your away day
The day you've been promising yourself.
The one you never quite take.
Your Away Day is a full day experience for founders, away from the desk, the decisions, and the noise. In the Sussex countryside, with a small group of people who understand exactly where you are.
Not a conference. Not a retreat. Something rarer, a day that's genuinely yours.
“It is like a warm hug to power you forward in business and life.”
For individual founders…
A day that belongs entirely to you in nature, with a small group of founders who get it.
For collectives & teams…
Host an exclusive day for your group, flexible format, extraordinary setting, real impact.
What is it?
Most founders are brilliant at giving their time to everything else.
The business. The team. The clients. The family.
This is a day that belongs entirely to you.
Away from the environment that created the patterns you're trying to shift.
Returning to nature, genuine connection with other founders, and creating a quality of thinking that simply doesn't happen at a desk.
You'll leave with clarity on something that's been sitting with you.
A new connection or perspective you didn't expect.
And the rare feeling of having truly invested in yourself.
“Taking the time for myself to get out of the office and away from the daily distractions enabled me to get clearer on my business direction and find the confidence to pursue it.”
Simon Batchelar, Founder, Pallant Digital
The day…
9am - welcome & arrival
Arrive to the wonderful aromas of freshly brewed coffee and herbal teas. Grab a cuppa and help yourself to lovingly made breakfast pastries.
9.15am - connection & intentions
Gather around the firepit. Pause and land in the space by coming into the breath. Connect by sharing our stories. Set your intentions for the day.
10.30am - focused work & coaching
A window for focused work on your business. Take a seat in a cosy corner to get your head down and focus. Join a shared table, open to conversation.
Book in for 40 minutes of 1:1 coaching with Joel.
1pm - communal lunch
Conversation and connection over shared plates of wonderfully prepared local seasonal organic food from our partners at ‘field food’.
2pm - countryside walk
Take a wonderful stroll, to stretch the legs and connect with the beauty of the Sussex countryside. Make new connections to others and the land around you.
3pm - focused work & coaching
A window for focused work on your business. Take a seat in a cosy corner to avoid being interrupted or join a shared table, open to conversation.
Book in for 40 minutes of 1:1 coaching with Joel.
Each Away Day is held at a beautiful flint barn near Piddinghoe in the Sussex countryside, 25 minutes from Brighton.
5pm - reflections & goodbyes
We come together to revisit our intentions for the day, reflect on our time together and share our experiences.
Before a hug or a high five goodbye.
next dates
tues 19th may
tues 29th september
thurs 3rd december
tickets
coaching & co-working £250
(includes 45 mins 1:1 with Joel)
co-working only £125
location
old flint barn, nr southease
25 min drive from brighton
(lift sharing can be facilitated)
“It helped me take a step back from my business and reconnect with a part of myself that I had started to lose touch with”
Megan Sayers, Founder, Make Good Design
Founder collectives & Founder-led teams…
A day where the real work happens.
The conversations go deeper.
And nobody wants to leave.
Your Away Day can be hosted exclusively for your group at the old flint barn, a full day away from the ordinary, built entirely around what you need.
The environment does something a meeting room never can.
It slows the pace, opens the thinking, and creates the conditions for conversations that actually matter.
The work that felt stuck starts moving. The connections that were surface level go somewhere real.
Joel anchors the day throughout, opening with landing practices, a walk through the Sussex countryside, shared food, and space for genuine reflection.
Optional experiences can be woven in, sauna, yoga, or breathwork, deepening the quality of presence the group brings to everything else.
The focused working time is yours entirely.
Joel can step in to facilitate, support, or coach the group through it, as much or as little as you need.
Or simply hold the space while you run your own agenda in conditions that make it significantly better.
The space holds up to 20 people comfortably.
Every detail is taken care of the setting, the food, the facilitation. All you need to do is show up.
For group bookings & bespoke experiences…
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"Helping us all move away from factory hours and work in more creative, nature-connected and inspiring ways."
Paul Doran, Founder, Growth Lab
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"Create space for your best thinking and get support from Joel around a current challenge, all in the company of smart, like minds"
Laurence McCahill, Founder, Happy Start Up School
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“It was a timely reminder of the conditions I need to do my best work. Of the importance of immersive days like this to work on my business and to nurture my mind and soul in the process".”
Beccie D’Cunha, Founder, Courage Lab
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“There is something magical about a full day of 'working' with other business owners, sharing a meal, taking a walk, conversations different, the pace slower.”
Adas Goldstein-Coleman, Founder, VAB
