Summer Party & BBQ

MEMBERS / Fri 28th Aug / 7-11pm

Get together before the summer holidays for our legendary annual party! Sunshine, good company.

Bring a friend or two – the more, the merrier. It will be a lovely, memorable night, so be sure not to miss it!

Launch Party | Season 14

2026-27

SEASON LAUNCH | Fri 11th Sept | 7pm

Welcome to a brand-new Season!

Let this one inspire you with its vibrant mix of thinkers, doers, authors, activists, artists, musicians, and more. We're unveiling our exciting new programme and introducing some of the brilliant hosts behind your favourite regular activities.

Come for a drink and a tasty bite, meet some new faces and soak up the warm, welcoming vibe of our place and community.

Not a member yet? No worries — you can join right there on the night!

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Attendance is FREE, but please register.

FREE drinks for Members in the 1st hour.

OPEN TO ALL

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ADDITIONAL INFO

FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar open with snacks	Large >50	Available on request

OPEN DAY

Full Circle Drinks

Social | Sat 19th Sep | 3-5 pm

Curious about Full Circle? Join us for a drink & discover what we're all about. 

Whether you're already part of our community or simply intrigued, you’ll have the opportunity to meet the team, explore the house & hear more about our future plans – including what the different types of Full Circle memberships have to offer. It’s a relaxed & informal setting, ideal for asking questions & seeing if this is a place where you feel at home.

We warmly welcome current members & their guests too – so feel free to bring a friend or two along. It's a lovely way to connect with others who share a curiosity for ideas, culture & community. No pressure, just good company & a great conversation.

We're looking forward to welcoming you!

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ADDITIONAL INFO

FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar & snacks	Medium (25-30)	Available on request

WORK | Wed 23rd Sept | 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm

For professionals in political & communications strategy
Places are limited. Book early.

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Narrative Mapping for Political Strategy (morning)

In order to challenge harmful political ideas and systems, from carbon emitting industries to increasingly authoritarian governments, it’s crucial to shift public understanding and common sense. And to do that, NGOs, governmental bodies, and others need to first understand why prevailing narratives maintain their power and appeal. Only then does it become possible to strategically select and design interventions (from media-led campaigns to embedded community practices) that will be sufficiently powerful and appealing to change the political landscape for good.

In this session, we’ll share our expertise about how best to do this, building on years of experience working with coalitions and progressive institutions across the world. Together, we’ll map dominant societal narratives that keep our imagination and action trapped in a limited spectrum of possibilities, and tracing the institutions, practices, and policies that make narratives powerful. 

In this workshop, we will:

• Understand & analyse the landscape of prevailing assumptions and agendas around a topic.
• Apply this to a key political topic or area of focus, identifying opportunities to shift the conversation and alter common sense.
• Consider the role of narrative mapping in larger processes of social and political change

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Creative Storytelling in the Attention Age (afternoon) 

In this session, we’ll sharpen our storytelling skills, with the help of tools and frameworks that can guide and inspire us. And we’ll consider how to make the age-old power of a story work in the age of fragmented political soundbites and the shortest of short-form video. 

We will:

• Analyse what makes for an effective story, considering several different useful models and looking at what makes books and movies so compelling
• Practice telling an important social or political story in new ways
• Strategise for how to tell this story in the new mediascape, keeping people’s attention in a digitally fragmented world
  
  

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PARTICIPANTS

The workshops Narrative Mapping for Political Strategy and Creative Storytelling in the Attention Age are for all professionals working towards reframing a key social issue, or want to communicate more strategically or creatively about an important problem, on or offline.

If you are working in a governmental or nongovernmental organisation that is struggling to cut through the noise on a particular topic, this is designed with you in mind.

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Future Narratives Lab is a democratically owned and controlled non-profit that exists to build the independent cultural and political power of civil society. Based in London, their team works across Europe and beyond, typically through partnerships with groups working on entrenched and complex social challenges. Future Narrative Lab equips campaigners, coalitions and communities with narrative as a tool for building their collective power. 

Sarah Stein Lubrano is a researcher, author and broadcaster. Her academic research has focused on the role of emotion in political communication, and specifically cognitive dissonance. Lubrano is the head of research for the Future Narratives Lab. For many years she was the head of content at The School of Life, where she is still a content lead. She writes and speaks publicly on a variety of topics. In earlier lives, Lubrano made films and worked as a prison tutor and obituary writer.  

Dan Stanley is Executive Director at non-profit research body the Future Narratives Lab, and Strategy Director at economic development co-operative Stir to Action. Daniel has worked with campaigns, coalitions, foundations and political parties in the UK and globally to develop strategies for broadening the appeal of alternative social and economic propositions, including seven years leading digital mobilisation agency Small Axe.

TICKETS

MEMBERS 
Sngle workshop (am or pm) €200
Double workshop (full day)   €400

NON-MEMBERS
Single workshop (am or pm) €225
Double workshop (full day)   €400

KEY LINKS

Future Narratives Lab

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ADDITIONAL INFO

FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Refreshments provided. Lunch available	Small (less than 20)	Available on request

Ceilidh!
ft. The Hoggies

Social / DANCE | FRI 25 SEPT | 7.30-11pm

FESTIVAL OF IDEAS 2026

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