About our training

Our national community leadership training is an immersion in community organising.

Over the course of six days, you will learn with and from others about how to make change. Our leaders come from all over the country, from a diverse range of institutions, with the common goal of building community-led solutions to win change.

Run by experienced community organisers, we share tools, techniques and hard-won experience​. Together, we have a proven track record of winning change on the things that you and your community care about most.

By taking part, you will:

• Deepen your understanding of community organising and what it means to be work with others in an alliance or chapter.
• Develop core community organising leadership skills such as 1-2-1 relational meetings, storytelling, power analysis, campaign strategy, action-planning and negotiation skills.
• Meet others working to make change within and outside of their organisation.
• Better prepare yourself to lead change in your community.

The training takes place in a residential environment, where all accommodation and meals are provided as part of the course.

After the six-day residential course, there is a 50-hour practical placement in your community, supported by your local community organiser. This course is accredited by Birmingham Newman University as a Certificate in Community Leadership.

Afsana Salik, Community Organiser for Tower Hamlets, reflects on her experience graduating with her leaders: