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Time: 13:00-17:00, with fellowship time afterwards

CoDA UK is holding its next business meeting which is open to members from all the national meetings and representatives of regional groups.

Join us online/by phone to discuss national CoDA business. NSC Committee Members and Group Service Representatives (GSRs) are able to vote on any motions proposed. 

The meeting will follow the successful recent format, with 30 second shares from each member before a vote is taken, if one is required. Please note that there may not be enough time in the meeting to go through any written reports in detail so we ask all members to come prepared, having read the reports and agenda items in advance, so that we have time for questions, and sharing and reflection during each agenda item. Papers will be circulated at least a week in advance.

Please note, the minute taker will record any votes and actions, which we will review at the end of the meeting. Any references to individuals are on a first name basis only. If you do not wish to be mentioned by name in the minutes, please make this clear to the minute taker.

There is no requirement to attend the whole meeting – feel free to drop in at any time during the day. We ask that you put your name and home group (if you have one) in the chat, and please mention if you’re a GSR so we can keep track of the voting entity for any items which require a vote.

Reports – for meeting

Important point – please read through the attached reports before attending the meeting. We have a lot of business to attend to and there may not be time to go through every report in detail during the meeting, so it’s important that members have some understanding of what’s being discussed in advance – especially those who can vote (NSC committee members, GSRs and anyone voted by their group to be acting GSR for the day).

NSC – August Agenda
NSC – Agenda Items
NSC Notes & Actions
*New* NSC Treasurer report
“All About the NSC”
NSC – VE Report for CSC
North & Regions – VE Report for CSC
North & Regions – July – Minutes

Please join the zoom call just before 1pm.

Join Zoom meeting 

Meeting ID: 857 1637 8916
Password: 874688

Or dial on one of the numbers below
+44 330 088 5830, +44 131 460 1196 , +44 20 3481 5237,
+44 20 3481 5240, +44 20 8080 6591, +44 20 8080 6592

Everyone is welcome to attend, so please share this communication at your groups. 

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at communications@codauk.org. 

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 5^th August.

Previous meeting minutes are published here.

The following agreed proposals from recent NSC meetings may guide us in our service:

20th March 2021 NSC meeting
Agenda item 1 – That the minutes to NSC meetings be limited to the proposals/votes only and relevant committee member’s reports detailing business information e.g. Treasurer’s Report/PI/Hospitals and Institutions.
The minutes will include ‘dissenting voices’ which will be specifically relayed to the secretary after the vote; the comments will be attributed to the member who made them.
Abstain – 0
Against – 0
In favour – 15 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting
Agenda item 15 – For this and the next NSC meeting we go with a majority vote i.e. the total of the in-favour votes is greater than the sum of the against and abstentions. The total of the votes is based on how many people are in the meeting and eligible to vote. Abstentions are made as members don’t have the confidence to make a yes or no decision
so need to be accounted for. 
Abstain – 1
Against – 0
In favour – 9 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting – Agenda item 7
Propose that when discussions diverge away from the agenda item, the Chair can clarify with the sharer the new discussion point and raise it as an independent AOB item added to the end of the meeting or a sub-
committee to discuss the item and report back to the NSC.
Abstain – 2
Against – 0
In favour – 8 Motion carried

The LSER’s next online workshop is on Saturday 8th July, 1.30 to 3.30

Zoom Meeting ID: 869 4214 8390
Passcode: 318012
Doors open at 1.15pm

This will include:

• a share on being a GSR
• forum time where members can share questions, issues and experience, strength and hope about matters affecting meetings
• a workshop session on Service Concept 3.

All members are welcome to attend. The event may be especially helpful for GSRs, and any members interested in service or how the wider fellowship works.

Please email anniew.coda@gmail.com if you’d like to volunteer.

We are looking for a GSR to do an 8 minute share their on their experience of the service. 

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th May 2023

May retreat now fully booked. Places for October 2023 and January 2024 to be opened up soon. Keep checking the website.

