breathing space outdoors: Training

Courses are available in team building, facilitation skills, leadership skills for women, stress busting and confidence building for women.

Courses are tailor-made according to the needs of the client. Participants are contacted in advance to clarify their expectations and ensure that the training is relevant to their needs.

Team building

The natural environment provides an ideal medium for exploring interpersonal issues that inevitably arise during team working. Team members can see each other in a fresh light and reveal transferable skills.

Courses are developed with you. The focus is dependent on the stage that your team is at and what issues face your organisation. Contact us for more information about team building.

Facilitation skills

Increasingly it is recognised that making meetings run smoothly requires good facilitation skills. This one-day course looks at the theory of facilitating and provides hands on experience of facilitating.

Training is tailored to the requirements of your organisation. Contact us for more information about facilitation skills.

Feedback from delegates on previous courses

'I felt it was an excellent day and I learned a lot.'

'The course was very helpful'

Leadership for women

Women are under-represented in most areas of decision making yet research shows many of their skills are sought after in leadership positions.

Interested in leading initiatives and bringing about change?
Are you already leading but want to practice different approaches?
Maybe you know how to lead but need the chance to try out different approaches?

Dynamic, practical courses for women can be arranged to explore and try out leadership skills.

Stress busting - exorcising stress*

*Women only

How do we manage that with young children, partners to consider and a million and one things getting in the way like debt, feeling tired, worn out and fed up?

Stress affects us all in different ways at different times in our lives. We each need to find out how to manage stress in a positive way. Talking about it is a start, but it is not enough to talk! Research clearly shows that exercise is a great way to keep stress levels under control.

Stress busting sessions don't just talk about stress. They also explore low-cost practical ways to deal with stress ways and experience the benefits of being outdoors. Leave with your own plan for action.

Courses have been run for Homestart clients, disabled women, Workers Educational Association.

For more information about stress busting, contact us.

Confidence building - inside out*

*Women only

Short courses can be arranged that use a variety of mediums such as the outdoors, arts, drama and music. It all depends on the needs of your group.

These aim to encourage women to value themselves, their communities and the wider environment so that they:

feel more confident about influencing their lives and the lives of those they care for
believe in themselves and their ability to make a difference
can play a part in bringing about social and environmental justice

For more information about confidence building, contact us