m) on the ground floor:
Workshop E) The mindfulness of poetry, will be taking place in room 6 (5.7m x 3.6m) on the 1st floor (accessible via stairs):
Workshop F) Opening to joy and greater ease through the feel of things will be taking place in room 2 (5.7m x 3.6m) on the 2nd floor (accessible via stairs):
Click here to the main conference page the conference, the keynote speakers and how to book here.