An uplifting night filled with personal stories, connection & community. The place to be to hear truly inspiring stories.

Join us in Penzance for an unforgettable evening of connection, community and powerful personal story sharing!

🎤 Scroll down for November's line up!!

WHAT TO EXPECT

You’ll hear 3 people share personal stories to spark inspiration, possibility & spread joy. From making bold changes or simple shifts that transform life to discovering a new purpose or passion. The magic is in the pivotal moments they will share with you.

What you experience from each story, is unique to you. This evening is about authenticy, connection and stories that make us human. It isn’t about polished speeches or perfect performances. This is what creates space for something special to unfold. Zoe personally invites and curates the line up each month bringing together a unique mix of voices and experience.

SNAPSHOT

✨Listen to 3 people that live in Cornwall

✨Each share a 15 minute, real life, personal story

✨Opportunity to ask questions

✨Come with friends or solo & meet others

✨New line up each month

🎟️ Book your ticket now and be part of something special …. Inspiring Stories Kernow.

TIMINGS

Doors open: 7.00pm grab a drink at the bar before

Intro & Stories 7.30pm Ballroom

Interval: Drinks, chat & mingle

Stories continue …

Event Ends: 9.30PM Bar stays open so feel free to linger

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, connection or simply a heart-warming night out, it’s the place to be on the first Thursday of every month!

We can’t wait to WELCOME YOU (BACK 😉)

Tickets are non refundable and non-transferable. EventBrite fees are included in the ticket price and as such paid by me the organiser out of the advertised ticket price. If you don't attend for any reason, your ticket price, less fees will be donated to the charity of the month.

Zoe Swan.

Host & Curator, Inspiring Stories LIVE

Ginnie Betts is currently competing in the World SUP Championships in Sabaudia, Italy. She lives in Ludgvan.

Her story title is: Paddling Through the Unknown

Ginnie will share how the requirements of ocean paddling–fitness, resilience and responding to the ever-changing patterns of the ocean, helped her through a (stage 1) breast cancer diagnosis she never saw coming and a mastectomy. Plus, re-qualifying for Team GB in July 2026 while still undergoing immunology treatment.

Ginnie will also share how she embraces the beauty of her scar post mastectomy in a society obsessed with women’s aesthetic conformity.

A bit about Ginnie

Ginnie is a multiple British National SUP Champion and one of the UK’s leading female paddle boarders. In her 40's she discovered her passion for the sport & now competes in the 50+ category.

She’s a single mum to three teenage sons of Nigerian/Cornish heritage and her life is a tripod of motherhood, sport and work in planning and infastructure.

Ginnie grew up in Praa Sands. And returned to live in Cornwall after time away at university, travelling round Central, South America, living in Birmingham & working in Policy Consultancy.

You can find Ginnie here:

@Ginnie_Betts Instagram

Laurie Gutteridge is a USUI Holy Fire Reiki I, II, Art & Master and a Circle Facilitator also trained in the art of grief tending. She lives in Launceston with her partner and son.

Her story title is: My Dad’s Passing & The Gift Within It

Not long after becoming a Mum, Laurie experienced the privilege of saying goodbye to her Dad. She had cared for and loved him until the end. In the crossing of this threshold, she will share the paradox of grief and gratitude. And of loss and eternal pain.

Laurie will explore how this moment became such a catalyst for her journey back to herself & back to a deeper relationship with the natural world.

A bit about Laurie

Laurie is an intentional space holder, guide & holistic practitioner. She works within the fields of energy, silence & grief to hold and walk with people on their journey & through threshold moments, both personal and within their business.

You can find Laurie here:

lauriegutteridge.com (http://lauriegutteridge.com/)

https://www.instagram.com/lauriegutteridge_/ (https://www.instagram.com/lauriegutteridge_/)

Sophie Osborne is a Youth Worker, Play Energy Coach, Artist and Therapeutic Play Facilitator. She lives in St Ives.

Her story title is: The Power of Play

Sophie will share how two life threatening illnesses instilled in her a devotion to living life through a lens of Play. And how she embodies Play as a way of being, to be fully self-expressed and to create art, purpose, spaces, and ultimately life, as Play.

Sophie will share stories from her various Play installations. Including Pink Paint Vintage, a vintage shop in St Ives that was a celebration of the 60s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, through playful design, vintage fabrics and decades of music. As well as her ongoing art practice, which honours process as the medium, inner rebellion, and Play as the outcome.

A bit about Sophie

Sophie works

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