The Facilitation Lab

What is the course?

A comprehensive training into the art of facilitating transformation - designed for both experienced and emerging facilitators seeking to deepen their presence, broaden their toolkit and stand in their full confidence. Whether you're new to holding space or have years of experience, this journey is a deep dive that will support you in developing the practical skills, embodied awareness and inner confidence needed to navigate group work with care, clarity and creativity.

For those who have already done some facilitation training with us, this is an opportunity to go deeper and explore a wide diversity of tools, practices and perspectives. For those who are new to Change in Nature, this is an invitation to step into a rich learning community where practice, reflection and shared exploration create the foundations for confident, compassionate facilitation.

What is the course structure?

• Live sessions (~2 hours per week):
  10 x 2 hour live sessions (via Zoom), including teaching, practice and group dialogue.

• Coursework between sessions (~1 hour per week):

• Personal reflection

• Practice tasks to try out learnings in real-world settings

• Readings, videos, podcasts and other inspiration

• Facilitation practice (key component):

• Facilitation opportunities for the cohort with peer feedback

• Facilitate two external sessions (in your community or work setting)
  → Each with self-reflection, peer feedback and process notes

• Peer-to-peer coaching (~1 hour peer circle per month):
  For support, debriefing and learning from one another

Who is this for?

This course is open to all levels - from those just starting out to experienced facilitators seeking new edges. You might be:

• A coach, educator, team leader, therapist, consultant or practitioner.

• Looking to hold more space as a career path or in your community.

• Curious about how to bring more presence and impact to your work with groups

When?

All timings are 7-9pm (UK time) on Tuesday evenings. Session are recorded, so it is possible to catch up if you miss any.

• 27th January

• 3rd February

• 10th February

  Half Term Break

• 24th February

• 3rd March

• 10th March

• 17th March

• 24th March

• 31st March

  Easter Break

• 14th April

What will you come away with?

At the end, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. While not externally accredited, Change in Nature’s facilitation courses are widely recognised for their depth and integrity. Participants consistently share outstanding feedback and apply the learnings in organisational, community and transformational settings.

However, the course is so much more than a formal training. It’s an invitation to step more fully into your craft and calling as a facilitator. This journey will take your practice to new depths. You'll come away with not only tools and techniques - but the embodied confidence to hold complex, alive and transformational spaces with grace and clarity.

The aim is that you will feel rooted in your unique voice as a facilitator, with a deeper trust in your presence and leadership. You will have grown your confidence to design, hold and reflect on powerful group processes, from beginning to end, and gain a clearer sense of the bigger picture of group transformation. Most of all, we hope that you will leave this course changed - not just as a facilitator, but as a human being. You will have not only refined your skills, but also deepened your purpose and your capacity to share your gifts more skilfully with others. For us, facilitation is not just something you “do” - but a way of being.