You don’t have to do this alone.
Kith & Kin is a support community for independent hospitality leaders who care deeply, but feel stretched thin. This is the place for honest conversations, practical insight, and the people who get it.
For the people keeping hospitality alive
You’re running a venue with heart — a café, a pub, a restaurant, a hotel — but lately it’s felt harder to hold it all together. The work is meaningful, but relentless. You’re not burned out because you don’t care — you’re burned out because you care too much.
Kith & Kin is built for you. Independent owners and senior leaders navigating growth, loyalty, team challenges, and the emotional weight of it all. This isn’t a membership with fluff. It’s support, strategy, and belonging — led by someone who’s been there.
Inside Kith & Kin
Practical Strategy
Actionable tools, frameworks, and support that work in the real world
Honest Conversations
No surface-level hype — just real talk from people who get it
Peer Support
Connect with other independent leaders, online and offline
Inspiration That Sticks
Events, workshops, and ideas to reignite your confidence and creativity
Built by operators, for operators
Kith & Kin isn’t some corporate community or generic online course. It was created by Cassie Davison, who spent 25 years as an owner-operator and knows what it really takes to survive — and thrive — in independent hospitality. This is a space that honours your reality and gives you what you actually need to move forward.
“Sometimes the universe brings you the people bearing the kind message you need to hear at just the right moment.”
Not ready to join yet?
If you’re still figuring things out, Cassie’s upcoming book Stand Out Hospitality is a great place to start.
It’s honest, hopeful, and packed with real insight about what it actually takes to lead an independent venue — and feel good doing it.
It’s part memoir, part strategy, and all about helping you reconnect with why you started.
Want to join us?
Know someone already inside?
There’s a side door.
If you already know a member of the community or The Collective, they can share access with you directly. Ask them for the pass.
Want to know more first?
Once you're on the waitlist, you'll get full details on how it works — including what's inside, how much it costs, and how to make the most of it. But if this page speaks to you, you probably already know it's a fit.
We open the doors to new members just once a month — with limited spaces — so we can welcome you in properly and make sure the community stays true to what it was built for: trust, belonging, and real support.
To join, simply add your name to the waitlist and we’ll be in touch when the next intake opens.