ICA:UK draws on more than 50 years of experience in group work, community development and participatory decision-making to offer our Technology of Participation facilitation training courses, now delivered to more than 2000 people in the UK!
Learn our structured approach to facilitating meetings and events through our series of one and two-day courses. Follow the links in the table for a full description of each course, with feedback from previous course participants.
We regularly run public courses in Manchester, London, Gateshead and Belfast, and run them in other cities around the UK a few times a year. Please visit Course Dates and Registration to see upcoming dates. All of our courses are also available in-house for your organisation or group.
Our Core Facilitation Training Courses
| Title | Level | Days | OVERVIEW |
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| Introduction to Group Facilitation |
foundation | 1 | Exploring the role and skills of the facilitator, this course helps beginners gain confidence in thier role. |
| Group Facilitation Methods |
foundation | 2 | Our most popular course, introducing the foundations of the ToP approach. This course is a methods course, so it is useful both for beginners and for experienced facilitators who wish learn our approach. |
| Action Planning |
foundation | 1 | Participatory planning for short-term projects and events. |
| Participatory Strategic Planning | intermediate | 2 | Bring people together to create strategies for action. |
| Organisational Transformation |
advanced | 2 | Fameworks and tools for facilitating ‘whole systems’ change. |
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Participants in our courses benefit from a special 50% discount in membership of the International Association of Facilitators - for details, see course fees. |
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Our core courses have been accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management, and participants are eligible to recieve an ILM Devlopment Award. Please visit our ILM Accreditation page to find out more. |
Additional Available Facilitation Training Courses
These are specialised curricula which may be appropriate for your group or organisation, we are always to happy to adapt our courses to suit your specific needs.
| Title | Level | Days | OVERVIEW |
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| Group Work Skills |
foundation | 1 | Developing skills for working with young people in groups |
| Designing Participatory Events |
intermediate | 2 | Ensuring events are productive and successful |
| The Power of Image |
advanced | 2 | Creative facilitation for transforming 'mental models' |
| Participation Paradigm |
advanced | 2 | Explore the values & assumptions of ToP facilitation |
| Organisational Transformation (OT) | advanced | 2 | Frameworks and tools for facilitating ‘whole systems’ change |
Course Dates and Registration
Fees, Discount, Scholarships
Unsure what's best for you? Please contact us for advice.
Upcoming Facilitation Training Course Dates
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