Coming up this spring (2026)

Welcome to Spring! This month we’re looking ahead and wanted to share some opportunities to connect and learn, and reset and refresh with us.

Coming up…

Virtual Catch Up (All Welcome)

21 April, 12:30–1:30pm (Free)

Our next informal virtual catch-up is a chance to pause, reconnect, and spend time with fellow facilitators. A number of those already booked are new Affiliate Members keen to meet others and get involved in the community, so it would be great to have some familiar faces there too. Do drop in if you’re able, whether to say hello or to share something you’re working on.

To receive the Zoom link, please email us.

Online Learning Lab: Facilitation Myth Busting and the Perceived Weirdness Index

21 May, 1:00–4:30pm

What do we carry around with us as unexamined truths about facilitation? About ourselves as facilitators? About others as facilitators or group members? About organisations, “Other People” and “The World”. How does these imaginal and attitudinal realms, often out of our awareness, inform and limit our choices and interventions. In our practice, how might we collude with the prevailing culture and dynamics, risking becoming assimilated and ineffective, and what happens when we are rejected.

To aid our myth busting explorations, we will use Jonno Hanafin’s index of “Perceived Weirdness” to explore how we can be most effective as facilitators and agents of change.

Book your place here.

Facilitators Retreat – just two spaces remaining

3–5 June, Hazel Hill Wood, Wiltshire

With just two months to go, there are only two places remaining on our Facilitators Retreat this June.

Set in the beautiful woodland of Hazel Hill, this is an opportunity to step away from the usual pace of work and take some purposeful space to reset and reconnect. There’s no set agenda, just time for gentle reflection, optional group activities, and the chance to be in nature, with yourself and alongside others.

If this is of interest, we’d love to welcome you to join us. Find out more and book a place on our website here.

Lastly, a big thank you to everyone who joined us for our Theatre of the Oppressed Learning Day in March. It was a rich and engaging session, and we’ve had some very positive feedback from those who took part.

Our next Learning Day, in October will focus on FIRO® (Fundamental Interpersonal Relationships Orientation) theory. If this is of interest, we recommend booking early, as March’s session reached capacity and had a waiting list. We will be updating the event page on the website with further details very soon.

You can explore all upcoming events and book your place via the calendar on our website.

We also have bursaries available for those who need support. Please do get in touch to find out more.

To find out more, please email
info@associationoffacilitators.co.uk
or call us on 020 3282 7128

Bella Mehta & Brian Watts
Association of Facilitators (AoF)