About this Event
A peer group for people involved in setting up and facilitating community growing projects, land-based Community Action Groups, school garden projects, nature based outdoor learning and ecoliteracy.
4 sessions from 1-4.30pm on Fridays - 10th May, 7th June, 5th July and 13th September: your ticket is for all four dates.
We will explore themes around the joys and challenges of setting up and managing Community projects and delivering Nature based learning. The sessions will be held in person at Oxford City Farm in East Oxford. Each session will start with a brief training presentation followed by bespoke support for your project.
Session One
Introductions - You - What brings you here? Your projects. What's going well, what's been difficult, what's your long term vision and what are your next achievable steps?
Introduce action learning structure and Ecoliteracy
Session Two - Cultivating and nourishing your project team- designing your project, working with volunteers, staff and your wider community
Session Three - Manifesting your vision and amplifying your impact- Project and session planning and delivery, increasing participant diversity
Summer Break
Session Four - Resilience and Sustainability- Organisational health check, fundraising, gathering evaluation data and managing growth
About you
We are looking for participants that:
- Can commit to all four sessions (1-4.30pm on Fridays - 10th May, 7th June, 5th July and 13th September)
- Are actively involved insetting up and/or facilitating community growing projects, land based Community Action Groups, school garden projects, nature based outdoor learning and ecoliteracy.
- Listen actively and attentively
- Ask questions that encourage other group members to understand the problem for him/her/themself more clearly
- Observe the agreed ‘ground rules’ for conduct of set members
About our facilitator
The facilitator Phil Pritchard has participated in or helped lead Training and Action Learning Sets focussed on Ecoliteracy and Local Food with Good Food Oxfordshire and The Nature Effect. He also has extensive experience working in schools and supporting designing and managing school gardens, attending and organising training with Growing with Schools, Garden Organic, Social Farms and Gardens and Eat Your School.
Pay as you feel. Suggested deposit £50 to participate in the programme. We are requesting a deposit as a commitment to your attendance at all four sessions. If at the end of the programme you have found that the course has added value to your work and would like to donate this for participating in the programme you will be further supporting the work of Oxford City Farm, alternatively this can be refunded by getting in touch with us.
This session is led by Oxford City Farm Community Grower Phil Pritchard and is supported by WISH (Waste Innovation Station).
Refund policy
We aim to keep course costs as low and accessible with many of our events being pay what you feel. The courses we run help us to raise crucial untied funds to enable us to grow our work with the wider community such as our free to access Community Farming Sessions.
For events under £15 or pay what you feel the ticket price is non-refundable but tickets can be transferred.
For events over £15, we will refund you if you contact us 48 hours before the event to cancel. Please note that the Eventbrite fees are non-refundable (usually around 10%).
In the exceptional circumstances where we need to cancel the event (staff sickness; extreme weather) then we will get in touch to ask if you would like a full refund including the Eventbrite fees or if you would be happy to donate your fee to charitable aims of the Farm.
Photo consent:
Please be aware that photographs may be taken at this event for use in marketing. If you (or a member of your group) would prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know during the event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Oxford City Farm, Cornwallis Rd, Oxford, United Kingdom
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