What we’re about
Welcome to The Bishop Auckland Social Seekers (Something for Everyone) group.
So first of all we are coming close to the end of our first 6 months as a group and what a 6 months this has been!! When we set up our group, we never imagined how successful it would be, even to the point where we thought that we would never get to 25 members let alone the 62 we have today and are grateful to each and every one of you for your continued support.
As we are now looking at the next 6 months, we just wanted to go over a couple of things that we as organisers have encountered and that we feel would improve the experience for all 😊
We would ask that all members regularly check the site not only for new events, but to check on events that they are already booked on. Especially when booking tickets for popular events, we may require payment in advance and quite quickly once tickets are released for sale. We do not have contact details for all members and therefore our only means of communicating details to members is through the meet up site. It's also important to check in case timings/meet up points etc have changed, and saves disappointment for all involved in the event.
Meals are pre-booked for events well in advance and although it can be frustrating to not be able to get onto some events, it isn't acceptable to turn up to events on the day, especially if there is a waitlist. We have chosen to restrict numbers to 10 on these events as it is manageable for us as organisers, and some of the venues are small and cosy, and could cause embarrassment for the host and the venue if they cannot fit extra on the night. However, 10 is what we as organisers have personally chosen to implement but other hosts are welcome to manage their events ad they see fit 😊
We know that life happens and are not overly concerned with people who have to drop off events last minute. It would be helpful if you could message the host of the event prior to dropping off an event though, as this means we can monitor and confirm places with venues. There are occasions, however, that monies for deposits have to be taken prior, venue dependant, and can be non-refundable. As much advance notice as possible for non-attendance would be gratefully appreciated in these cases to allow places to be opened up to other members. If an event is fully booked, please do put your name on the waitlist as places do become available and we can then add you on.
We have recently had an instance where a member has been removed from the group due to inappropriate behaviour. We would just like to gently remind everyone that offensive and inappropriate behaviour towards organisers or other members, will not be tolerated by the group.
We wanted to set up this group for people to come along, meet new people, experience new things and hope to develop friendships and have a good time along the way.
We aim to showcase the different types of restaurants and cuisines in our local area and possibly find new places which none of us have been or it has been a long time.
Book and Cinema clubs are both popular and whilst the book club was started by a previous member it still carries on and we have all read different genres that what we would, it gives a new perception to what there is out there. In a similar vein we started the cinema club to enable people to join together to enjoy seeing films that they may not have have looked at before and also someone to go to the cinema with.
As we now enter our second 6 months we feel that there are many more activities that could be of interest to our members and welcome and are open to any suggestions from you to help get more out of the group. Please feel free to step forward and host any events that you may find locally, just let us know what you'd like to do and we will put on for you.
Once again, many thanks for your continued support and we look forward to another fantastic 6 months with many more shared experiences and a life well lived 😁