The CoDA Noddfa retreat committee are happy to announce an additional retreat is being organised this year at the ever popular and wonderful location of Noddfa, Penmaenmawr in North Wales. The Retreat runs from Friday 26th May to Sunday 28th May.

This is a bank holiday weekend so may allow members to attend who would find the restricted timing of travel to and from Borth Wales difficult. It may also allow more to stay over Sunday night to travel home on the Monday.

Additional meetings may be occurring on the Sunday and Monday after the usual retreat closure but will not be scheduled.

TO SECURE A PLACE
We can only offer a maximum of 27 rooms for this retreat. Places are expected to be taken quickly. Due to previous non-attendance and cancellations we are testing a new approach and boundaries.

Please first reserve a place with the committee, providing your email address and (mobile) phone number to CoDANoddfaRetreat@outlook.com or 07853865040

It is important that we be able to contact you to confirm your place and attendance on the retreat and to confirm numbers for our hosts.

We will then send you the payment information for Noddfa and ask you to directly to pay a non-refundable deposit of £30. Then send a receipt or screenshot from your payment (online banking app, reference etc).

Do not pay any money unless we have confirmed a place is available. Once your deposit is paid your place is confirmed.

The total cost for the retreat accommodation and facilities (including the deposit) for the Friday to Sunday is £160.

The retreat registration is £10 paid on arrival (cash preferred), to help with literature and admin costs etc.

Location:
NODDFA, Conwy Old Road, Penmaenmawr, North Wales LL34 6YF

Additionally, there is a £10 Registration Fee to be paid on arrival which goes to CoDA.

There will be an initial cut off for reserving places on the 28th April.

Please not that you may also arrange separately with NODDFA if you wish to stay on the nights before or after the retreat.

Retreat timings

Registration is from 4pm on 26th May (Dinner 6.30pm) and the retreat ends Sunday 28th May at 3pm.

• This is a Codependents Anonymous UK Approved Mixed Retreat. CoDA Traditions are observed, and only CoDA approved literature is available for sale.
• The retreat will adhere to the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Codependents Anonymous.
• No outside speakers are involved.

There will be a social gathering on the Saturday evening – please share your talents with us! (though do be mindful of Tradition 6, i.e. no outside enterprises). All activities are optional.

Readings at meetings throughout the weekend will be taken from the following literature:

• The CoDA big book
• The Codependents Anonymous Workbook
• In This Moment daily meditation book
• …along with reading selections from CoDA approved literature.

CoDA literature will be available to purchase during the retreat.

Bring along a teddy, picture of yourself as a child and anything that may help reach and comfort your child within.

The Retreat will take place at Noddfa spirituality centre. Noddfa is home to a small, extremely kind and friendly spiritual group of religious Sisters and is a venue used by 12 Step and numerous other groups throughout the year. It is a lovely old house with views of the sea and the hills. The grounds are full of trees, colourful shrubs and flowers. There is also a walled vegetable garden, a labyrinth and many other hidden treasures.

NODDFA is a Welsh word meaning ‘haven’ or ‘refuge’. A place of peace and welcome, a place where you can regain energy. This is the venue we have again chosen for our Retreat and we hope it will be a time for you to relax and recharge while taking time to be self-aware.

During your stay it is not compulsory to attend all the meetings if you do not wish to.

The beach is a 10 minute walk downhill, and obviously it takes longer coming back. The mountains are also accessible and the grounds around Noddfa are vast. Most of the bedrooms are for single occupancy and each floor has ample washing facilities and plenty of tea-making areas.

The rooms (and attendance) will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Any further CoDA queries for the retreat
Please contact the retreat committee by phone / Whatsapp on 07853865040 or by email CoDANoddfaRetreat@outlook.com

The food at Noddfa is wholesome and plentiful (and their soda bread is delicious!) If you need a special diet i.e. vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free etc. please inform us when you are arranging your place.

We are looking forward to an exciting and uplifting Retreat and to
welcome new and previous participants.

Time: 10:00-14:00, with fellowship time afterwards

CoDA UK is holding its next business meeting which is open to members from all the national meetings and representatives of regional groups.

