About
We are three experienced facilitators, trainers and consultants who work across sectors and geography, for example:
Locally with community groups, to develop frameworks rooted in their experience, such as ‘Voice’
Regionally, with regional initiatives such as the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership
Nationally, with national voluntary sector organisations and government departments
We link up with others when appropriate to offer our clients a skilled and knowledgeable team.
We work in a way which:
- recognises issues of power
- encourages knowledge and learning to come from participants in the process
- encourages critical discussion and debate
is set to achieve outcomes, challenge the status quo and find creative ways forward.
Making our work accessible
When we can, we do ‘deals’ to help people access our work, we negotiate different approaches to help budgets and timetables and, on occasion, we work without charge. This is usually when we can see particular benefits for individuals, groups or organisations, and relationships have been built, for example:
- supporting groups and individuals to make best use of the frameworks they have learned about on our courses e.g. we are currently talking to an Age Concern Organisation about teaming up with their trained Voice facilitator to deliver a session with partner organisations
- groups benefiting from the frameworks we have developed, e.g. doing a free follow up Voice session with a LINK organisation
- helping work to move forward once it has started e.g. joining in with ongoing sessions with Elected Members
- offering specific skills to support an organisation e.g. delivering a 2 day Voice facilitators training course in partnership with CDX
- reciprocating time donated by people contributing to research, e.g. donating our time, alongside others, to research a hybrid version of Voice and echo specifically for infrastructure organisations – with SW Forum
- volunteering our time to specific organisations, e.g. as Board Members for Urban Forum, Community Development Exchange and Age Concern Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
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