The SLAA UK Intergroup Convention Committee has been setup to oversee and organise SLAA Conventions in the UK.
Each year we recruit volunteers to serve on the Convention committee and in other capacities too. This is a great opportunity for service and recovery, and if you are interested in helping please contact convention@slaauk.org.
Service positions at the Convention
We are looking for volunteers for the following roles at the convention:
- Greeters
- Set up
- Ushering
- Signage
- Chair/Secretary at meetings
- Literature
We are also interested in hearing your ideas about how you would like the Convention to be, and what events you would like to have. Please leave email: convention@slaauk.org, to tell us your ideas. If you would like to see examples of the events at the 2010 Convention, please click the links below.
Convention Committee meetings are held which are open to all for join in with ideas and service. The next committee meeting will be:
The next SLAA Convention will take place on:
Information about past SLAA Conventions:
Tickets are available for sale here for £25. Download a Flyer for the convention The schedule is now online (subject to changes). Click for larger file to download There are opportunities to volunteer at the convention. Positions available are: meeting secretaries, ticket collectors, room greeters, ushers, and literature sellers and Tradition 7 collectors. Please email Darren convention@slaauk.org if you are interested in a service position. Download a poster for the Convention Saturday 4 January: 10am to 6pm (doors open 9.15am) Sunday 5 January: 12pm to 6pm (doors open 11.30am) Download A4 B&W Poster Download A5 Colour Poster Join us for a weekend of recovery, connection and fellowship featuring international and UK guest speakers, workshops and meetings that cover all aspects of recovery from sex and love addiction and anorexia. There is also an in-house cafe and break-out spaces, providing the opportunity for connection and fellowship. Our keynote speaker is Rita H, who is coming from Montreal to share her SLAA experience, strength and hope on ‘The Courage to Change’. As well as having been in SLAA for 19 years, she also has 25 years’ AA recovery. She has held several service posts (including as delegate for Montreal Intergroup), has been on many Conference Committees and Board of Trustees, and sponsors fellows across North America. Our second speaker is Adrianna, “a sex and love addict who has been around a long time, one day at a time.” She will be sharing on ‘Spirituality and the Language of 12-Step Recovery’. This year in addition to great topic meetings we will also be running a number of workshops led by experienced fellows to help you deepen your journey of recovery and ‘The Courage to Change’. The workshops are as follows:- Anorexia Meeting followed by Workshop Do bring along your own pens and notebooks as we encourage you to work together in a community of fellows. Tickets £15 in advance (plus 40p booking fee) £20 on the door (if available, cash only) Getting there by public transport Nearest tube station: Camden Town Getting there by car Very limited onsite parking for special access needs only (email convention@slaauk.org to reserve). Free on-street parking nearby. Access Step-free access to all floors. Visit www.cecilsharphouse.org for more details. Food and drink An excellent onsite café offers meals, light bites and drinks all day: Note: this is a guide only – as we haven’t been given the menu yet and won’t receive it till closer to the convention. Cecil Sharp House no longer provide plastic cups for the water dispenser so please bring your own water bottles. Camden Town is a short walk away, with a range of other cafés, shops and takeaways. If you are interested in doing service at the convention or on the convention committee, please email convention@slaauk.org or join the committee meetings which will be leading up to the convention. more info about the convention committee and types of service can be found here Saturday 5 January: 10am to 6pm (doors open 9.15am) Sunday 6 January: 12pm to 6pm (doors open 11.30am) Download Poster 1 Download Poster 2 Join us for a weekend of recovery, connection and fellowship featuring international and UK guest speakers, workshops and meetings covering all aspects of recovery from sex & love addiction and anorexia. Our international guest speaker is Samantha M from the USA, who draws on 23 years of relationship sobriety and her experience of working therapeutically with people suffering from trauma, addictions and allied psychiatric problems. In a two-part talk spanning the weekend, Samantha will discuss ‘the path of spiritual growth’ including her own story, her experience of working the 12 Steps and her many years of helping others. Our UK guest speaker John B has 39 years of recovery from chemical addiction and found lasting recovery from sex addiction in SLAA in 2006. He will discuss how our growing understanding of codependency, shame, attachment and trauma can reinforce the 12 Steps and help us to treat ourselves and others with love and compassion, making recovery an ongoing and deepening process. He draws on his experience of working therapeutically with sex & love addicts, seeing sexual compulsion as an attachment disorder based in trauma. Meeting topics over the weekend include: Tickets £15 in advance (plus 35p booking fee) £20 on the door (if available, cash only) Getting there by public transport Nearest tube station: Camden Town Getting there by car Very limited onsite parking for special access needs only (email convention@slaauk.org to reserve). Free on-street parking nearby. Access Step-free access to all floors. Visit www.cecilsharphouse.org for more details. Food and drink An excellent onsite café offers meals, light bites and drinks all day: Camden Town is a short walk away, with a range of other cafés, shops and takeaways. If you are interested in doing service at the convention or on the convention committee, please email convention@slaauk.org or join the committee meetings which will be leading up to the convention. more info about the convention committee and types of service can be found here ‘From newcomer to Step 12 and beyond’ Saturday 18th (10am – 6pm) and Sunday 19th (12pm – 6pm) February 2017. See Recordings and Handouts from the convention Nearest tube stations: Latimer Road and Ladbroke Grove. Click “Download” below for SLAA Convention 2017 Programme – (printout for GSR’s,Groups and Fellows) Tickets: SORRY SOLD OUT If you are interested in doing service at the convention or on the convention committee, please email convention@slaauk.org or join the committee meetings which will be leading up to the convention. click here for more information about convention 2017 more info about the convention committee and types of service can be found here ‘We Do Recover’ Saturday 23rd & 24th may 2015 Draft Convention programme Download If you are interested in doing service at the convention or on the convention committee please email convention@slaauk.org or join with the committee meetings which will be help leading up to the convention. more info about the convention committee and types of service can be found hereDate/Time Category Meeting Notes Saturday
29 Jul 2023 - 30 Jul 2023
All Day
Camden
LondonSLAA UK CONVENTION 2023
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Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Rd, Camden, London, NW1 7AY
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Sunday 30th July 9:15am (doors open) to 6pm
We are looking for Speakers, especially those from a diverse background, to be on the panel in the following list of discussion topics and workshops at the conversation. If any of these subjects appeal and you have completed all 12 Steps in SLAA please email Darren convention@slaauk.org with your interest and if the slots are still available he will do his best to add you to them. There are a couple of slots that are yet to have topics. If you have an idea of a topic that would benefit other fellows please do let us know.Service Positions available:
Saturday
4 Jan 2020 - 5 Jan 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Camden
LondonSLAA UK CONVENTION 2020
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Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Rd, Camden, London, NW1 7AY
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Step 4 Meeting followed by Workshop
Steps 8-9 Meeting followed by Workshop
Nearest Overground station: Camden Road
Nearest bus stops: 274, C2
Saturday
5 Jan 2019 - 6 Jan 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Camden
LondonSLAA UK CONVENTION 2019
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Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Rd, Camden, London, NW1 7AY
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Nearest Overground station: Camden Road
Nearest bus stops: 274, C2
Saturday
18 Feb 2017 - 19 Feb 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
North Kensington
LondonSLAA UK CONVENTION 2017
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Kensington Aldridge Academy, 1 Silchester Rd, North Kensington, London, W10 6EX
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Saturday
23 May 2015 - 24 May 2015
9:30 am - 7:30 pm
LondonSLAA UK CONVENTION 2015
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Burlington Danes Academy, 300 Wood Lane, London, , W12 0HR
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