Join us online/by phone to discuss national CoDA business. NSC Committee Members and Group Service Representatives (GSRs) are able to vote on any motions proposed. 

The meeting will follow the successful recent format, with 30 second shares from each member before a vote is taken, if one is required. Please note that there may not be enough time in the meeting to go through any written reports in detail so we ask all members to come prepared, having read the reports and agenda items in advance, so that we have time for questions, and sharing and reflection during each agenda item. Papers will be circulated at least a week in advance.

To submit a report or an item for discussion, please complete the relevant page of this form and send it to secretary@codauk.org by Saturday 29th April.

The agenda and papers for this meeting have now been published and can be downloaded here:

Agenda for NSC Committee Meeting – May 2023
Agenda Items – 13th May
AGM – Notes & Actions 2023
Charity Sub-Committee – Notes

Please note, the minute taker will record any votes and actions, which we will review at the end of the meeting. Any references to individuals are on a first name basis only. If you do not wish to be mentioned by name in the minutes, please make this clear to the minute taker.

Please join the zoom call just before 10am.

Join Zoom meeting 

Meeting ID: 857 1637 8916
Password: 874688

Or dial on one of the numbers below
+44 330 088 5830, +44 131 460 1196 , +44 20 3481 5237,
+44 20 3481 5240, +44 20 8080 6591, +44 20 8080 6592

Everyone is welcome to attend, so please share this communication at your groups. 

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at communications@codauk.org. 

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 13^th May.

Previous meeting minutes are published here.

The following agreed proposals from recent NSC meetings may guide us in our service:

20th March 2021 NSC meeting
Agenda item 1 – That the minutes to NSC meetings be limited to the proposals/votes only and relevant committee member’s reports detailing business information e.g. Treasurer’s Report/PI/Hospitals and Institutions.
The minutes will include ‘dissenting voices’ which will be specifically relayed to the secretary after the vote; the comments will be attributed to the member who made them.
Abstain – 0
Against – 0
In favour – 15 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting
Agenda item 15 – For this and the next NSC meeting we go with a majority vote i.e. the total of the in-favour votes is greater than the sum of the against and abstentions. The total of the votes is based on how many people are in the meeting and eligible to vote. Abstentions are made as members don’t have the confidence to make a yes or no decision
so need to be accounted for. 
Abstain – 1
Against – 0
In favour – 9 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting – Agenda item 7
Propose that when discussions diverge away from the agenda item, the Chair can clarify with the sharer the new discussion point and raise it as an independent AOB item added to the end of the meeting or a sub-
committee to discuss the item and report back to the NSC.
Abstain – 2
Against – 0
In favour – 8 Motion carried

9:30am – 2:30pm (PDT)
5:30pm – 10:30pm (GMT)

Hosted by The Transatlantic CoDA Royale Committee & Codependence Matters
Co-Founders of CoDA, and CoDA speakers from all over the world

Topics

• How not to go crazy in service
• How service helped my recovery
• The Twelve-Piece Relationship Toolkit (sample)
• The structure of the fellowship explained
• Feelings of fear & shame about service
• Group conscience & concepts
• The Twelve Service Concepts https://www.codependents.org/CSC/2020/2020_Files/ServiceConceptsAliveStrong.pdf

Join meeting
Zoom meeting: 876 1635 5527
Password: 861572

Tradition Seven: https://paypal.me/codamom

On SATURDAY 22nd APRIL 2023
from 2pm until 4.30pm on zoom

Join Quarterly Literature Workshop – via Zoom

ID:  852 0891 0153
Password:   176130

IN&R (Intergroup North & Regions) Workshops & Retreats Committee.

We welcome CoDA members from all areas to join us at our quarterly IN&R CoDA Literature Workshop.

This is a safe and friendly space, on zoom, for us to continue our exploration of CoDA Conference endorsed literature, which we continue to do every three months.

We will be reading from the CoDA Booklet “The Twelve-Piece Relationship Toolkit” and answering the questions. (We will be reading Traditions 4, 5 & 6 in the Booklet).

There will be plenty of time for people to share and answer the questions, if they so wish.

