Running Great Workshops

Running Great Workshops
Glasgow | Friday 5th & Saturday 6th September 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM each day

About this event

Tripod's Running Great Workshops will help you build skills and gather tools for excellent and participatory workshops. This training is open to anyone who wants to take their training skills to the next level, particularly those engaged in social change work - including NGO staff, community organisers, campaigners, and more.

Join us to transform your training approach and contribute to building a just and equitable world.

Training Dates

Friday 5th September (9:30–17:00)
Saturday 6th September (9:30–17:00)

Please note that this training consists of two parts, and we ask that you commit to attending both days. This ensures a consistent learning environment, as each section builds on the previous one, tailored to meet the evolving needs of the participants.

When you register, we’ll ask you a few questions to help us tailor the training and better understand who will be in the room. We’ll also ask about access needs so we can make the training as accessible as possible. The questions may take around 10–15 minutes to complete. If that’s a barrier, please email us at info@tripodtraining.org  and we can figure out an alternative together.

Location

Venue details to be confirmed shortly(Glasgow)

What to Expect

Experience a participatory and engaging learning journey informed by Tripod's intersectional values and direct education approach. Be ready to actively engage in activities and learn not only from our facilitation team but also from fellow participants. We firmly believe in learning-by-doing and will support you in reflecting on your facilitation and training experiences, identifying your learning goals, and exploring popular education methodologies to put into practice. You'll have plenty of opportunities for practice and feedback and to address specific questions and challenges.

We will cover:

• Principles and tools for designing experiential learning spaces

• Orientation & qualities of engaging facilitation

• Skills-practice for leading participatory exercises

• Navigating power dynamics in workshops

• Creating supportive and inclusive learning environments

Accessibility

Tripod is committed to ensuring our trainings are accessible to a wide range of participants. The venue will be wheelchair accessible. We will use a mixture of written and verbal content, and share resources and notes in written form after the sessions. We can share some content beforehand on request. Please let us know about any access requests when registering.

On the Day:

• We will provide tea and coffee and snacks, with access to hot and cold water taps.

• Please bring your lunch or plan to purchase food in the local area.

More detailed access information will be shared before the training 

Contribution/Exchange

At Tripod, we believe that access to training and capacity-building is essential to building powerful groups and movements. We use a sliding scale pricing model to reflect our values of solidarity, collective care, and redistribution. This model is designed to make our open trainings available to a wide range of people while resourcing the work needed to sustain and grow our movements.

Fees are set based on the total cost of running each training, taking into account who it’s for, how long it runs, and how many people we expect. You’ll find the specific scale for each offering on its registration page. 

The actual cost of running this training is £4000, which covers facilitator fees, venue hire, materials, and access support. The cost per person is approximately £220.

If the ticket that best fits your situation is sold out, please email us at info@tripodtraining.org,  we'd love to hear from you and will do our best to find a solution, whether that’s adding you to a waiting list or working out another arrangement.

We use a sliding scale so that the training is accessible to all:

 For Individuals/Self-Funded:

For Organisations/Workplaces Funded:

How to Choose Your Tier

We trust you to choose the tier that feels right. The more of the following statements you answer YES to, the more appropriate it may be to choose a lower tier. The fewer you answer YES to, the more appropriate it may be to choose a higher tier.

For Individuals:

This sliding scale assessment is for you if you are paying for the training or program without financial support from an organization.

• I am struggling to meet basic needs (housing, food, etc).

• I have little or no income or savings.

• I do not have inheritance or financial support from my family.

• I am responsible for financially supporting others.

If you answered YES to most or all, please consider the Solidarity or Subsidised tiers.

If you answered YES to some and NO to others, consider the Supporter or Contributor tiers.

If you answered NO to most, the Sustainer or Redistributor tiers are likely the right fit.

For Organisations:

Consider a lower tier if:

• You are grassroots, volunteer-run, or underfunded

• You're attending in a volunteer or unpaid capacity

• Your organisation has an annual budget under £100k

• You rely primarily on short-term or unstable grants

Consider a higher tier if:

• Your organisation has a budget of over £300k

• You're attending in a paid capacity with a professional development budget

• You are a larger or well-resourced NGO or for-profit organisation

By choosing a higher tier, you directly support others to attend, especially those most affected by the issues we’re addressing.

About Tripod: Training for Creative Social Action

Tripod builds the power of social movements, tackling the root causes of injustice in Scotland and beyond. As a collective of facilitators and educators, we connect people and develop skills to embody the liberated futures we’re fighting for. We seed active solidarity and strengthen strategic collaboration within and across movements.We offer training, meeting facilitation and conflict mediation to support groups to work in better alignment with their visions and values.

For more info about our approaches and other work visit our website tripodtraining.org