FW: [NE Transition Town Activists Net] Subsidised Transition Training in NE 13th/14th Nov##date change##

[Alice Massey]

 

 

From: ne-t...@googlegroups.com [mailto:ne-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Hayward
Sent: 24 August 2010 14:54
To: ne-t...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [NE Transition Town Activists Net] Subsidised Transition Training in NE 13th/14th Nov##date change##

 

Dear All,
PLEASE DISREGARD LAST EMAIL - THE TRAINERS CAN NO LONGER MAKE THE 7TH AND 8TH OF NOVEMBER SO THE DATE FOR TRAINING HAS MOVED TO 13TH AND 14TH OF NOVEMBER. ALL OTHER DETAILS REMAIN THE SAME.
Also, below is the full outline of the course, please note it doesn't cover writing an energy descent plan.
Apologies to those who have already expressed an interest, I hope you can make the changed date.
 
Dear Transitioners,
We have a date for transition town training in Newcastle! Thanks to Frances for fundraising and organising. This is a two day course that explains the concept of transition towns, and provides valuable guidance on setting up and maintaing a successful group. The trainers have taken the feedback from participants in the Berwick training seriously, and we are hoping that one of the original trainers is going to deliver the course.
So;
Dates- Sat/Sun Nov 13th and 14th 2010
Where- Trinity Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle, NE3 4AG (Easily accessible by bus and metro)
Cost- The current price structure is, £120 high wage, £80 low wage and £40 unwaged. However, it is important to the organisers that people are not excluded from coming due to cost. If we are successful with the grant application to the co-op (we hear end of September) then we will be able to reduce the rate further.
Booking- Please can you e-mail Frances Hinton or myself to book a place and let us know whether your attendance is dependant on us being able to reduce the rate further or not. (This will help us to see whether we can still run the course if we don't get the grant). Places are limited to 24.
Apologies for the complicated explanation about cost and booking-nothing is simple!
All refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Contact details;  frances...@yahoo.com  0191 213 5284
Ruth - rutheh...@hotmail.com   0787 606 3157
It should be a really good course - hope to see some of you there,
Ruth


 
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Objectives

• To understand the context for transition
• To understand the Transition Towns model as it has evolved so far – from inspiration to working groups so that you can talk to others about it
• To gain knowledge of the main steps of transition
• To work out a plan of action for your self and your locality
• To understand the inner and outer aspects of transition

Questions and training needs that have arisen from other TTs

• How large should the vision be?
• What comes after awareness raising?
• What about ethical differences (e.g. vegans can’t support mixed agriculture projects)
• Am I doing the right thing at any one point?
• Need inspiration, self belief!
• Facilitation skills- from small groups to large public meetings.
• When do you start doing things, and how do you know when you have done enough awareness raising?
• why is our inner Transition so important? How do we work with it?
• What is a 'Heart and Soul' group and what should it do?

1. Introductions and Warm up

• Appreciating and gratitude
• What’s your favourite.. food, place in nature, work of art / music, place you can walk to from where you live? *Place you would travel if you could get on an airplane...
• What is it about the place you live that inspires you to want to create a transitioned future?
• Interactive mapping of who we are and why we are here and what do we want for the 2 days?

2. The context for transition towns

• We engage with the following:
• Outer world
• Resource use – peak oil & gas, fish, grain, water, wood, soil erosion
• Pollution – climate change, salination
• Carrying capacity – population x affluence x technology; draw down from past, future and others
• Social justice – wealth differential as driver for economic growth
• Inner world
• Inner psychology – separation; addictions
• World view – assumptions about growth, domination; competition and scarcity; etc
• Resulting behaviours
• Loss of spirituality – sense of human as greater than individual, material
• Start to build the concepts of old paradigm / new paradigm as a way forward- it’s all a set of connected threads, you pull on any one thread and you find you are pulling on all of them.