We will also be looking at the

• Co-Dependents Anonymous (Blue) Book,
  • Chapter Two “Our Spiritual Dilemma”
  • Chapter Five in the same book on:  the Inner Child, Enmeshment/Detachment, the Shame Spiral etc
• Whatever members decide, with a Group Conscience (GC) so that everyone has voice and choice.

If there is time, we can also review the CoDA “Common Threads of Codependency” Booklet.

This is an opportunity for us to come together and view some of the richness of our CoDA conference endorsed literature created by CoDA members, especially addressing our CoDA members needs and for people to lovingly pass on their experience, strength and hope of CoDA recovery.

We look forward to you joining us on Saturday, 22nd April 2023 at U.K. time 2pm until 4.30pm.

For any further information please contact us on either:

U.K. INTERGROUP North & Regions (IN&R)           on northregion@codauk.org
      or gilliancoda@gmail.com
      or 07792-236888.

Quarterly Literature Workshop

When:   SATURDAY, 22nd APRIL 2023
Time:     2pm – 4.30pm (U.K. Time) on zoom

ID:  852 0891 0153
Password:  176130

Looking forward to welcoming you

IN&R (Intergroup North & Regions) Workshops & Retreats Committee.

The LSER’s next online workshop is on Saturday 8th April, 1.30 to 3.30. This will include:

• a share on being a GSR
• forum time where members can share questions, issues and experience, strength and hope about matters affecting meetings
• a workshop session on Service Concept 2.
• All members are welcome to attend. The event may be especially helpful for GSRs, and any members interested in service or how the wider fellowship works.

Zoom Meeting ID: 869 4214 8390
Passcode: 318012
Doors open at 1.15pm

Theme ‘Healthy Communication & Boundaries in Recovery’

10.30am to 6.30pm UK time (GMT)

Join zoom meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3100599324
ID: 310 059 9324
Password: 917411

No pre-registration necessary. Capacity 100. Doors open 10.15am.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

10.30am to 12.00: Mtg 1 – Communication and Recovery

12.00 to 1.00pm: lunch break

1.00 to 2.30pm: Mtg 2 – Speaker Meeting

2.30 to 3.00pm: break

3.00 to 4.30pm: Mtg 3 – Establishing Boundaries in Recovery

4.30 to 5.00pm: break

We remain online during all the breaks; please feel free to stay and chat.

5.00 to 6.15pm: Open get-together for people to share or perform songs, poems, jokes, talents, magic tricks etc.….this will be an opportunity to have fun and share in a different way, or to just be there and enjoy the fellowship.

6.15 to 6.30pm: Closing.

This convention complies with CoDA UK approval guidelines: CoDA Traditions are observed and only CoDA approved literature is read or available for sale.

Working the Steps, and Power of 5 Groups

Saturday 18th February 2023, 4-6pm UK time (8-10am Pacific time) (doors open half an hour before)

This is a new venture and will be focusing on Step and Power of 5 groups and defining the difference between the two. There are currently a lot of people doing service on Power of 5 groups both here and in the States.

This event will be limited to the first 100 people who log-in. No registration is needed.

These workshops have not to date exceeded the maximum number of participants, so you should be able to join easily. The link below will be valid on the day.

The meeting will open at 3.30 for a 4.00 start.

To make the most of this interactive workshop we suggest that you join using a laptop, desktop or tablet device with your video on so we can all see each other, see the readings and have access to the chat box.

Please remember you can save the materials in the chat box by clicking on the three dots to the right at the bottom of chat. Choose “save chat”. Text document saved in your documents folder. Separate folder called Zoom.

Topic: Quarterly Sponsorship Workshop
Time: Saturday Feb 18, 2023 16:00 London

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 823 3401 7308
Passcode: Traditions

If you are dialling in on a phone, please use Passcode: 4065603071
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kes4NVI4qX

P.S. We encourage you to read the “Sponsorship: What’s in it for me” booklet before attending which you can purchase from codaliterature.co.uk.

