Business Networking

Community Hubs

Our Membership Choices

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Join as a member for 1 selected
IPC venue only

Network at your local venue

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Join as a full member to network at all IPC venues

Unlimited Face to Face Networking

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Join as a member for
all IPC venues &
Go Connections Online

Unlimited Face to Face & Online Networking

Our NetworkingVenues

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Church Mouse(Chester Le-Street)

Cock Crow Inn (Hebburn)

Detective Rooms (Durham)

Hollymere (Sunderland)

Seaburn Inn (Seaburn

Seaton Lane Inn (Seaham)

Three Mile Inn (Gosforth)

Wearside Farm (Washington)

"We don’t treat 'community' as a trending topic.

We treat it as infrastructure.

It’s the foundation of how we scale trust, not just our contact list.

True networking isn't about collecting cards, It's about planting relationships.

We’ve moved beyond the buzzword to make community

our baseline for business.

Networking often stops at the handshake.

Our networking hub begins with the follow-through,

ensuring every member has the resources to execute their vision."

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Experience

About In Person Connections

In Person Connections (IPC) in April 2025.

Now, let me say at the outset, there are many great networking groups in the North-East.

They all offer something different.

Fortunately, there was room for one more! 

But what makes IPC distinctive? I would say: Friendliness, openness, and affordability. 

We are regularly adding more venues and events.

The Hosts and Co-Hosts run them their own way. That is important to us!

We are not about ‘copy and pasting’ event formats across all our venues.

We want each one to be different.

We are here to support our members and guests alike.

The culture is to help people overcome hurdles they face in business and of course, to get as many introductions as possible.

All of this takes place in warm and friendly environments.

The Team / Hosts / Co-Hosts

Steve Bodtenberg

IPC Director

Andrew Fox

Venue Host

Helen Miller

Venue Co-Host

Janet Ewens

Venue Host

Julie Martin

Venue Host

Kim Lamb

Venue Host

Nichola English

Venue Co-Host

More Information on our team members can be found on our venue event pages

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