Offers & Asks: Sharing, abundance and community
- Date
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Sat 10 May 2025
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Venue
- The Circle
In partnership with Flourish Economics
Do you want to learn how radically sharing our passions, knowledge, resources and needs can create powerful, resilient communities with care, acceptance and vulnerability woven into their core? Join us for this heartfelt, empowering and participatory experience that encourages us to rethink how and what we value; challenging mainstream ideas of worth, and giving us space to reflect on our gifts and recognise the collective abundance in our communities.
Event Format & Information
- Doors open 9:30am, start time 10am.
- The event will run for 2 hours and is a participatory workshop. The overall format is relaxed and the facilitator is happy for people to move around and take breaks as they need. Participation is voluntary - if you do not feel comfortable sharing or would like to observe you are welcome to do so.
- The event will start with a 10-15 minute introduction from the facilitator who will explain the Offers and Asks format, help people to settle into the space and ensure participants are comfortable.
- We will then be talking to people in small table groups of 4-6 people to share our offers and asks. There will be a short comfort break of around 5-10 minutes in the middle of the session before we move tables to meet some different people and share offers and asks in the same format a second time.
- The session will close with a voluntary feedback survey and closing words from the facilitator.
- End time 12pm
Accessibility
The Circle is an accessible building with onsite disabled parking, induction loop, and lift access to all floors. There are three onsite disabled parking spaces. Please get in touch with the Circle team to book these in advance of your visit. Visitors with a hearing impairment can text their request for a parking space to 07957 810608 – please state your time of arrival and departure.
View full accessibility information on AccessAble. If you have any questions regarding accessibility for this event, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
- Seating: Unreserved seating is available at this event, but if you’d like us to reserve a seat for you or you have specific requirements eg. front row seat, end of aisle, please get in touch.
- Masks: FFP2 masks will be available for free.
- Audio: Microphones will be used at this event.
- Quiet space: A quiet space is not available at this event.
Emma Woods is a neurodivergent mother of two and a recovering mainstream economist who kinda loves to hate economics. Emma has spent the past few years unlearning everything she thought she knew about economics to discover diverse and beautiful alternative economic models from around the world. Part of this unlearning has included training from the Post Growth Institute in its Offers and Needs Markets.
Dr Charmaine Blaize-La Caille is a neurodivergent social entrepreneur, equalities expert, and certified facilitator with the Post Growth Institute. She co-founded Women of Colour Scotland and has a wealth of experience in coaching, consulting, and grassroots organising. Passionate about economic justice and community resilience, she helps people and organisations navigate change, connect resources, and create impact.
Chloe Lund is a creative producer, facilitator, curator and artist. She has worked on community arts and engagement projects in a wide range of contexts, including an opera house, a university, a psychiatric hospital, community centres and high streets. Though varied, the projects she has co-created have been united by an interest in building connection, understanding and wellbeing.