If you want more information

Web page on Sponsorship:
https://coda.org/outreach/connecting-members/sponsorship/
https://coda.org/outreach/supporting-members/working-the-twelve-steps/step-study-group/

Read Chapter 5 in the CoDA Blue Book.

Sponsorship Brochure:
http://coda.org/default/assets/File/Literature/Sponsorship%20Brochure.pdf

Resources for Sponsors:
http://outreach.coda.org/index.cfm/connecting-members/sponsorship/resources-for-sponsors/

Working the Steps in a Group v4
http://coda.org/default/assets/File/Literature/Working%20the%20Steps%20in%20a%20Group%20v4.pdf

Safeguarding Policy
http://coda-uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fellowship-meeting-Safeguarding-Policy-Aug-2019.docx

Safeguarding:
https://codauk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fellowship-meeting-Safeguarding-Policy-Aug-2019.docx

Sponsored by – World CoDA Outreach Committee

Saturday, February 11, 2023: 4pm-7:30pm (GMT)

The workshop is sponsored by the World CoDA Outreach Committee and will provide information and encouragement for sponsors and sponsees.

Step Twelve
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other codependents, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Current CoDA sponsors and sponsees will share their experience, strength and hope regarding sponsorship.

Open share will allow participants to share their experience, strength, and hope and ask questions about sponsorship.

If you would like to be a sponsor, or are looking for a sponsor, this workshop with the World CoDA fellowship will be useful.

Registration will occur through Eventbrite. Donations welcomed.

https://coda.org/event/sponsorship-workshop/

Registration required – via Eventbrite

Email myphilacoda@comcast.net if you have queries

Time: 10:00-15:00
With fellowship from 15:00-16:00

CoDA UK is holding its next business meeting which is open to members from all the national meetings and representatives of regional groups. This meeting will be the AGM, which we haven’t held for a couple of years, and all members are invited to join us to hear and discuss annual reports from all areas of service work, and to join in fellowship afterwards.

Join us online/by phone to discuss national CoDA business and hear how service in CoDA UK happens. NSC Committee Members and Group Service Representatives (GSRs) are able to vote on any motions proposed. There will be time for questions about the NSC and any aspect of service and our work in the fellowship time after the main meeting ends at 3pm. You can read more about service on the NSC here.

The meeting will follow the successful recent format, with 30 second shares from each member before a vote is taken, if one is required. Please note that there may not be enough time in the meeting to go through any written reports in detail so we ask all members to come prepared, having read the reports and agenda items in advance, so that we have time for questions, and sharing and reflection during each agenda item.

Please note, the minute taker will record any votes and actions, which we will review at the end of the meeting. Any references to individuals are on a first name basis only. If you do not wish to be mentioned by name in the minutes, please make this clear to the minute taker.

There is no requirement to attend the whole meeting – feel free to drop in at any time during the day. We ask that you put your name and home group (if you have one) in the chat, and please mention if you’re a GSR so we can keep track of the voting entity for any items which require a vote.

AGM Reports – for meeting

Important point – please read through the attached reports before attending the meeting. We have a lot of business to attend to and there may not be time to go through every report in detail during the meeting, so it’s important that members have some understanding of what’s being discussed in advance – especially those who can vote (NSC committee members, GSRs and anyone voted by their group to be acting GSR for the day).

Reports for 2023 – AGM
Agenda for 2023 – AGM (pdf)
Notes from Nov 2022 – meeting

Please join the zoom call just before 10am or drop in any time

Join Zoom meeting 

Meeting ID: 857 1637 8916
Password: 874688

Or dial on one of the numbers below
+44 330 088 5830, +44 131 460 1196 , +44 20 3481 5237,
+44 20 3481 5240, +44 20 8080 6591, +44 20 8080 6592

Everyone is welcome to join, so please do share this communication at your groups. 

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at communications@codauk.org. 

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 4^th February. 

Previous meeting minutes are published here.

