Helen Lowe of Pilton Health Community Health Project shares her experience as a participant in Residential Training of the 2nd cohort of the Organising for Power Programme. Inspiring, innovative, challenging, emotional, intense and stimulating. These are just some words that come to mind when thinking about my experience of the Organising for Power Tripod Training […]
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Online facilitation trainings April
As social justice organising and movement-building work has moved online in the midst of COVID-19, many of us are having to adapt very quickly. Tripod are offering two trainings in online facilitation this week and next to support groups and organisations to navigate these challenging times. These 90 mins workshops are a starting place to […]
We’re running our successful two-day training in Running Great Workshops again in November, this time in Glasgow. When? Friday 22 & Saturday 23 November 2019, 9:30am – 6pm both days. Where? Glasgow Autonomous Space (GAS), 53 Kilbirnie St, Glasgow G5 8JD, Glasgow. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Training and workshop facilitation skills are key to […]
✨Applications are Now Closed✨ The next (and final!) Organising for Power Programme Residential Training will be from Friday 7th to Wed 12th February 2020 (Friday 5:00 pm to Wednesday 4:00 pm). Participation and local transport to a countryside retreat in Biggar is free. Please let us know if you will need support with childcare. Funded […]
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Supporting the climate justice movement
Never has the need to take real and fast action to address the spiralling climate chaos been bigger, and never have there been more folks mobilising and organising for climate justice as today. Tripod will be focusing a bigger part of our work on strengthening and supporting the climate justice movement in Scotland. To steer the direction of […]
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Running Great Workshops – 5&6 April 2019
We’re running our successful two-day training in Running Great Workshops again this April! When? Friday 5 April & Saturday 6 April 2019, 9:30am – 6pm both days.Where? Edinburgh, venue TBC. Wheelchair accessible. Training and facilitation skills are key to successful organising, campaigning and movement building. Join us for this dynamic training designed for experienced facilitators […]
– by Zarah I initially signed up for Organising for Power because my colleague asked me to join her. I didn’t know much about it, I called it “Activist camp”, and certainly had no idea what to expect. I had missed the first session, but as soon as I arrived, not only did I recognise […]
Support for people from marginalised identities to train and facilitate with Tripod Would you like to volunteer with Tripod and develop valuable skills and experience in facilitation? Tripod wants to build the power, skills and knowledge of community members and organisers from marginalised identities through ongoing support and participation in our Pool of Trainers. Tripod’s […]
Needs assessment for Organising for Power Programme PART 2 – The Results In the previous blog we shared about the process on how we consulted with 18 individuals representing 9 organisations and grassroots groups working with refugee/migrants’ rights and advocacy services and/or tackling racism and xenophobia in Scotland to help us design the Organising for […]
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Call-out for Volunteer Mentors!
Apply NOW to be a mentor with us!! Hey friends from the grassroots social justice movements scene! We are looking for experienced/skilled organisers or campaigners who would like to volunteer their time to mentor a group of participants in our Organising for Power Programme. What is it? Organising for Power is a comprehensive programme which […]