Event Details

Where

Newton Mearns Baptist Church Greenfarm Road Newton Mearns Glasgow G77 6FA

When

11 June 2025 7:30 - 10pm GMT+1

Cost

Ticket: Early Bird tickets are £6 (from 26 February up to and including 13 May 2025). Standard tickets are £11

About the Event

Step into the untold stories from Rob’s lifetime of overcoming obstacles and discovering that the past doesn’t have to define us.

Date and time

Wednesday, June 11 · 7:30 – 10pm GMT+1

Location

Newton Mearns Baptist Church

Greenfarm Road Newton Mearns Glasgow G77 6FA

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

From the boy described as ‘making no use of what little ability he has’, to an international best-selling author and speaker, Rob Parsons has a lifetime’s experience of overcoming obstacles.

He recalls the time when his father told him, ‘People like us don’t become lawyers’, and the teacher who said even his best wasn’t good enough.

Yet with the help of the people who believed he could be more, he learnt how to grow through the challenges of life.

Join Rob on a journey through the decades as he reflects on a life mixed with laughter and tears, and draws on vivid stories from childhood, right through to the present day.

He’ll tap into a wealth of experience to help us make the best of our circumstances, gifts, opportunities – and perhaps most of all – our relationships.

In An Evening with Rob Parsons, we invite you to pull up a chair and settle in for a poignant night of storytelling that will reawaken your purpose and stay with you long after you head home.

You’ll hear about:

  • Building confidence to move past the labels others put on you
  • Finding hope beyond shattered dreams
  • Enduring the hard times you just can’t fix
  • Being inspired to take on new challenges
  • Why tomorrow doesn’t have to be like yesterday

Is it for you?

Whether you’re 16 and leaving school or 65 and heading for retirement, this event is for everyone! From relationships to work, study to homelife, and finances to mental wellbeing, Rob has learnt many lessons from life that will help you whatever stage you’re at.

Booking info:

  • Super Early Bird tickets are £5 (available up to and including 25 February 2025).
  • Early Bird tickets are £6 (from 26 February up to and including 13 May 2025).
  • Standard tickets are £11.
  • Group tickets are £8 each (for groups of 3 or more).
  • We never want money to stop anyone from accessing our events. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we are able to offer some complimentary tickets. If this would enable you to attend, please contact us at mail@cff.org.uk and we’d love to help.
  • The event will start at 7.30pm and finish at 10.00pm.
  • Doors open at 7.00pm.
  • Bookings are made through Eventbrite.
  • Alternatively, feel free to call us on 029 2081 0800 and the team would be glad to help you with your booking.
  • Please note we do not have facilities to accommodate babies and young children at this event.

Venue and transport info:

  • By car: There are more than 50 parking spaces in the church car park. Street parking around the church is also available.
  • By bus: Use the N38 bus from NW Glasgow through the city centre to Greenfarm Bus Stop, which is a five minute walk from the church. Travel time from Central Station is roughly 30 minutes.
  • By train: It is 20 min travel time by train from Glasgow Central to Patterton station. It is then a 15 minute walk to the church from there.