The following agreed proposals from recent NSC meetings may guide us in our service:

20th March 2021 NSC meeting
Agenda item 1 – That the minutes to NSC meetings be limited to the proposals/votes only and relevant committee member’s reports detailing business information e.g. Treasurer’s Report/PI/Hospitals and Institutions.
The minutes will include ‘dissenting voices’ which will be specifically relayed to the secretary after the vote; the comments will be attributed to the member who made them.
Abstain – 0
Against – 0
In favour – 15 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting
Agenda item 15 – For this and the next NSC meeting we go with a majority vote i.e. the total of the in-favour votes is greater than the sum of the against and abstentions. The total of the votes is based on how many people are in the meeting and eligible to vote. Abstentions are made as members don’t have the confidence to make a yes or no decision
so need to be accounted for. 
Abstain – 1
Against – 0
In favour – 9 Motion carried

5th December 2020 NSC meeting – Agenda item 7
Propose that when discussions diverge away from the agenda item, the Chair can clarify with the sharer the new discussion point and raise it as an independent AOB item added to the end of the meeting or a sub-
committee to discuss the item and report back to the NSC.
Abstain – 2
Against – 0
In favour – 8 Motion carried

Friday 4 November to Sunday 6 November 2022

Registration from 4pm on Friday (dinner 6.30pm) and ends at 3pm on Sunday

The Codependents Anonymous Approved Women’s Retreat will adhere to the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Codependents Anonymous, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous. Codependents Anonymous is a spiritual programme. 12 Step Meetings will be held throughout the weekend and CODA approved literature will also be available.

NODDFA is home to a small spiritual group of friendly religious Sisters and is a venue used by 12 Steps and other groups throughout the year. It is a lovely old house and has views of the sea and hills.

There will be a choice of meetings to attend or you are free to explore the grounds, walk to the beach (10 minutes away), or do whatever you need for your own health and recovery. There will also be a social gathering on the Saturday evening, which is an opportunity to have some fun. Please share your talents with us, but be mindful of Tradition 6 i.e.; no outside enterprises. All activities are optional.

Most of the bedrooms are for single occupancy and each floor has ample washing facilities and plenty of tea-making areas. Please bring what you need with you for your own comfort, be it a hot water bottle, your own towel or a special herbal tea. The food at NODDFA is wholesome and plentiful. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be provided.

Please inform NODDFA when you book if you need a special diet i.e. vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free etc, and this will be catered for. The rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so inform NODDFA when you book of any special room requests. Unfortunately, there is no camping at this venue.

The cost is £150 for accommodation and food to be paid directly to NODDFA by bank transfer or cheque, plus £10 cash registration fee to be paid on arrival (total cost £160).

To book a place
Speak with either Sister Patrice or Sister Mary-Jo
Phone number: 01492 623473
Email: noddfapen@aol.com
Nodffa website: https://www.noddfa.org.uk

To book and pay for your place directly with NODDFA. Mention the November 2022 Coda Women’s Retreat and please make sure you provide any special food, room or other requirements you have.

Travel: for travel details please see the Noddfa website

NODDFA contacts: Sister Patrice, Sister Marj-Jo

Payment:

• £150 should be by cheque made out to NODDFA with the Coda Women’s Retreat named on the back

• Bank transfer to NODDFA SPIRITUALITY CENTER , NatWest Bank Account Number 04537696, Sort Code: 522149.
• Once you’ve booked with NODDFA, email jabrookfield@gmail.com including your contact details to let us know.
• To ensure financial manageability the final cut-off for booking and full £150 payment received by NODDFA is Friday 7 October 2022.
• Refunds are at the discretion of the venue.

Location:
NODDFA, Conwy Old Road, Penmaenmawr, North Wales LL34 6YF

General Enquiries:

For general Coda queries about the Retreat:

• Phone Sarah on 07906439898 (evenings)
• Or e-mail jabrookfield@gmail.com

Friday 7th to Sunday 9th October

The CoDA Noddfa retreat committee are happy to invite you to attend the CoDA Mixed Retreat this October in person at the wonderful location of Noddfa, Penmaenmawr in North Wales. The Retreat runs from Friday 7th October to Sunday 9th October.