3. Vision of a healthy World 

• Lacking in our media
• Are there some healthy cultures?
• What is your vision for your locality?
• What are we transitioning to?
• Experiential exercise in Visioning a Healthy Your Town or Local.

Overview of ‘The 12 Steps to Transition’ transition process, but explain that it is not necessarily a linear process.

4. The Transition Model In Depth: First steps – Initiating group and Awareness raising

• Initiating group
• Skills needed
• Organising – booking rooms, DVDs, speaker, projector and screen, refreshments, facilitator etc
• Facilitating meetings and talks; dealing with process
• Publicity – press, website,
• Managing information – email lists, website
• Public speaking
• Networking with existing organisations - contacts
• Talks and films
• Who to aim for – existing groups, general public
• Publicity – press, posters, word of mouth, email list, website
• Showing films: include time for introductions to each other at the start. Digestion time at the end. Gather emails. Invite people to think about how they want to be involved..
• Getting speakers
• List of resources
• When is the job done?
• Launch – “The historic night it all started”
• Speaker? Band? Something that will draw and inspire people
• Vision for your community..
• Invite participation at the event – post its, spaces to write thoughts, visions, requests, areas of interest
• What else could come from the launch?

5. Engaging people: Inspiring Vision and Creating Working Groups

• Ways of doing this – brainstorm from the group; add TTT practices
• 10 Tools (plus)
• Decide on your strategic groups; Open space days, Talks, Events – examples.. green fairs; seed swap;
• Great re-skilling – making, repairing, growing, preserving, processing,
• Skilling up for powerdown; Irish model; Rob’s model;
• Home groups

6. Using Open Space

• What is Open Space and when do you use it?
• How to set up an Open Space meeting.
• Experience an Open Space form set up to conclusion.

7. Inner Worlds

• A brainstorm of the beliefs that underpin the Industrial Growth Society.
• An exploration of how we are made inside so that we can begin to understand why we create the world we do both on personal and collective levels.
• A detailed exploration of addictions models and how they can inform us in the work of Transition.
• How we use this knowledge in Transition.
• The work of a Heart and Soul group
• Experiential exercises in widening our perspective and how to work at the emotional level.

8. Evolving structure

• A discussion on structures and creating the culture of inclusion and openness. – possibly combine with 7)
• Dissolving the initiating group
• Theme groups
• Projects
• Leadership
• Participation, accountability, legitimacy

9. Where Next?

• Overview of where TTT has got to and current issues (mainly from us; invite other group/project leaders
• GFWA model – project support, creativity, open, the field popping
• Energy descent plan – strategic, focusing, planning, measurement, evaluation
• Training – in the process, facilitation, leadership; in the concepts;
• Home groups – support, connection, action, trust
• Linking resources and needs in the community: volunteers; swaps, skill sharing; space e.g. gardens, toolsheds
• Links to the wider field – Transition Network,

10. Your next steps

• Paper exercises and feedback opportunities to cover:
• Initiating group – who is it? What roles do people have? What’s your role? What’s the culture of the group – leader? Consensus? How are decisions made? What are your strengths? What are you missing or weak at? How could you address this – invite others to join? Training?
• Awareness raising: what groups are you linked with – environmental? Other? Who could you approach? What venues do you have? What resources – speakers? Local projects or experts? Places to visit e.g. eco house or permaculture project? What kind of publicity can you generate? Links to local paper? Radio? Other? Local government?
• Your personal journey. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What support do you have? What is your dream or vision? What do you want to learn about? What makes you passionate?
• How do you addressed inner and outer worlds?
• Who are you reaching? Are there groups that are not responding? Any organisational relationships that need attention?

 

·  Resources list of:

• Books
• Websites
• Videos

·  A large number of files for all participants consisting of:

• All the presentations from the workshop
• Lots of background material for more in depth exploration of the materials we have covered on this training
• Many examples of good posters, fliers, publicity materials from other Transition Towns around the world that you can just change the words and images and use.

·  A fun and demanding two days with great people who are as passionate as you are about creating the world we want! 

 

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