There’s a role for each of us in God’s unfolding work of hope and transformation.
We’ve designed this Lab to be for you, if….
- You’re passionate about making a difference, and want to discover how to make your campaigning or community work more effective. You’re looking for advice and tips from others who’ve been successful.
- You’re taking action but it isn’t easy. Sometimes it’s hard to hold onto hope. Sometimes – if you’re really honest – it’s hard to balance everything you’re doing with your own health.
You’ll hear from others who have walked this road, and find space to reflect, think and dream. By the end, you’ll have the insights you need to stay hopeful, and to more effectively bring about change.
We run our training courses on a request basis. If you have a group of people interested in completing our training, get in touch below. To make the course financially viable we would usually need 20 people taking part, but even if you don’t have that many, let us know as we may have other groups interested.
Praxis Labs 2 complements Praxis Labs 1, but there is no requirement to have done Praxis Labs 1 to sign up. We’re currently running the Labs 2 course, but if you’d like to register your interest for the next one, please email beth@praxiscentre.org.
Praxis Labs 2 includes the following sessions:
- Love, burnout, success and failure with development practitioner and Tearfund trainer Thobekile Ncube and Praxis’ Executive Director Rich Gower
- Community activism strategy and tactics with Ben Parish from Jubilee+ and Thobekile Ncube
- Campaign strategy and tactics with climate activist and scientist Laura Young (aka Less Waste Laura) and Tearfund campaigner Jack Wakefield
- If you want to go far, go together with founder of Worship on the Streets Aaron Shah
- Where next? With founder of Connect2Coaching Anna Boocock and head of SquarePegs Coaching Nick Smith
- 1:1 Coaching Session with Anna Boocock (Connect2Coaching) or Nick Smith (SquarePegs Coaching), at a mutually convenient time and date for you and your coach
Meet the course facilitators and speakers:
Each course lasts 6 weeks and features:
- A weekly online session (for 1.5 hours) with experts, practitioners and theologians to help you learn, reflect and grow.
- An hour of 1:1 support with a life coach.
- Time for discussion and prayer in small groups with others with shared passions and on a similar journey.
- A short weekly reflection for you to listen to, to stimulate your thinking ahead of the weekly online session.
You don’t have to define yourself as ‘an activist’ to attend. If you are passionate about bringing hope and transformation, then we want to support you.
A note about cost
This course is partially covered by grant funding and we operate on a ‘pay as you can’ basis to cover the rest of our costs. We suggest that each person makes an initial £10 contribution when they confirm their place, and there is then an opportunity to make a further contribution at the end of the course if you are able to.
The course typically costs £130 per person to run, and half of this is covered by the grant funding. Our first priority is to equip you, which is why there is no obligation to contribute, but if you’re able and would like to make an initial contribution now, you can find our PayPal link at the bottom of the page.
The Praxis course has been instrumental to the set-up of Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN). It has really helped me to integrate faith with every other part of life and given me the confidence to step out and try things I wouldn’t have previously considered doing!
Rachel Mander
I always had a longing to fight injustice but have been overwhelmed and defeated by the immensity of the problem and my own inadequacy. The Praxis Course gave me the confidence I needed to fulfil my aspiration to open a community fridge. The Ramsden Community Fridge has grown from sharing a few donated sandwiches with a dozen people, to 6 tables of fresh food and a growing community of 40 people who are making friends with us and with each other.
Allison Dennis
Why Praxis?
The Labs have been informed by interviews with more than one hundred inspiring activists, as recorded in The Hopeful Activists Podcast, Tearfund’s experience of movement-building around the world, and Futurekraft’s experience of social action in the UK.