Groupwork and Facilitation
“the group's creative potential is proportionate to its capacity to learn from its encounter with turbulence….."
Julie Diamond  We use a process-work approach with groups so that as well as relating to the individuals who make up the group, we also relate to the group and its' different parts with an attitude of supporting deep democracy.
Facilitation has been described as the art of easing or helping along a group to get to some desired endpoint.
“All dimensions of our experience are needed - the content of issues, our emotions and conflicts, as well as our underlying shared humanity.”
Arlene Audergon  We understand the “facilitator role ” not just as someone who helps a group achieve its objectives, but as a skilled practitioner who intervenes to support the wholeness of a group by helping bring awareness to the process that is trying to happen in the group and assisting it to unfold .
This also means facilitating where there is conflict. We recognise that conflict is a natural part of the world, of life and offers opportunities for growth .
“Just as thriving eco-systems require instability for survival, conflict can be the seed for social transformation, sustainable community, creativity and growth. The Process Work model of conflict resolution addresses all aspects of conflict, including cultural differences, emotional tensions, power and social rank concerns, issues of social injustice, as well as organizational and interpersonal conflicts.”
Julie Diamond We can provide facilitation of different situations including:
 • Supporting groups to create visions and determine goals
• When people are engaged in short or long term conflicts
• Where families or individuals feel that they are not being listened to
• Working with diverse groups of people who want to learn from each others experiences (e.g. people who use services alongside family members and support staff)
• Teams (or other groups) who feel they have intractable problems
• Supporting individual people, who have labels of being challenging, to explore and discover their potential and how best they can be supported to achieve the lifestyle they desire
• Working with communities and issues of inclusion
• Organisational leadership
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