TripodTripod: Training for Creative Social Action
Tripod
Do you want to find ways for tensions and conflicts to strengthen the work you do with your comrades? Do you want to navigate conflicts with bosses, landlords and others in a way that is aligned with your values while building power and keeping you safe?
Join Tripod: Training for Creative Social Action for two days of training in transformative conflict skills! We’ll explore approaches to conflict informed by the values of transformative justice, collective care and anti-oppression, with a focus on how to use these skills in different hierarchical and non-hierarchical contexts.
Where: Glasgow, venue tbc
When: Tue 8th and Wed 9th September 2026, 9.30am–5pm
Facilitators: Kerry & Aoife
Group size: Up to 18
We will provide lunch on both days. We have a budget to support with travel, childcare and other access costs.
Registration deadline: Tuesday 18th August
To register, please read the rest of the information on this page and complete the form linked at the bottom.
If you’re interested in our conflict work but this training doesn’t sound quite right for you, click here for a list of our other open trainings.
This training is for folk who find themselves navigating lots of different types of conflict shaped by very different structures, dynamics and types of power.
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This training does not yet have a confirmed venue. Access details will be updated on this page when the venue is confirmed. We’ll provide a more detailed access guide a few weeks before the training. Please let us know about any access requests when registering.
We will use a mixture of written and verbal content, and share resources and notes in written form after the sessions. We can share some content beforehand on request.
There will be air purifiers operating in the training space during the day. Please do not attend if you are unwell — you will get a full refund if you have to cancel due to illness.
If you have a question about access for this event, click here to get in touch.
This training costs at least £200 per person to run. This cost is partly covered by our own fundraising. To secure your place, we ask for a sliding scale contribution of £20–£80 towards the training cost, and for you to choose an amount that feels sustainable and fair for you. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If cost is a barrier, just drop us an email.
If you’re not able to come because of unforeseen circumstances, we ask that you find another person in your group to go. If that’s not possible, we offer a full refund up to a week in advance, a partial refund up to 3 days and no refund less than 3 days/72hrs before the start of the training, unless you can’t come because of illness.
Tripod’s trainings are inspired by direct education methodologies and based in our intersectional values. We bring a trauma-informed approach to conflict. Our work focuses on creating space for personal, collective and systemic transformation. We are committed to experiential education, which means that we’ll be learning by doing and that we’ll centre the experiences and knowledge already in the room. You’ll have plenty of opportunities for practice and feedback, and to address specific questions and challenges you’re bringing.
In our conflict trainings, we’ll be sharing insights and tools inspired by the work of Navigate Cooperative, Miki Kashtan, Kai Cheng Thom, Cradle Collective, Resist + Renew, adrienne maree brown and others.
Tripod builds the power of social movements tackling the root causes of injustice in Scotland and beyond. As a collective of facilitators and educators, we connect people and develop skills to embody the liberated futures we’re fighting for. We seed active solidarity and strengthen strategic collaboration within and across movements. We offer training, meeting facilitation and conflict mediation to support groups to work in better alignment with their visions and values. We are a worker-led, not-for-profit coop, and have been embedded in movements since 2008.
For more info about our approaches and other work, have a look around our website. Our 2025-2030 strategy focuses on building intersectional movements, and increasing the capacity to better navigate conflict within and across groups.