Newsletter
February 2021
Hello
We would like to invite both members and non-members to two new online programmes: Online Group Supervision and Fundamentals in Co-Coaching (see below). We hope to return to face-to-face training from May onwards, assuming it is safe to do so. Please see below or our website for more information and dates.

In a global pandemic, with fundamental changes to home and work, and as the relationship between societal issues, personal stress and mental health becomes highly visible, both approaches have a lot to offer Group Facilitators.
Both programmes:
  • are open to new and experienced practitioners
  • are open to non-members and members (who receive a discount)
  • will extend your range, confidence and competence as a facilitator (Facilitation, Awareness, Contracting, Ethics, Theory and Support)
  • provide support, a gentle stretch and personal development in these challenging times
  • lead to the award of a Continuing Professional Development Certificate
To book or find out more, please email us or call us on 0203 282 7128.

Bella Mehta & Brian Watts
Association of Facilitators (AoF)
0203 282 7128
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Please see our website for more details of our courses, and dates are available on our calendar.
Fundamentals in Co-Coaching (Online)
Co-Coaching is a powerful tool for the development of emotional competence and maps directly to core facilitation competencies - Facilitation, Awareness, Contracting, Ethics, Theory and Support (FACETS®). It is a method of listening to oneself and others that is underpinned by principles of equality, self-directed learning and peer development that we, AoF, are committed to. We recommend the development of Co-Coaching skills as part of the core competency development for facilitators.

On completion of the training you are eligible to become part of the AoF Peer Network; able to arrange to work with others in the learning community, with confidence of shared grounding in the method and approach.
  
The introductory cost per person is £480+VAT for members and £550+VAT for non-members. See here for course outline and here for dates.  
Group Supervision (Online)
Group Supervision provides a rich, live environment for you to examine your role and performance in groups and to explore real-life facilitation challenges and situations with peers. At each session, several participants will have the chance to discuss, review, replicate, re-frame and learn from challenges that they face. This includes material from groups they are currently facilitating and/or challenges arising through finding work, contracting with clients, working online and supporting client groups through these unique and challenging times. 

A blend of group discussion, demonstrations, live facilitation opportunities and small group work will support all facilitators, including those who are not offering material for supervision, to use and develop their facilitation muscles and to 'stay sharp'.
 
Price: £45 per session or £250 for all six sessions for members and £55 per session and £330 for all six sessions for non-members. (There is no VAT to pay.) You are welcome to book one or more sessions, and ideally to book the whole programme.

There may be an opportunity to continue beyond the currently planned sessions, and to negotiate a fixed time, should a committed peer group emerge. 
Co-Coaching Dates and Times

The four days of training (10am-4pm, UK time, online) take place over seven consecutive weeks, and you will need to arrange for 2 hours of practice time in between the sessions. 

Thu 11 March
Thu 25 March
Thu 08 April
Thu 22 April
Supervision Dates and Times

The six planned sessions will initially be offered at various times of the day and week, to accommodate different time zones, home-schooling and other essential commitments, and to give as many members as possible an opportunity to experience the benefits of Group Supervision.

(UK Times)
Tue 2 March 10.00 - 12.30
Mon 8 March 13.00 - 15.30
Wed 17 March 16.00 - 18.30
Wed 24 March 08.00 - 10.30
Thu 1 April 18.00 - 20.30
Fri 9 April 10.00 - 12.30