Serendipity - by Debbie

Serendipity n. the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

Serendipity brought the FUN networking team together, and maximising serendipitous opportunities, aka networking, is what inspires me in life!

It was at the Hopkins Law Cowbridge event for Cowbridge Fashion Week 2012, organised by Lianne,  that I was prompted to take up the useful invitation to find out what colours best suited me, with the fabulous image consultant Sue Smart. Lovely friendly atmosphere in the room and I turned to one of the glamorous assistants to ask who had done the creative copywriting for the event, and for Hopkins Law in general – as I’d always been impressed by their leaflets and posters – to find myself in conversation with the creative herself - Sarah Bowden. A bit of group chat, laughs and few glasses of Prosecco later  we germinated the seed of an idea to form a networking group for women that took the best of what we liked from networking events we attend, and  then added our own wishlist. The main intention being to create opportunities for women in life and in business to come together in a way that was useful, valued our time, was sociable, made us feel good about ourselves and provided a supportive learning environment. Our uniquely individual skills, expertise, experience, personality (as was revealed in our own Trial by Handbag) have been brought to the table and here we are on the cusp of our first event, when we’ll see if our ideas work!

 But that great old cliché of it all being about the journey is so true. All of our planning meetings and preparation have been a joy – humorous, warm, professional. If that’s all it ever becomes I’ll have met some lovely women – and will have no regrets!