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‘Something about problem solving…’

‘Something about problem solving’
That’s the shortest brief i think i’ve ever received. Venture Scotland, are a successful charity who offer a 12 month personal development course for disadvantaged young people, and had called me in at short notice; i was glad to accept.

They’d asked me in to deliver a five day residential course for twelve 16-30 year olds with a team of three volunteers during the ‘problem solving’ phase of the ‘Journey’ programme. After a staffing issue a day before the trip was due to go out,I asked for the aims and objective to which a development worker replied : ‘Do something about problem solving.’

I wanted to share some reflections on fulfilling such a brief and how the experience of flow learning can positively influence the seemingly conflicting needs of safety, fun and learning for participants and volunteers…

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Creating hospitality in inhospitable environments

No sooner had I written the ‘Support’ Page of this site.  I got a call from local practitioner Maeve Gavin who excitedly told me that she was co-facilitating a 10 day vision quest experience with Annie Bloom from the Animas valley institute.

‘Where?’ From a standing camp in undisclosed woodland in the upper reaches of The River Findhorn.  ‘ When?’  October.   ‘Brrrr,’ I thought; ‘maybe she could use some help…

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