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Recent feedback for the online gathering CWM Community Forum shows that participants found plenty to appreciate in hearing others speak, though they also had thoughts on how the session was chaired. The event takes place on the internet, bringing members of the group together to talk and listen to one another. Those taking part felt the overall sharing was positive and called for more forums of this kind to be held. However, there was a feeling that the host could manage the speaking time more evenly. One contributor noticed that a speaker struggling to find words was given generous patience, whereas another participant in full flow was cut short. For future gatherings, the recommendation was simply to ensure every speaker receives the same steady consideration when sharing their thoughts.

Food preservation, community singing and festive gatherings lead the latest local events listed on Dandelion.

In London, ᒍᗩᗰᗰEᗪ Iᑎ TᕼE ᒍᗩᖇ 🫙🥒 brings food lovers together at Jam in a Jar on Green Lanes. The hands-on, pay-what-you-can session teaches safe fundamentals of jam making, quick pickling and fermenting using surplus produce, garden windfalls and foraged fruit.

In Devon, singer and cellist Emma Coleman leads Vocal Playground - with Emma Coleman at the Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh. Held across a full weekend, the workshop invites cis women and people assigned female at birth who identify as non-binary or gender fluid to explore spontaneous collective singing and collaborative improvisation.

Further north, the Warriors Christmas Social welcomes regular attendees, newcomers and anyone hoping to avoid spending the festive season alone to the Allotment Social Club in Newcastle upon Tyne for a DJ, party games and a bring-and-share buffet.

A varied programme of events is catching attention, spanning science, seasonal music, and outdoor gatherings. Online, Rewiring the Brain: Psychedelics, Neuroplasticity & the Windows of Change with Tommaso Barba welcomes anyone curious about mental health for an educational talk and question-and-answer session led by an Imperial College London researcher, focusing on how psychedelics can reopen malleable periods in the adult brain.

In Totnes, music lovers can head to St Mary's Church for Martha Tilston and Dartsong Chorus, an evening of song and Christmas cheer staged to raise funds for a local charity. Further afield, campers and festivalgoers are looking towards Stanford Hall in Leicestershire for the Soul Revolution Festival 2027. The five-day summer solstice gathering offers music, movement, ceremony, learning, and wild swimming in the estate lake, with attendance capped at three thousand people.