Update: Thursday 16th October 2025

Cohort update date: Thursday 16th October 2025

From: Mairi

📝 Notes:

1. More meeting minutes are now uploaded here on the Cohort Hub (missing ones coming shortly). Please review these if you have missed any sessions.

2. We are still confirming times for the November sessions. Invitations will be sent out the week starting Monday 27th October latest, if not before. Apologies for the short notice. You can find the dates for these sessions in the Cohort Calendar.

3. If you have any more ideas on how we can enable connection and collaboration between yourselves as well as the wider network of orgs who didn't receive funding, please let us know.

4. I am on leave starting tomorrow and all of next week - I'll be back answering questions around Mon 27/Tue 28th October. Aala is on leave until Wednesday 22nd October.

5. Next week, Aala looks forward to seeing you at our two events:

   1. Cohort Call: Decision-Making Process Q&A on Thursday 23rd October, 10-11am (online)

   2. Three Horizons Mapping session on Friday 24th October, 12-4pm (in person at EFI, room 2.55). RSVP to give us an idea of who can and cannot make it.

6. At the Wider Network Intros event on 31st October, we look forward to having more people from the wider network join. Here is a list of who might be joining.

✅ Actions:

• Review meeting minutes if you have missed any sessions

• RSVP to the Three Horizons Mapping session on Friday 24th October - to give us an idea of who can and cannot make it.

• If you have any more ideas on how we can enable connection and collaboration between yourselves as well as the wider network of orgs who didn't receive funding, please let Aala and Mairi know on Slack.