Hamwic Speakers (Toastmasters)

Learn to speak confidently in a supportive group

Do you suffer the ‘sweaty palms’ or ‘knot-in-the-stomach’ or ‘Dry throat’ response to public speaking? Does it fill you with dread and worry to have to ‘present’ or ‘deliver’ a speech or report for work.

Perhaps you are already a confident speaker, but you lose the message or fail to stay on track. Alternatively, maybe you have a eulogy or Best Mans speech that you desperately want to succeed in delivering to honour those closest to you.

You want leave a positive lasting impact on their lives, but are struggling with the speech structure and capturing the right emotion in the audience. Would you like some help and guidance, or somewhere to practice with constructive feedback?

Hamwic Speakers provides public speaking training in Southampton. Public Speaking is a craft, but like any craft it can be mastered – it takes time and dedication, but anyone can achieve it.

Success is most likely when the right environment meets the right system, and we can offer the right environment and a proven system. At Hamwic we know how you feel – because we’re all volunteers who have been through it ourselves.

Our club aims are very simple: we are here to help you become the best public speaker you want to be in an environment that supports that growth. We want to build your confidence and self-esteem, but also help you discover your own inner journey to what goals matter to you in communication and leadership.

Hamwic Speakers is a nonprofit public speaking club in Southampton run by a volunteer committee. Today many people are more comfortable communicating by email or phone, rather than face-to-face.

Speaking to large or small groups, or even one to one, can be a nerve racking or stressful experience. At Hamwic Speakers, we create a friendly supportive environment where you can learn how to overcome these challenges and transform your public speaking into an enjoyable and successful experience.

Hamwic Speakers is affiliated to Toastmasters International and is part of District 91 (UK South). Toastmasters gives us access to a massive range of learning resources to help develop public speaking and leadership skills.

We pride ourselves on creating a welcoming environment and are keen to help you. In return we hope you’ll feel so at home that you’ll want to start to make measurable progress in areas of life that you might have felt held you back.

Even the introvert has a place in our community, we want you to feel at ease, but equally we want to nudge towards the edge of that comfort zone because that’s generally where most of the growth is had. We don’t rush or force, its all at your own pace, but you will surprise yourself how much courage you actually have.