Future Conversations

Future Conversations is one of the guided series of conversations Surefoot offers to run with your charity, community group, organisation or other group constellation. Future Conversations enable people to explore their hopes, fears and needs for the next 5-20 years. We explore facts and feelings, and provide processes and information to grow the confidence and skills to shape the future positively.
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When asked what they found beneficial in participating in a Future Conversations series, participants said:
  • “The social aspect, cohesive group, positive dreams, possible plans for the future and realising there are others in my community that are like minded and want to make a difference.”
  • “Helping our future in life - recycling, food waste, climate change”
“There is a new community emerging with energy to make changes locally and personally.”
The set-up
Future Conversations sessions include:
 - 8 two hour sessions with 8-16 people
 - Ideally one session once a fortnight (with adaptation to your organisation’s needs)
 - Weekday and time of the day/evening will be agreed with you
 - One or two facilitators from Surefoot will run the sessions
 - We run the sessions at your organisation if possible. Online sessions are also a possibility.
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When you gather people to form a team of participants, we recommend you discuss the possibility of them becoming Future Conversations facilitators themselves. Surefoot also provides facilitator training which would enable your organisation to run further Future Conversations sessions.

See what happened during the Futures Conversations series in the Belville case study, Surefoot works with Seeding our Future and BUD to develop and facilitate Future Conversations.
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