Welcome to your speaker hub!
Thank you for offering your time and energy to support and promote this CrossReach partnership with The Guild. This is a great opportunity to enable the CrossReach projects Daisy Chain and Perinatal Mental Health Services (now extended to include Inverness and Moray as well as Glasgow and Edinburgh) to reach more children and families, and make an impact in the crucial early years of a child’s life. But to make this happen, we need volunteers like you to take the message to the local meetings of The Guild, and bring these services to life. Without your help, this partnership would not be possible.
You should have received a physical pack in the post which contains everything you need including the presentation on a USB, business cards, cue cards, leaflets and FAQs. Below are some links to some of these practical resources, information and support but remember, we are just a call or email away if you need us or want some more!
Downloadable resources for you
- Guild Presentation (there have been several minor updates made since the project started, any version you have previously downloaded is still fine to use, this is the latest version). Click the link to start the download, you may see a message that "Google Drive can't scan this file for viruses", rest assured that this file was created and uploaded from within CrossReach and is virus free.
- Demonstration of the Guild presentation (Stuart in the Fundraising team giving an example talk - Original 2024 Version)
- Video about the Guild project (new version planned for summer 26)
- Actions card (the process and what to bring to your talk)
- FAQs
- Resources to take to meetings (these can either be downloaded and printed yourself or the office can print some out and send them to you). We would also recommend taking copes of the latest issue of CrossReach News and the CrossReach Prayer Diary, if you need more of these sent out, please contact us.
- Membership form
- Mailing list form
- Project leaflet (updated Oct 2025, prints 2 leaflets on A4, which will then need cut)
- Sign up to mailing list handout
- New versions on many of these are due in 2026 and will be distributed when available
- Guild Newsletters (these are distributed directly to all Guilds by the Guild office and are here for your information)
- Expenses form
- General CrossReach presentation
Tip: The feeling of being nervous before a talk is similar to excitement.
If you get nervous before speaking, try telling your self.... I'm not nervous, I'm excited. This is going to be great.
Retrain your brain into believing you're excited which will help how you present and deliver yourself.
CraigTip: Remember, your audience don't know the presentation. If you miss something, don't worry, they will never know!
We also then have a great excuse to get in touch with them to provide more information!
CraigCheck out upcoming talks: simply click the 'genius button' below
