We currently have two programmes which have completed successful pilot programmes and are available for bookings from new client groups and partner organisations: Nature Immersion for Health Professionals and Future Conversations.
A. Nature Immersion for Health Professionals: The capacity of front-line public services is crucial to everyone’s wellbeing: these include the NHS, local authority functions, and parts of the voluntary sector. Currently we are seeing a severe upturn in burnout and staff turnover in many areas, alongside rising demand and shrinking resources. To help address this, Alan Heeks developed the Nature Resilience Immersion programmes in collaboration with Professor David Peters of Westminster Centre for Resilience, and they trained other facilitators to work with them. Evaluation results have been very positive, and more programmes are ongoing. Enquiries from individuals or groups are welcome. See more here.
B. Future Conversations: This project offers know-how and processes to help members and organisers in local communities to explore the upsides and downsides of the next 10-20 years, including impacts from climate change, and raise their skills and confidence to enjoy the years ahead, drawing on natural resilience, deep ecology and other methods. The format is a series of facilitated conversations, covering individual/family issues, global concerns especially climate change, and community needs. In 2019 we completed successful pilot programmes of 6-8 sessions in three locations: South London, Nottingham, and Clydeside. We can now offer programmes for individuals or groups, online or in person: for more info, see Future Conversations.
Partner Organisations
Partners are a central element of our strategy for this project, and we welcome approaches from other potential partner organisations. Those already involved include:
Future Conversations
- The Surefoot Effect: this Community Interest Company, based in Scotland, works across the UK and beyond to equip people, communities and organisations with skills for resilience and sustainability and is working with Seeding our Future to deliver Future Conversations: www.surefoot-effect.com.
Nature Immersion for Health Professionals
- Westminster Centre for Resilience: A leading expert in resilience research and training for public and private sectors, and strengths in evaluation of such work: part of Westminster University, London.
- Hazel Hill Trust: Alan Heeks is the founder and a former Trustee of this registered charity which runs Hazel Hill Wood, a 70-acre conservation woodland and education centre near Salisbury, and which has proved a valuable setting for resilience programmes.
We welcome approaches from potential partners for all of our projects.
Contact information: If you are interested in help, partnership, or staying informed, contact Alan Heeks using the contact form or tel. 07494 203014.