Online Facilitation Training

Deepening skills to build connection, community and change

Starting Tuesday 18th Feb 2025

(5 x weekly online gatherings at 7pm)

Feedback from previous participants…

  • "Unlike any other Zoom call you'll go on. It's restoring, energising, practical, connecting and full of really easy ways to implement tools and techniques."

    Amanda (May 2020)

  • "It's a full training package condensed into just five sessions and gives a taster of theory, practice, peer group wisdom and group development... it was fab."

    Charley (April 2020)

  • "A brilliant course that teaches you how to build safe and open spaces online. It has guided me towards what I really want to do in life. So grateful."

    Lucy (May 2020)

What is the course?

Our online facilitation training course is designed for anyone looking to start or deepen their experience of facilitating groups online to bring about enhanced wellbeing and catalyse positive change. The course combines theory and practice, and fosters a supportive learning environment that will enhance your confidence and nurture your personal and professional growth. The learnings can be applied to facilitate sessions online or in person.

Why?

Many of us spend a lot more time meeting online these days but often with mixed experiences. Sometimes we can feel inspired and connected; and other times we can feel drained and exhausted. The way these spaces are facilitated has a big impact on the outcome. On completing this course, you will feel equipped and empowered to be creative in the way you facilitate online and explore tools, models and techniques that can be applied to in-person experiences too - helping people to connect more deeply with themselves, others and the bigger picture.

Who?

The course will benefit people at all levels of facilitation experience - whether this is something you have never done before or you are a seasoned facilitator who wants to deepen their practice. As one participant in our Online Facilitation Course 2020 said, “Some of the others already had live facilitation experience and wanted to migrate those skills to online sessions, but I wanted to start from scratch with facilitation. Oddly enough - and brilliantly - the course supported both needs.”

What will you come away with?

Tools, techniques, knowledge, skills, support and the confidence to make a difference. With an emphasis on experiential learning and practice, you will gain experience of facilitating online and be supported by a trusted community of fellow learners. In addition to any personal learning objectives, you will develop:

  • Facilitation and communication skills that can be applied to online or in-person contexts

  • Comfort with designing the flow of meetings and/or online programmes

  • A varied toolkit of practices to build connection

  • Deep listening skills and techniques

  • Your own connection with nature and the bigger picture

  • The confidence to keep growing as a facilitator through practice, support and feedback

Where & when?

The programme is hosted online (via Zoom). There are 5 sessions on Tuesday evenings at 7-9pm UK time. These next set of dates (in 2025) are:

  • 18th February. Session One: The Power of Intention

  • 25th February. Session Two: Natural Flow - Learning a Nature Inspired Facilitation Model

  • 4th March. Session Three: Practice and Experimenting - Creative Flow

  • 11th March. Session Four: Practice and Experimenting - Group Wisdom

  • 18th March. Session Five: Appreciation, Facilitation Styles and Integration

Facilitator: Andy Raingold

Andy is a facilitator, speaker, coach and social entrepeneur who inspires transformative change. He has been guiding immersive nature experiences and personal development programmes since founding Change in Nature in 2015. He has been teaching facilitation since 2019 and over 200 people have completed his facilitation courses.

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“Caring, Supportive, Challenging”.

Paul (July 2017)

“A wonderful safe space in which to explore, experiment and develop.”

Jenna (May 2020)

Book now to secure your place

All of our training courses have been oversubscribed in the last few years, so early booking is recommended

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  • We are currently offering early bird places with £100 saving on the full course fee. Book now and pay £160 (£120 for low income).

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  • TIME COMMITMENT: Each session is 2 hours. All the sessions are recorded, so you can catch up if you can’t make it live (although as this is an experiential course with an emphasis on practice, please aim to be present for at least four sessions).

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  • "I the gained confidence to have a go and start offering facilitated sessions. I was delighted to find myself thinking: ‘I can do this!’"

    Paula (April 2020)

  • “I discovered some truly surprising and inspiring ways to connect strangers and nature through zoom – who knew!?”

    Camilla (April 2020)

  • “Incredible how much can be covered and the connections that can be made in such a short time. Heart-felt, real and super important.”

    Nicola (June 2020)