TO RESERVE A PLACE
Please book directly with NODDFA
Phone number: 01492 623473
Email: noddfapen@aol.com
Website: https://www.noddfa.org.uk

NODDFA contacts: Sister Patrice, Sister Marj-Jo

Location:
NODDFA, Conwy Old Road, Penmaenmawr, North Wales LL34 6YF

Please contact Noddfa directly to pay the fee of £150 for accommodation and food for your stay, this is paid directly to NODDFA by cheque or BACS.

Additionally, there is a £10 Registration Fee to be paid on arrival which goes to CoDA.

Please provide them with your phone number and if possible an
email address to contact you for information relating to the retreat and your booking and cancellations.

Enquiries by phone:
Please speak with either Sister Patrice or Sister Mary-Jo to book and pay for your place at Noddfa mentioning the October 2022 Coda Mixed Retreat.

There are limited places as this is a very popular event, so it is suggested you book as soon as possible. Please also notify the retreat committee of
your booking and your email address at petehcoda@outlook.com

Registration is Friday 7th October from 4pm (Dinner 6.30pm) and the retreat ends Sunday 9th October at 3pm.

• This is a Codependents Anonymous UK Approved Mixed Retreat. CoDA
• Traditions are observed, and only CoDA approved literature is available for sale.
• The retreat will adhere to the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Codependents Anonymous.
• No outside speakers are involved.

There will be a social gathering on the Saturday evening – please share your talents with us! (though do be mindful of Tradition 6, i.e. no outside enterprises). All activities are optional.

Readings at meetings throughout the weekend will be taken from the following literature:

• The CoDA big book
• The codependents anonymous workbook
• In this moment daily meditation book
• …along with reading selections from CoDA approved literature.

CoDA literature will be available to purchase during the retreat.
Bring along a teddy, picture of yourself as a child and anything that may help reach and comfort your child within.

The Retreat will take place at Noddfa. Noddfa is home to a small, extremely kind and friendly spiritual group of religious Sisters and is a venue used by 12 Step and numerous other groups throughout the year. It is a lovely old house with views of the sea and the hills. The grounds are full of trees, colourful shrubs and flowers. There is also a walled vegetable garden, a labyrinth and many other hidden treasures.

NODDFA is a Welsh word meaning ‘haven’ or ‘refuge’. A place of peace and welcome, a place where you can regain energy. This is the venue we have again chosen for our Retreat and we hope it will be a time for you to relax and recharge while taking time to be self-aware.

During your stay it is not compulsory to attend all the meetings if you do not wish to.

The beach is a 10 minute walk downhill, and obviously it takes longer coming back. The mountains are also accessible and the grounds around Noddfa are vast. Most of the bedrooms are for single occupancy and each floor has ample washing facilities and plenty of tea-making areas.

Please bring a towel and a hot water bottle for extra comfort. The rooms (and attendance) will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

It is assumed that the retreat will be able to accommodate around 36 attendees as with previous years.

NODDFA details are as follows:
Phone number: 01492 623473
Email: noddfapen@aol.com
Website: https://www.noddfa.org.uk

Any further CODA queries for the retreat please contact Pete by phone/WhatsApp on 07853865040 or by email petehcoda@outlook.com

The food at Noddfa is wholesome and plentiful (and their soda bread is delicious!). If you need a special diet i.e. vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free etc. please inform Noddfa when you are booking directly with them. We are looking forward to an exciting and uplifting Retreat and to
welcome new and previous participants.

Working the steps in CoDA;
Exploring different sponsorship approaches

Saturday 8th October 2022, 4pm – 6.30pm (UK time) (12pm – Noon – EST)
(doors open 3.30; there will be a 15 minute comfort break)

• Are you looking for a sponsor?
• Are you wondering if you’re ready to be a sponsor?
• Are you looking for new sponsees?

Come along to listen and share experience, strength and hope about being a sponsee, a sponsor or a co-sponsor.

This workshop is an introduction to the various ways of sponsorship, and not necessarily the place where you will find a sponsor. People will share how they found a sponsor. You have to do your part. Finding a sponsor is an active process within Recovery. We have to investigate our own route to acquiring a sponsor through attending weekly meetings, doing service in a home group and joining WhatsApp groups (see below).

