A focused, confidential space for business owners doing it themselves.

If you’ve been running your business for a year or more, you’ll know the reality: you’re everything. Winning work, delivering it, managing money, making decisions, keeping momentum going and often doing it without anyone to properly sense-check things with.

Whether you’re a solopreneur or running a business with one or two others, it can be hard to step out of the day-to-day and think clearly about what’s next. This session gives you that space.

This 90-minute peer support session is designed for business owners who want time to reflect, solve problems and move forward.

In this session, you’ll join a small group of peers facing similar challenges, you can share what’s been stuck or circling in your head, get fresh perspective from others facing similar challenges and the reassurance that you’re not the only one figuring this out.

This isn’t a talk or traditional networking event. It’s a structured, supportive working session designed to be useful, focused and worth your time.

This is a small group session, with up to 20 people. We’ll be breaking into smaller groups throughout the session.

Facilitated by Head of Member Engagement and Deputy CEO at Brighton Chamber, Amy Lishman. Alongside Sarah at Brighton Chamber, Amy leads the Chamber, a small business like yours, and she has worked with businesses in Brighton for the best part of a decade. She is a trained Action Learning Facilitator, loves all things learning and development and runs the Chamber Business Book Club. She spends her working days asking questions, listening and connecting.

A Chamber member who attended the first session:

"I think the peer coaching idea is genius, and I really solved some problems."

FAQs

Who is this event for? This event is specifically for solopreneurs and founders of micro-businesses with fewer than 5 employees. If your organisation has 5 or more employees, we'd love to welcome you to Collective Brain – Peer Support for Business Leaders, designed for founders, managing directors and senior leaders of larger organisations.

Can you cater for dietary requirements? We do our best to accommodate dietary requirements where possible. However, as we work with a range of venues, we may not be able to cater for more extensive requirements.

To give the venue enough notice, please make sure you include any dietary requirements in the order form when booking your place - we are not be able to accommodate requests made on the day of the event.

What's the refund policy? Tickets are refundable up to 4 working days before the event start time. After this deadline, tickets are non-refundable; however, they may be transferred to another person for the same event or to another event of the same value. To arrange a transfer, please email Poppy at poppy@brightonchamber.co.uk with the booking name and details of the new attendee or preferred alternative event.

*Eventbrite booking fees are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or there are duplicate charge

Will refreshments be provided? Yes, tea and coffee will be available and are included in your ticket.

Can I attend if I am not a member of the Chamber? This event is for members only. If you'd like to join the Chamber you can find out more on our website.

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