MembershipSBN meets twice a month Current OFFER for New Members - 15 months for the price of 12! Our aims, objectives and constitution Our MeetingsWe have a rolling programme of different styles of meetings Meeting style 1: Local interest speaker: recent speakers include Martin Bundy of John Lewis, Doina Cornell the Leader of Stroud District Council, and extreme ocean rower Roz Savage MBEMeeting style 2: Dedicated to networking: helping members build networking confidence meet each other using structured and informal networking techniques Meeting style 3: Inspirational businesswomen: one keynote business speaker, usually a successful and inspirational businesswoman from in and around the Stroud district, sharing ideas and aspirations Members also have opportunities to make brief presentations about their businesses.
Our monthly newsletterThis is distributed to a database of around 120 Members and Friends. Members are invited to submit articles to raise their business profile.
Social mediaWe are active on Facebook and Twitter and support a friendly What’s App Group. Our Committee
SBN is organised by a small (but perfectly-formed!) team of volunteers, all local business women:
Our volunteer committee meets regularly and each member has a specific roles. The committee organises speakers as well as running and promoting our meetings and social and training events for the benefit of all SBN members and guests. In return, committee members receive free SBN membership and free tickets for up to two SBN event meals and one training session a year. SBN also pays a part-time administrator to assist with members’ and guests’ queries, maintain the database and process members and guests before and after meetings.
SBN Aims, objectives and constitutionThe Stroud Businesswomen’s Network (SBN) is an award-winning membership organisation supporting businesswomen who run their own business or work for others, at whatever stage of their business or career. Its purpose is to provide opportunities for members to network, share information, ideas and expertise, and to do business with each other in a supportive environment. SBN welcomes members from across Gloucestershire and beyond to our meetings in Stroud and Gloucester. Our main objectives are to: Help members to gain more business through networking and development activitiesFind full details of our Constitution here. |