Date
Time
Topic
Location
2016 9 events on EU: In or Out?
2016 Monthly events, not all individually listed De Koffie Pot. Hereford
10th Nov 2016 19:00 – 21:00 Crisis in Democracy? Exeter Global Centre
2017 5 events on Immigration: Can we find a consensus on Britain’s Immigration Policy?
3rd May 2017 19:30 – 21:30 Nanomedicine: is small really beautiful? De Koffie Pot. Hereford
5th July 2017 19:30 – 21:30 Devolution De Koffie Pot. Hereford
8th Feb 2018 14:00 – 16:00 Health and Social Care GP Trainers Day, Warwick
27th February 2018 19:30 – 22:00 Health & Social Care; jointly with Thinking Box 1 Beaconsfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RD
7th March 2018 19:30 – 21:30 Health & Social Care Hereford
10th March 2018 13:30 – 16:00 Health & Social Care Liverpool WEA
5th May 2018 10:30 – 12:30 More Power to the People? Scunthorpe WEA
12th May 2018 13:30 – 16:00 Driverless Cars Liverpool WEA
9th June 2018 13:30 – 16:00 Inter-generational Justice Liverpool WEA
28th June 2018 11.00 – 13.00 Driverless cars Polish Millennium House, Birmingham
4th July 2018 19.30 – 21.30 How Should Britain Be Run? Left Bank, Hereford
5th July 2018 14:00 – 15.30 Driverless Cars Hounslow U3A
9th August 2018 14:30 – 16:00 Driverless cars Wetherby U3A, St James’ Church Rooms Wetherby
13th Sept 2018 tbd Driverless cars Wirral U3A
3rd Oct 2018 19.30 – 21.30 Driverless cars Left Bank, Hereford
20th Oct 2018 13:30 – 16:00 Renewing Democracy Liverpool WEA
3rd Nov 2018 14.30 – 15.45 Driverless cars Scientists for Global Responsibility, London
8th Nov 2018 13.45- 14.30 Driverless cars Hereford Cathedral School
24th Nov 2018 13:30 – 16:00 Citizens Basic Income Liverpool WEA
28th Nov 2018 14.30 – 16:00 Driverless cars Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford
29th Nov 2018 18:00 – 21:00 How should Britain be run? Grimsby Neighbourhood Centre DN32 7JW
9th Jan 2019 19.30 – 21.30 Funding Social Care De Koffie Pot. Hereford
6 Feb 2019 19.30 – 21.30 Why facts don’t convince people and exploring our relationship with money De Koffie Pot, Hereford
19 Feb 2019 14:30 – 16:30 Funding Social Care YMCA White House, The Avenue, Hampton
6 Mar 2019 19.30 – 21.30 Visioning for Herefordshire De Koffie Pot, Hereford
3 Apr 2019 19.30 – 21.30 Reviewing the manifestos for local elections in Hereford De Koffie Pot, Hereford
11 Apr 2019 Funding Social Care U3A Wetherby
16 Apr 2019 Funding Social Care Sight Loss Council, Birmingham
17 Apr 2019 Funding Social Care U3A Dorking
1 May 2019 19:30 – 21:30 Food De Koffie Pot, Hereford
19 May 2019 16:00 – 16.45 How would we like our voice to be heard locally? Informal assembly for XR picnic Hereford
5 June 2019 19.30 – 21.30 New council, new politics Talk Shop Hereford
6 June 2019 13.30 – 16.30 Adult social care Sight Loss Council, Birmingham

So far we’ve held over 60 events with over 2,000 people taking part. The vast majority who attended said they both felt safe and that the time spent was enjoyable and constructive.

Our pedigree
The following case studies are from before the start of Talk Shop, but were led by Talk Shop members.

These show the use of discussion kits, used in some Talk Shop events:

These illustrate the use of preference voting which is a feature of many Talk Shop events: