Looking for solutions in group work

Looking for solutions in group work

A peer-support session facilitated by a Good Practice Mentor to try and find solutions to your current group dilemmas.

By The Good Practice Mentor Team

Date and time

Thursday, May 30 · 2 - 3am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour

Have you got an issue you need to tackle in your work with groups in the community? Recruiting new and diverse members, addressing cliques or tricky group dynamics, supporting or encouraging volunteers, making changes to structure or activities, or something else?

Whether you’ve been to a GPM training session before and want to think about how you could use that knowledge in your situation, or you have a specific issue you’d like some support with, this session could help you.

Our Good Practice Mentor Jessica Duffy from Leeds Older People’s Forum, will bring together small groups of other individuals who are responsible for groups in their area, and provide a safe and supportive space for you to share your experiences, ask questions and collaborate with colleagues to try and find solutions to your current group dilemmas. We’ll support each other to think of new ways to tackle challenges and get fresh perspectives from peers, while offering expertise and advice from your own experiences.

Jessica has over 20 years of experience establishing and working alongside groups, and training volunteers in group leadership. Come and find out how she and your community-based peers can help you solve your tricky group problems!

If you can’t make it to one of these peer based sessions, or if you want to work something through with your own staff team then please get in touch to organise a bespoke session that will work for you and your organisation.

Organized by

The Good Practice Mentor (GPM) programme is a new and innovative project that brings together legacy, learning and resources from Ageing Better, a seven year Test & Learn project that worked to reduce social isolation and loneliness in people aged over 50, and engaged more than 150,000 people in over 366 projects.

The GPM team includes; South Yorkshire Housing Association Age UK Camden Leeds Older People Forum Torbay Community Development Trust

Each partner brings a unique set of learning and skills to the project, and together we offer a wide range of training, bespoke support for your organisation and toolkits and resources to help you on your journey to reducing loneliness and isolation.

Find out more about the Good Practice Mentor programme and the range of support on offer by emailing Jennie Shrewsbury, Programme Lead - j.shrewsbury@syha.co.uk