Alongside research and speaking, I offer training and facilitation for practitioners and organisations working with young people, communities and the natural world.
I have thirty years of experience as a trainer: working locally, nationally and internationally across the voluntary, public and academic sectors. I am a Training Associate for the National Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) and Action Learning Associates (ALA) as an Advanced Action Learning Facilitator (ILM Level 7).
Engage Academy, National Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) (2022-now).
— facilitating peer group learning sessions for Engage Academy cohorts, supporting researchers and practitioners to develop their public engagement practice.
— delivering Public Engagement, Evaluation and Building Partnerships training days
Specialist areas:
- Outdoor and nature-based learning
- EDI and access in the outdoors
- Evaluation, social impact and building evidence
- Drafting funding applications
- Community engagement
- Public engagement with research
- Working in partnership and co-production
- Action learning
- Creative reflective practice
- Nature journaling and life writing
- Outdoor play principles
- Ecotherapy and creative outdoor therapy
For full details of training programmes and past commissions, visit [freerangecreativity.org/training].
→ To discuss a commission: info@freerangecreativity.org
Popular Courses
Evaluation, Social Impact and Building Evidence
For nature-based organisations and practitioners
Do you know your work is making a difference, but struggle to prove it? This practical workshop equips nature-based organisations and practitioners with the tools and confidence to design meaningful evaluations, measure social impact and build a compelling evidence base for funders, commissioners and policymakers.
Drawing on thirty years of research and practice in outdoor learning, community engagement and environmental education, this course offers a relational, accessible approach to evaluation that works with how your practice actually operates.
You will leave with:
- A clear framework for evaluating your own programmes
- Practical tools for gathering and analysing evidence
- Methods to measure outcomes in line with national guidance
- Confidence to communicate your impact to funders and partners
- Understanding of what makes evidence credible and persuasive in the nature-based sector
Available as a half-day or full-day workshop, online or in person. Bespoke delivery for teams and organisations also available.
→ To book or enquire: info@freerangecreativity.org
Creative Outdoor Play
Top up your games toolkit and explore new ways to play outdoors.
Explore some outdoor games and their application, for warm ups, group dynamics, physical, social and emotional development. Then, develop your own place-based play adventures and experience where our imaginations can take us. We discuss how we could apply this to our own groups and settings and look at some of the challenges involved. You’ll leave refreshed and inspired to bring fun to your groups at any point, with minimal resources.
Reflective Creativity
Imaginative place-based outdoor ways into reflection and evaluation.
As delivered for the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL)
A day to explore reflective practice and evaluation through creative experiences outdoors and learn how to apply them with your groups.
On this training we’ll touch on a variety of approaches informed by ecopsychology, groupwork, participatory arts, questing, nature journaling, Land Art and others. This will involve reflective walks, building trails and natural artworks, guided dialogue, writing and sensory exercises. Trying out experiences for ourselves, we’ll learn new ways to incorporate reflection and evaluation into your groupwork. We will discuss how we support groups and ourselves as leaders when personal issues emerge and the challenge of building in time for reflection in an action-packed programme. You’ll come away more confident and prepared to support a group to get the most from an experience.
→ To book or enquire: info@freerangecreativity.org