Category: Meetings

This page is to help meetings keep their details current (for information about attending meetings, click here). As each group is autonomous, it is up to all groups to keep their meeting details up to date on the website. All meeting information was correct to the best of our knowledge as of August 2024, with each meeting entry displaying the date of its last update since then.

As of summer 2024, there is a new update to the meeting list software which means that phone contact details for each meeting don’t appear in the most user-friendly format. We’re working on a fix for this but in the meantime, on a pc, hover over the contact name and the phone number will appear at the bottom of your screen. On a phone, clicking the button will allow you to copy the number or call the contact.

Register, update or remove a meeting

To register a new meeting (including online meetings), OR to add details to an existing meeting, please download and complete* the new meeting registration form and follow the instructions on the form. If your meeting is in person, see the note below about Public Liability Insurance.

*Alternatively, to make a small change OR to remove an existing meeting, please send brief details of the change(s) to: meetings@codauk.org.

CoDA UK needs to comply with GDPR. If the change you’re making is to do with contact details, please amend as relevant and send this statement (or use your own words): “I consent for our contact people’s name, phone number and/or email address to be used on the CoDA website meeting list for xxx meeting” to meetings@codauk.org, including any changes to the contact details if necessary. Contacts can be removed from the site at any time by emailing meetings@codauk.org. Feel free to discuss at group conscience should you need to.

The list is updated on a weekly basis by the meetings service team, sometimes more regularly, with all information sent to us by groups. If we have the info, you do too! The meetings list is updated at least once a week, so if you do not see the requested change appear on the site within a fortnight, please email again.

NB: It is not possible to amend the text on the map in each meeting entry as it’s automatically generated by the mapping software.

Online Safety

The East Kent groups have created a detailed guide to running safer online meetings which was adopted for the UK fellowship in 2024. Groups can request a copy by emailing communications@codauk.org.

Public Liability Insurance for new and existing groups

If your group meets in person, please check if your meeting venue requires groups to have Public Liability Insurance. This may not be obvious in the lease and may be contained within the small print; if groups fail to have insurance where it is required by their venue, the person signing the lease could be liable in the event of a claim. CoDA UK has an umbrella Public Liability Insurance policy which will cover groups until the end of February 2027 and is significantly cheaper than groups acquiring insurance independently.

There is more information here and any queries or sign-ups from new or existing group policy holders can be directed to: nsctreasurer@codauk.org

Setting up a new meeting?

There’s lots of information here: Starting a New Meeting, including how to choose the type of meeting, where to get resources, a sample script, CoDA UK’s safeguarding policy etc.

Christmas/Boxing Day/New Year’s Day/Bank Holidays etc

We don’t list that meetings stay open on public holidays; we only list if meetings will be closed, either regularly on Bank Holidays or if a particular holiday falls on your meeting date. If your meeting will be closed on a public holiday, please send a message to the meetings@codauk.org with details of closures to be added to the site. Feel free to follow this up after the event with a reminder if the temporary closure note is not removed.