Tailored Facilitation

Thank you so much for the brilliant job you did on Friday. The day was better even than I had hoped. The level and quality of participation was very high, everyone enjoyed it and we now have a clear sense of a shared direction. The report looks absolutely excellent - thanks for putting it together so quickly. – Cathy Wintersgill, Connect in the North

ICA:UK enabled a group of community volunteers and public sector employees to enter into a constructive dialogue about the preferred characteristics for the future LINK organisation. The training gave participants confidence and enthusiasm to seek a cross section of views on how the LINK should operate. I am happy to recommend ICA:UK for this and for other consultation exercises which have been equally productive. - Adrian Hardy, Assistant Chief Executive, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Have us come to you to facilitate your workshops, away days, retreats, conferences, planning sessions and other events - and longer term consultation and engagement proceses - to meet your requirements.

We can tailor our approach to design one-off and longer-term processes to enable you and your people to effectively accomplish a wide variety of tasks together.

See also our specialist Youth Participation and International programmes.

We work with small groups of just a few people to larger groups of dozens or even hundreds.

• Away days & retreats, for a staff team, management team, Board or partnership to take time out to reflect, learn and plan together. See case study (pdf)
• Team-building events, for team members to get to know each other better, to build team spirit, and to work together on how they want to work together as a team
• Conferences and conference sessions, for participants to share experiences, reflect and learn together on an issue, topic or wider theme
• Consensus Workshops, including Mission, Values, Vision and other workshops. See case study (pdf) & case study (pdf)
• Action Planning, for a team, organisation or community to plan a short to medium-term project, or an event such as a conference, or to plan for an interim period to recover from a crisis or research an opportunity
• Participatory Strategic Planning, to plan medium to long-term strategy for a team, organisation or community, from their vision of their desired future to a 30-day implementation plan of who will do what & how, starting on “Monday morning” See case study (pdf)
• Strategic reviews, for a team, organisation or community to review progress against a plan, learn from and celebrate their experience and plan their next steps - see case study (pdf)
• Stakeholder consultation & qualitative research, to engage with stakeholders, learn from their perspectives and build ownership and commitment for the way forward. See case study and extended case study (pdf)
• Facilitator coaching & mentoring, supporting you as you plan, design, prepare and reflect on a process that you yourself facilitate with your group
• Facilitated reflection and learning on your practice of participation, teamwork and partnership. See case study (pdf)
• Capacity development – a longer term series of events, combining tailored facilitation with tailored training to develop the facilitation capacity of you and your team or organisation. See case study (pdf) and case study (pdf)

If you could benefit from tailored facilitation support for a task or event that you have in mind, please let us have some initial details. Before we can give you a quote we may need to contact you for further information, or even arrange an exploratory meeting.