What will I learn?

During this two day course, we will cover:

• Practical facilitation: group processes and the skills required to apply them

• Understanding the essential principles of facilitation

• Creating safety and welcoming difference to harness group wisdom

• Gathering and pooling the wisdom of the group

• Maximising participation

• Developing greater self-awareness and emotional resilience in groups

• Skills to make meetings work well and create alignment

• Capacity to manage hotspots and challenging conversations

• Confidence to facilitate challenging group dynamics

This training is versatile and can be applied to a range of settings in the climate movement (and beyond!), including leading volunteer groups, hosting decision-making and strategy sessions, handling challenging conversations, and building emotional resilience. 

This training is suitable for those new to facilitation as well as those who want to refresh their existing facilitation skills or learn new approaches. 

The training is oriented towards your learning needs. We welcome your challenges and aspirations into the course. This provides an opportunity to practice your learning in situations most meaningful to you.

Facilitating is like swimming: you can’t learn without getting in the water – so our training is highly hands-on and experiential.

Am I eligible for this training?

This heavily subsidised training is designed for people actively engaged in the climate justice movement, particularly those who regularly work with groups, networks, or communities to achieve shared campaign goals. 

This training is suitable for:

• grassroots activists, community group leaders, and volunteers; 

• employed staff in not-for-profit climate advocacy organisations, in roles such as community organisers, mobilisers, and campaigners; 

• climate movement facilitators, educators, and trainers; 

• participants who are already connected or affiliated with a community group, organisation or campaign working towards climate justice.