Letter from Isabelle at Nouméa SEL, New Caledonia
Bonjour Simon, I went to the Noumea Lets on the first Saturday of the month in the community center in Magenta. The place was much smaller than Albion Peace Hall but more members turned up, around 45. They have about 130 members in total. They pay a yearly fee in...
BrisLETS at Woodford Folk Festival
BrisLETS was fortunate to be able to present at the 2019/20 Woodford Folk Festival. After years of trying to get a speaking spot at Woodford, this year Alison Bird was successful. Sadly, Alison passed away on 3rd of November. Honouring her efforts, Anne Tennock and...January 2019 Letter from Afar: Ideas for BrisLETS’ future growth
By Paul Wildman, Advisory Body member and BrisLETS’ source of national and international news. BrisLETS is an alternative monetary system where members trade their goods and services using units, rather than traditional dollars, and which seeks the flow of economic...You can thrive on a BrisLETS committee
People often run a mile when the word “committee” is mentioned. Committees have had a bad press – mainly because they’ve been run (no, headed) by people who don’t have a clue. Most committees, like ours, are well run, and the benefits you get from being on a committee...2018: a year in review; 2019: what would we like to achieve?
Highlights of 2018 Early in the year, we acquired a permanent home at the Peace Hall, Albion, for our trading days. Our local hub meetings kicked off for the south-siders. Mailchimp was introduced to emailing the monthly NewsLETS and events notices. The website was...There are Users, and there are Members…
There are Users, and there are Members… In BrisLETS, there has long been an assumption that opening an account on CES to trade and joining BrisLETS are one and the same thing. But are they really? And should they be? What if they were quite distinct? What if anyone...Community Trading Day in December
December’s Market Day on Sunday the 16th at The Peace Hall was as well attended as ever and donations to come Hall hire was more generous than ever. The Christmas spirit of giving shone through. We enjoyed beautiful spread of various plates for our shared lunch,...South Hub Day – Summer Solstice Celebration
Summer Solstice – the middle of Summer A natural alternative to Christmas When: 23/12/2018 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Where: St David’s Neighbourhood Centre 68 Orange Grove Rd Coopers Plains What a delightful day this was, albeit intimate! Good conversation, good food...
New LOGO …. Is it time for a Change ?
A Desire For a Lasting Tribute to Beautiful Alison At the November trading day there was a lovely memorial for the wonderful Alison Bird. A few members voiced a desire to have a lasting tribute to Alison through a colour change of our BrisLETS logo. The colour...Login to mobile CES
Upcoming Events
Jan
20
Sun
12:00 pm
Community Trading Day – January ...
@ Albion Peace Hall
Community Trading Day – January ...
@ Albion Peace Hall
Jan 20 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join the community trading day, BrisLETS has been a social enterprise since 1988. PROGRAMME: 12pm Shared Lunch followed by announcements. Note the kitchen can only be used to reheat, not cook, meals. Offering samples at[...]
Feb
9
Sat
2:00 pm
Advisory Body study group meeting
@ The Edge - State Library of Queensland
Advisory Body study group meeting
@ The Edge - State Library of Queensland
Feb 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Advisory Body BrisLETS’ think-tank for mutual credit aficionados – currently including Paul Wildman, Simon Cole, Ishka McNulty and others will meet for the first time this year to discuss what the Body is about[...]