Business Networking

Community Hubs

Our Membership Choices

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Venue Membership

Attend and support your chosen venue

To purchase a venue membership, you will need to attend an event at the venue first, then if you would like to join and your business type is available, we will give you access to the Venue Join Page

Register > Attend as a guest > Ask for options available.

As we believe in collaboration between our members, the Venue membership comes with Unlimited Face to Face Networking at ALL IPC Events

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Roam Membership

Ideal if you can't commit to regular attendance

Unlimited Face to Face Networking at IPC Events

Great option if you want the freedom before the commitment

Membership available online by clicking JOIN IPC above

Please note - Venue members (option 1) with regular attendance
will always be the "GO TO PERSON" within their industry at their chosen venue.

Roam Membership may incur lockouts from certain venues in the future.

Our NetworkingVenues

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Blue Bell (Holystone)

Building the Founder Memberships

Broomside Park (Durham)

Building the Founder Memberships

Church Mouse (Chester Le-Street)

Building the Founder Memberships

Cock Crow Inn (Hebburn)

Building the Founder Memberships

Grand Hotel (Seaburn)

Founders In Place - Venue Membership Available

Hollymere (Sunderland)

Building the Founder Memberships

Seaburn Inn (Seaburn)

Moving to The Grand Hotel - June 2026

Seaton Lane Inn (Seaham)

Building the Founder Memberships

Three Mile Inn (Gosforth)

Building the Founder Memberships

Wearside Farm (Washington)

Building the Founder Memberships

Wheatsheaf (Woolsington)

Launching July 2026

"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

Ashleigh Carey

Venue 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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