Frequently Asked Questions

Membership

Attend your first two meetings for free. 🙂 
After that we’ll invite you to join.

If you haven’t spoken to one of our members already, please give Maria a call on ‭07599 027565‬. She will run through the basics with you and ensure your details are included on the correct guest list.

Then just fill in the ‘Visit Us‘ form, so that we know to expect you and have enough breakfast available.

If you have attended two meetings and decided to join, all members will be consulted for any objections. This is to ensure there is no conflict of interest. Once approval has been given, you will be sent an application form.

We ask for a one-off £125 commitment fee, plus a £55 monthly subscription. This covers administration costs, running the website etc, venue hire and breakfast.
After that there’s an annual fee of £100 which is due on the anniversary of your joining.

Yes, there is a £100 annual fee, due on the anniversary of your joining.

Yes, you can. We don’t tie anyone into a contract.

No. We would recommend a couple of months stay particularly if you have not networked before, so you can properly understand the benefits of long-term networking. However, if Cornerstone does not work for you, or if the timing is not right, you can leave at any time. 

Yes. We run several training courses to help you get the most out of your membership. The sessions are free to members and informal. Length approximately 30 minutes.

Our Meetings

Once a week, every Wednesday. 

All our meetings are now face-to-face. 

Open Networking: 6:45am – 7:15am

Formal Meeting: 7:15am – 9:00am

See the ‘Our Meetings‘ page for more details.

Attend your first two meetings for free. 🙂 
After that we’ll invite you to join.

If you haven’t spoken to one of our members already, please give Maria a call on ‭07599 027565‬. She will run through the basics with you and ensure your details are included on the correct guest list.

Then just fill in the ‘Visit Us‘ form, so that we know to expect you and have enough breakfast available.

All our meetings are now face-to-face and held at the Great Doddington Club, Great Doddington.  

See our location here.

About Networking

A referral is when someone recommends your business to a new client.

A one to one (or 1:1) is when two people spend time learning about one other as individuals and about the products or services they provide. This should be a two-way conversation, rather than one person talking whilst the other listens and vice versa.

A lock out group means that only one person from each business, trade or profession can join Cornerstone. This means, if you are a plumber, and someone requires your service, then you are more likely to be passed the business as a subscribed member, as there is no direct competitor in the group.

Tracey Goddard

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'There's not one person in the group I wouldn't do business with'