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Members Newsletter - Changes to Accreditation/Website   CopyShare on Social actions icon You will have seen from our general newsletter that we have a new website and have also made some changes in the background to the processes for accreditation and re-accreditation. Here’s how the updates apply to you: Accredited Members - Accreditation now lasts three years (previously two). To be re-accredited, members are required to undertake professional development in years 2 and 3. If you are an accredited member, we will be in touch [...]

New Offerings and Learning Day Reminder Firstly there are a few spaces still available on Monday October 21st for our Learning Day on Critical Reflection, 10am-4pm at Highfield Park, Hook (£80 members, £100 non-members). We'd love you to join us. Please contact us to book. Secondly, please do take a look at our new website and some new offerings, including: Easy to book Learning Days, Online Seminars and Supervision to help keep you connected and keep your practice evolving Book your free place on a Virtual Catch Up to meet with [...]

Learning Day - Critical Reflection We hope you will join our Learning Day on October 21st where we will be exploring Critical Reflection. Few practitioners would doubt the importance of reflection, but in our fast-paced worlds we find ourselves pulled towards action. Facilitators are often ‘putting the brakes on’ so that decisions are better informed by critical reflection. But what does critical reflection look like? Is there value in rumination and introspection? Or is this an overindulgence? How do facilitators [...]

Virtual facilitator catch-up WEDNESDAY. A last-minute reminder. Join us for a lunchtime virtual catch-up On Wednesday September 18th, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m (UK time). This is an informal 'drop-in' for those who would like to meet up. An opportunity to catch up with fellow facilitators, discuss our experiences, self-development, breathe, and reconnect. There's no fixed agenda other than saying "Hi". Drop in when you can, leave when you need to. Why not enjoy your lunch while we chat? Hope [...]

Join the Facilitation Skills and Strategies course on September 9th and 10th A few spaces are still available for you to join our Facilitation Skills and Strategies course taking place September 9th and 10th. About the programme: In the Facilitation Skills and Strategies course (previously Facilitator's Toolkit) we will introduce you to you to the Modes of Authority and Dimensions of Facilitator Style, a practical toolkit designed to equip you with the confidence and skill to effectively handle group processes and group tasks, paying attention to structure and [...]

Retake The Facilitator’s Toolkit with this great offer for past attendees Spaces are available on our Facilitation Skills and Strategies course (previously called The Facilitator’s Toolkit) and we are offering these at a greatly reduced price (£390 for both days) for those who might find it timely to re-attend. Traditional educational environments do not encourage us to repeat, resit or re-do a class. In fact, retaking a class can be framed as a backward step (which it rarely is in [...]

Spaces available on Foundations Course starting September 9th Facilitation Opportunity, SMT of Legal Regulator Regardless of if you are a newcomer to facilitation or a very experienced professional, if you have attended Group Dynamics or the Facilitators Toolkit in the past or not - with this programme you are in for a treat of further self-discovery. We are inviting you to join our foundational facilitation courses starting September. You will get: Time and space to reflect, and look [...]

Certificate in Facilitation Skills In response to increasing interest from our existing graduates for further personal and professional development, we are now launching registrations for our Certificate of Facilitation Skills program. This is open to you, as a previously accredited facilitator at Level 1. We often hear experienced facilitators say there can be a low correlation between the number of meetings they have attended (or led) and their personal effectiveness as a facilitator, or a group member. Sometimes, no matter [...]

Virtual facilitator catch-up TOMORROW. A last-minute reminder. Join us for a lunchtime virtual catch-up On Thursday June 20th, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m (UK time). This is an informal 'drop-in' for those who would like to meet up. An opportunity to catch up with fellow facilitators, discuss our experiences, self-development, breathe, and reconnect. There's no fixed agenda other than saying "Hi". Drop in when you can, leave when you need to. Why not enjoy your lunch while we chat? Hope [...]

Practical Constellations Learning Day for advanced practitioners This is an opportunity for those experienced with working and facilitating at depth to explore individual issues/case-studies using a group constellations method. The main focus of the day is on the practical experience of facilitated constellations to map and resolve issues rather than on teaching of the constellations method. (But if you wish to learn about facilitating using this method, you can read more here and attend another of our Learning Days: An introduction to working [...]