No registration is required to attend this event. Zoom limit of 100 people

Format: A CoDA meeting with a 15 minute break. Only CoDA speakers. Only CoDA approved literature.

No entrance fee. 7th Tradition donated to your home group.

Joining Details:

CoDA UK NSC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting

Subject: CoDA Quarterly sponsorship workshop

Join Zoom meeting

Are you willing to do service to support the workshop?

Opportunities for Service before the workshop and on the day include:

• Being Chair Finder
• Being a co-host for the next workshop
• Reading the Script
• Spiritual Timekeeper
• Greeter
• Newcomers rep
• Treasurer
• Being on the Quarterly Sponsorship Workshop Committee

The quarterly sponsorship workshop committee plans and facilitates these workshops through a group conscience process – we meet monthly on the 4th Saturday of the month from 5.00-6.00pm – everyone is welcome to attend.

Next meetings are: details available from sponsorship team

If you would like to volunteer for service, please email sponsorship@codauk.org

Following workshop date: Saturday 15th January 4.00pm-6.30pm

We have a script for the workshop (working document), if that helps: all are welcome to read and comment:

Zoom Script Sponsorship April 2022.docx

A fellow in the north region is hoping to organise some activities for members to get together and share fellowship during June, July and August.

Please contact njbcuriosity@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.

Event poster

Global Conversation with Ken & Mary – 14:00 BST

Ken R. and Mary R. founded Co-Dependents Anonymous in 1986. Today, they specialize in helping people achieve their maximum effectiveness by applying the practices and principles of CoDA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

The Q&A (question and answer period) will provide a question from each language to be asked on a first come first serve basis. There will be a round robin of one question per language. Submit your question to your Interpreter who will submit the translation to Events. English speaking attendees can give their question to Events directly. There will be further instructions in the morning to help connect to the Interpretation channels, and more.  

For safety, registration is a 2-Step process with Eventbrite and then with Zoom. Please expect a Zoom Invitation to REGISTER A SECOND TIME before the event. COMPLETE the ZOOM REGISTRTIO and the Zoom Webinar link to the Global Conversation with Ken & Mary will be sent to your email before 17th July.

Register here

Presented by CoDA Events Committee – Find out more

Email events@coda.org to find out more 

NOTE:

Updating your Zoom App is recommended and possible with this link:  https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting

Translation will be available in Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Portuguese.

This World Event will have 9 languages being interpreted in a consecutive style which means the presenter will speak then pause (meaning the English room will be silent) to give time for the Interpreters to convey their message in the Zoom interpretation channels. This speak and pause method will occur for the duration of their talks and the Q&A.

**** NOTE: Sponsorship workshops have been postponed following consideration of current health guidance ****

A copy of the latest sponsorship flyer with further details for our CoDA 2020 sponsorship workshops, including future dates, can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on this link:

CoDA Sponsorship Workshop dates 2020 Flyer

Are you looking for a sponsor?
Are you wondering if you’re ready to be a sponsor?
Are you interested in joining or setting up a step group?
Come along to listen and share your experience strength and hope about being a sponsee, a sponsor or being in a step group.
All our welcome.

Sponsorship Workshop Format:

Two separate CoDA meetings with a 15 minutes break
Only CoDA speakers.

Only CoDA approved literature.

No entrance fee.

7th Tradition collection at each meeting.
Surplus goes to Region.

Schedule on the day:
13:00 Meeting about One to One Sponsorship
14:30 Break
14:45 Meeting about Step Groups and Co-Sponsorship
15:45 Close. Self organising into sponsorship and step groups
16:00 Close

Venue: Waterloo Action Centre
Address: 14 Baylis Road, Lambeth, London, SE1 7AA

Some people have been able to find free parking nearby on previous Saturday workshops.

Are you willing to do a 10 minute Chair sharing your experience strength and hope (ESH) on working the steps? Or on being a CoDA Sponsor, or being Sponsored, working in a Step Group or as a Co-Sponsor?

For further queries, please email: sponsorship@coda-uk.org