Hello All,
Here is the second of our monthly updates with news of activities and events for the Tribe.
As always, if you’d prefer not to receive these emails, please do let me know.
There is a lot of information here, but some great things happening to join, so do read all the way through!
Amazing Funding News!!
We are so delighted to share that we have received 3 years worth of Big Lottery Funding to continue the amazing work that we do at Write to Freedom!!!
This is not currently public news and only for discussion within the tribe. Please don’t share yet with family and friends or anywhere online.
We will send an update in January, once we have the green light to publicly celebrate.
2020 Dates
We have set our dates for Mentoring Days and Experience Days right through 2020.
For quick reference, here are the first few -
January 25, Mentoring Day, Dartmoor
February 29, Mentoring Day, Dartmoor
March 28, Experience Day, Dartmoor
April 18, Mentoring Day, North Devon
All dates for the year so far posted on the website here - https://www.writetofreedom.org.uk/w2f-events
New Mentoring and Experience Day Structure
The Mentoring Days will have a new structure going forward. There will be 2 key roles that the Tribe need to fill and an overall mentoring support and training role held by an experienced leader/initiator.
Role 1. Mentoring Day Co-ordinator. This will involve all Mentoring Day communication with Tribe, organising lift sharing/transport, deciding location of day, collecting dana and feedback/evaluation forms. You’ll need to be able to carry out this role for between 3 and 6 months.
Role 2. Mentoring Day Initiator. On the 8 Shields Compass you will North a single Mentoring Day, creating a theme and seasonal focus and inviting members of the Tribe to hold elements of the day. You and the co-ordinator will work together to run the day.
Role 3. Overall Mentor for the above roles to ensure each is supported throughout. This supporting/training role will be held for three months. The first mentor will be Caspar for Jan, Feb and April 2020.
Taking up these roles will also be a part of your assessment process for residentials and a great opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive atmosphere.
We’ve created a crib sheet for this new structure for you to follow.
If your time in role falls on an Experience Day you will have a separate crib sheet to work from and will also be mentored through that process.
These crib sheets will be available on the website in a private area. We will send a link out for these around mid Jan.
We’re asking the wider tribe to step up to give a break to the amazing few (thank you!!) who have been holding these roles for the last three years.
Please step up for one of the 2 roles so we can get rolling for January 2020. We need a co-ordinator and an initiator for the Jan 25th Mentoring Day.
First Creative Pathways Training
The first Creative Pathways Training weekend will be held on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2020. This will be non residential. We have a provisional booking at Holne Village Hall. There will be camping (!), shepherds huts and B+B’s nearby. We may run this weekend in Exeter or Exmouth if a suitable venue can be found – same weekend. The venue will be confirmed by end of Jan.
Attending Creative Pathways trainings will be a key part of your assessment process for staffing future residentials and a great training opportunity for you to support the Mentoring Days and Experience Days. See Creative pathways blog for more info.
W2F support and training day for the men of MoMENtum
On Saturday the 15th of February we are hosting an indoor exploration/mentoring day for the men of MoMENtum in Exeter. We need W2F volunteer staff men and women to support the next stage of our work with them. This is part of bringing our work to the wider community. Please contact Jo if you’re interested.
Caspar’s Latest Blog Post
Have a read of Caspar’s moving new blog post, ‘We are the Founding Members’ - https://www.writetofreedom.org.uk/news-blog/2019/12/19/we-are-the-founding-members
Recording of Archetypes Zoom training
Last Saturday we had an introductory talk on the Jungian Archetypes from Elizabeth Klyne.
We recorded this and both the audio and video of this talk is available here on this webpage - https://www.writetofreedom.org.uk/archetypes-talk
Please note that this is for the W2F community only, please don’t share around.
Christmas Holiday Times
Caspar will be away from the end of today (Friday 20th) and back on Monday 13th.
Jo will be away from Monday 23rd and back on Thursday 9th.
Such wonderful news at the end of a challenging, transformational year! 😊
Many good wishes to you all for the festive period,
