Holding Transformative Conversations

One Knowsley in partnership with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA), LCR Metro Mayor and Ella Baker School of Organising.

A training programme to facilitate conversations will be led and delivered by the Ella Baker School of Organising. Having delivered three days of training on how to defeat ‘narratives of division’ to 120 people across the city region last year across community, faith, trade union and voluntary sector organisations; a series of one day training events in each of the City Region's Boroughs will now take place.

The sessions will help to equip people with the tools to engage in what can often be challenging conversations that can help to reduce tension, find solutions and build unity.

This series of in-person training workshops, begins from the assumption that people who hold views that can fracture communities are not necessarily bad people, and so we have a wider responsibility to:

• Engage with a wide range of people to explore their different range of views

• Work together to address the issues that are underpinning those views and sometimes leading to a breakdown of inclusive communities

The training will help you to:

• Recognise why our neighbours, community members and often friends can sometimes hold problematic views,

• Find ways to engage meaningfully with people who have been influenced by divisive narratives,

• Identify ways to refocus our community on finding solutions rather than blaming others

• Engage with a wide range of people to explore the different range of views and opinions.

You can expect to develop the confidence, skills and tools to build genuine understanding and long-term connections in your own spaces and communities. Sessions will be supported by practical informative resources.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to this safe community space.
A light lunch will be provided.

When: Tuesday 24 March, 9.30am 4.30pm
Where: One Knowsley, The Courtyard, Court Hey Park L16 3NA