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Essential, practical training for professional and volunteer facilitators
Delivered over three incremental modules, this course gives delegates the Individual, Team and Project level inter-personal skills and knowledge needed to work effectively as a facilitator on rural community projects.
Developed in collaboration with the GREAT Project and the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), it has regenerative agriculture at its heart. The final activity is based on a bottom-up community climate-change initiative called “Integrated Local Delivery” (ILD) with the keynote delivered by its author and leading practitioner, Jenny Phelps MBE (pictured above speaking to the course).
Suitable for:
Professional farm advisors
Volunteer community coordinators
Team leaders
Small project facilitators
Anyone with a good idea who needs support to take the first step
Delivered 100% in-person.
Actively seeking host sites nationwide for future presentations.
Gloucestershire-based delegates can apply to the GREAT Project for a bursary.
Earn 2 BASIS points on completion of the course.
Casey, coach
If you run a network of facilitators, why not speak to us about running a centralised course for your people at your place?
We are delighted to be working with increasing numbers of farming cluster groups, landscape projects and conservation organisations to deliver this course locally. When we partner with you the attendance cost per individual could reduce by as much as 40% off ... and of course you will not have to support their travel and hotels etc. Many organisations use the course as a way to build the team at the start of a new project in which case the cost is included in the project start-up. Others provide the course as annual CPD for existing employees and volunteers, funding it through FIPL or another like grant.
Please get in touch with Fiona directly to discuss your organisation's requirements. Together we can super-charge your "People Potential".
Module A lays the foundations for the course. Delegates learn about their own strengths upon which they can build their own practice as a facilitator.
Delivered over two days, the course is characterised by practical group activities interspersed with some underpinning theory. Delegates have the opportunity to embed their learning through supported peer reflection and discussion. Real world examples are used to explore and develop facilitator best practice.
Individuals are also supported to develop a course Action Plan which will be developed through the whole course and beyond.
In Module B, you will develop your practical ability to understand and influence groups of people. What makes a group into a team? How can you ensure all members work together towards a common goal?
Using highly interactive group activities, including outdoors as well as in the classroom, you will develop your active listening, questioning and influencing skills.
Groups will examine real world rural examples to consider alternative approaches to managing conflict, optimising team performance and ways of leading effectively in a range of challenging team situations.
You will reflect on your Action Plan and continue to develop it.
We recommend attending Module B, at least one month after Module A, in order that each delegate has had the opportunity to put into practice their Individual skills and Action Plan. We also recommend trying to stay on one course throughout, where possible, to benefit from working with increasingly familiar colleagues.
Module C is the final module of the Rural Facilitator course. It builds on the Individual and Team skills of previous modules to enable the facilitation of more ambitious professional or volunteer projects in the food, farming and sustainability sectors.
Delegates will gain an understanding of a project life-cycle, focusing on how the facilitator can enable timely, successful completion including getting the best possible involvement from all stakeholders. You will examine a familiar past or current project to identify its phases and linked actions. Projects involve a lot of time spent in meetings; you will develop your personal skills so that, as a facilitator, you can get the best out of every meeting by understanding pre, during and post meeting activities.
You will further develop your Action Plan, reflecting on your progress in a supportive partnership and putting in place goals for the future.
Finally, you hear from a leading facilitator about one of their projects and then implement everything learned throughout the course by developing a project plan, within a team, using the presented framework.
(Centrally presented programmes will be based on the Integrated Local Delivery (ILD) framework. We may suggest other speakers and case studies for partnered and hosted presentations.)
Rob, farm advisor
Module A (Individual): 11-12 September 2024
Module B (Team): 19-20 October 2024
Module C (Project): 6-7 November 2024
Cirencester
(Ref 14/24)
Central courses
Earlybird tickets: £490
Standard ticket: £520
Individual Modules: £190
Tell us you're interested and we will let you know when the next course dates are released.
If more than eight people join the list, we will put on an additional course.
In response to your suggestions, we are now offering a variety of ways to book onto this course. All booking is available by individual module to give you maximum flexibility. However, we do recommend you attend all the modules and in sequential order (A, B, C) if possible. Booking the entire course is also much more cost effective.
Once you have attended the first module, if your circumstances change, we are happy to discuss deferring attendance onto subsequent modules.
If self-funding, you may wish to book using Paypal.
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You can also book through Eventbrite; use the Eventbrite button to be taken directly to the course collection. Please note that Eventbrite will charge you a small admin fee.
If your organisation is sponsoring your attendance or you wish to only attend a single module you may wish to request direct invoicing. Please use the email tab below to provide the necessary information.
Ex-military tend to have the latent skills to be excellent facilitators. This course will hone these existing skills and provide a civilian framework for those transitioning to follow-on careers.
Standard Learning Credits (SLC) may be applied.
Other members of the military community (spouses, dependants aged 17+, MOD civilians) may be eligible for discounted rates - please ask.
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