We're getting on the festivities just before the Christmas social calendar booms.

Join us at Nowhere pub in Bath (Behind our usual Newark Works Venue) for an evening of festive tunes, incredible burgers and tipples of your choice. Nowhere will be crreating a special festive dish for the occasion - last years was incredible!

Festive attire isn't essential but it is strongly recommended. There will be a prize for the best dressed.

All of our events are casual but this one is just about starting to unwind for December and having fun with those you usually see at our events (newbees also very welcome). There won't be any speakers so the evening is just about connecting.

Nowhere has a pool table which you're welcome to play.

Food and drink is at your own cost. We don't charge for our events and we have made the decision not to charge for this event so people can choose to eat and drink as much or as little as they like.

Meet Jim

“Through his unique, outdoor focused brand of coaching, events and speaking, Jim has provided transformative experiences to leaders and teams around the world.

His mission is to help his clients reconnect with themselves, their team and their work.

Jim experienced the cost of feeling disconnected from his true self - impacting not just his energy levels and confidence, but also his ability to lead, his creativity and his health.

And so, for the past seven years, he’s been on a mission to help amazing people and organisations avoid the same fate, and by doing so, improve both their happiness and performance.

Leveraging his extensive life experience, that encompasses everything from running a multimillion dollar engineering business in Australia, to skiing the world’s longest giant slalom race wearing only a g-string and pretending to be an electrical engineer for eight months, he approaches his work how he approaches life…with energy, commitment and fun.

Jim is happiest when he’s in nature, working closely with a group of committed people, blending deep conversations and raw honesty, with fun and adventure.

About the event: "Find Your Playground - Your Life Depends On It"

Jim Hughes ran a multimillion dollar engineering firm in Australia before realising life was too short to sacrifice his happiness and performance doing something that didn’t inspire him or make the most of his gifts.

This misalignment cost him his health, happiness and performance and since then, he’s been on a mission to help others avoid the same fate by Finding Their Playground.

This interactive workshop will help you on this journey and in doing so, tap into higher levels of:

- Clarity

- Confidence and

- Purpose

You will come away from this workshop with a deeper understanding of:

- What ‘Your Playground’ means

- Why finding it may be the most important quest you ever go on and;

- How to get started finding yours

Come along for an evening exploring something a little different with some amazing people and refreshments.

For our May social we’re heading to “Nowhere” for an evening of burgers and beers (or whatever else you want to drink).

Nowhere offers outdoor space as well so if it's nice and sunny we can be outside.

Tickets to our social events are free but food and drink is pay as you go. Nowhere have an increible burger menu (you may have heard of Magu burgers) for you to enjoy. There's also a games room you can have a knockout of pool in.

There's no age restriction to this event apart from 18+ due to the venue. Come for as long or as little as you like.

Join us on April 24th at Newark Works as we tackle the topic of burnout and how to stop surviving and start thriving.

Meet our speaker
Camilla Collins - CONFIDENCE & LIFESTYLE COACH, AUTHOR, AND CEO.

Camilla is a multifaceted business woman. Having run a successful makeup artistry business for over 15 years, she used her industry knowledge and personal experiences to write a book helping you break free from the social pressures that the beauty industry carries. She’s now a confidence and lifestyle coach alongside her other businesses and partakes in bodybuilding competitions. How does she do it all? Come along and find out.

THRIVING NOT SURVIVING - (If you’re not thriving then your career can’t either!)

Camilla takes a holistic approach to work/life balance and gives you the tools you need to alleviate stress and avoid burnout through better self-management. You’ll learn how to create a far more supportive and balanced lifestyle for yourself, and find that super sweet spot; where joy meets productivity!

Meet our Sponsor: Help to Grow & ExCELL

About ExCELL:

Up-skill and/or re-skill your team by partnering with our Executive and Continuing Education and Life-long Learning (ExCELL) team at the University of Bath School of Management. ExCELL provide in-career learning through open programmes like Help to Grow Management. We also offer custom business and management training programmes tailored specifically to meet your organisational needs.

About Help to Grow Management:

The Help to Grow: Management programme is delivered in partnership with Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and funded by the UK Government. This 12-week, applied leadership development programme will drive performance, behaviour change, and productivity for managers and decision-makers in small to medium-sized enterprises. The programme is 90% subsidised. You'll pay a £750 fee. For further information or to apply to the programme please visit their website

If you’d like to get in touch with the ExCELL team, please contact ttbp20@bath.ac.uk