A Community First Yorkshire event

Self-empowerment: celebrate success to benefit your organisation

Achieving personal empowerment to meet the needs of your organisation and to support your personal success and mental health.

Does presenting your charity or organisation’s work sometimes feel overwhelming? Whether you’re speaking to funders, volunteers, staff, trustees, or the public, this interactive course with confidence consultant Stef Bricklebank is here to help.

Join a supportive group environment designed to celebrate your achievements while boosting your confidence. Stef will guide you through practical techniques and tools to help you better understand yourself and others. Learn how to present with clarity and passion —so your mission shines through every time you share it.

Feel more empowered as you explore areas such as:

  • Exploring your inner monologue – what is it saying and why?
  • Learning to notice and articulate both your own and other people’s achievements in a more confident manner
  • Learning how to be free of other people’s judgements and become more optimistic in your approach
  • Exploring choice, connection, and competence
  • Learning to empower yourself – and others – for better mental health
  • Improving your self-empowerment through individual, pair and group work.

What will you learn?

By the end of the training, you will:

  • Identify your barriers to taking initiative
  • Explore the use of language for personal empowerment
  • Learn the seven keys to personal empowerment
  • Complete a personal action plan
  • Have greater belief in yourself, your abilities, and your contribution to a range of environments
  • Know what positive self-talk, mindfulness, and setting realistic goals, looks like for you.

Who should attend?

Trustees, staff, volunteers and Leaders at all levels who are either new to their roles or would like to refresh their levels of confidence when presenting themselves and their organisations in demanding situations.

Please note this training is aimed at voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and groups based in North Yorkshire or delivering services within North Yorkshire. 

What's included?

Refreshments will be provided along with copies of all resources used. The session will involve working on a personal action plan.

About the trainer

Stef Bricklebank is a confidence consultant with over 26 years’ experience of working with people within diverse communities. She has previously delivered confidence training and Community Anchor Organisation training on group dynamics and working with challenging individuals to universally positive feedback for Community First Yorkshire.

Based in York, and with a PGCE in the post 16 sector, Stef is an educator, therapeutic facilitator, and qualified youth worker. She has a postgrad qualification in Dramatherapy, and a BA (Hons) in Communication Arts/Drama. She has delivered sessions for both individuals and groups, and is also a motivational speaker. She has spent her working life encouraging individuals to reflect on themselves and create change for the better within their own lives.

Cost

£35

Concessionary places 

Thanks to funding from North Yorkshire Council, we have free ‘first come, first served’ places if you meet either of the criteria below. You can self-select a free place during booking.

Criteria: 
You are from a North Yorkshire VCSE organisation with an income of up to £5k

OR

You are from a North Yorkshire VCSE organisation with an income of up to £25k that is experiencing financial hardship and would struggle to pay.

These spaces are limited so if a free place is not shown when you go to book, you can ask to be added to the waiting list for a free place on a future training session.

No shows and concessions 

Please note that if you don’t attend training that you have booked on without giving seven days notice, you will be required to make the full payment. This also applies to free places. This is to allow as many participants as possible access to our training. See our  Terms and Conditions  for more information.

Contact details

Booking queries contact
Email: info@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177

Programme queries
Email: communitysupport@communityfirstyorkshire.org.uk
Tel: 01904 704177

Booking details

Book your place here.

Booking deadline date: 24 February

Location

York Explore Library is situated in the heart of York, next to Museum Gardens.