Enhanced Model of Climate Cafe Facilitator Training

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Following careful discussions with the core Climate Cafe Listening Circle Team and insights from past participants, we are excited to introduce a revised model for the Climate Cafe Listening Circle (CCLC) Facilitator Training.

This programme will support you to develop the confidence to set up your own CCLCs, which are simple, welcoming, and empathetic spaces where fears and uncertainties about our climate crisis can be safely expressed. It is divided into three sessions, over 7.5 hours, for closed cohorts of 16 people, which will help you to build a community of peers for ongoing support. 

Session 1: 3 hours

After you have attended a Climate Café Listening Circle as a prerequisite, this session provides another CCLC, this time followed by reflection and discussion in small groups. This gives you the opportunity to more fully process the experience of being a participant, what it is like to share, and how you feel during and afterwards. It will also help you to get to know your cohort peers better. The post Café session format will be interactive, working in pairs and small group breakouts, and large group discussion.

Session 2: 3 hours (usually two weeks after session 1)

Prior to this session we will send you some reading materials – these are optional but will be very useful for you to build greater understanding so we do encourage you to read them.

The session will explore facilitation and other skills, the underlying climate psychology upon which the CCLC structure and approach is built, creating an environment of fairness, safety, and belonging, and some of the practical aspects of setting up a CCLC, in person or online. Again the session format will be interactive, working in pairs and small group breakouts, and large group discussion.

Session 3: 1.5 hours (usually one month after session 3)

This session is a chance to regroup and reconnect, share any new thinking you’ve each had, or CCLC hosting experiences, and explore any new questions that have come up.  

For more information about our new programme and other requirements, please visit our website (climatepsychologyalliance.org). There will be two cohorts this year. The first training programme will take place on the following three dates via Zoom. All times are UK time. 

• Session 1: Monday 19 May (2pm - 5pm)
• Session 2: Monday 2 June (2pm - 5pm)   
• Session 3: Monday 30 June (2pm - 3.30pm)

You can book your place via Eventbrite (eventbrite.co.uk) and please do share our enhanced programme with your networks!