Grabbing Hope: A Community Organising Workshop
About the event:
In an era marked by uncertainty and disconnection, Grabbing Hope offers a constructive and empowering response. This residential workshop, led by Humanity Project, invites participants to explore Popular Assemblies as a powerful model for participatory, people-led democracy.
Designed for individuals who feel disillusioned by conventional politics or powerless in the face of ongoing social and political challenges, the event provides both a practical foundation and a hopeful vision for collective action at the local level.
Participants will:
– Gain practical skills in listening, facilitation, and deliberation
– Learn how to organise and host inclusive, community-led assemblies
– Explore how popular assemblies can spark meaningful change in streets and neighbourhoods
– Develop a deeper understanding of deliberative democracy and its creative, collaborative potential
Whether you are new to community organising or looking to strengthen your engagement, Grabbing Hope will equip you with the tools and insight to help shape a more democratic, responsive, and hopeful future – starting where you live.
About the facilitators:
The team at Humanity Project has over 30 years’ experience leading transformational change through deep listening and facilitation, mobilising social movements, and tackling injustice and oppression.
The workshop will be led by Alima Adams, Elena Moses, and Karl Lam, who form Humanity Project’s Assembly Culture Team; Lachlan Ayles, Head of Policy and Learning at the charity Community Organisers; Clare Farrell, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and long-time organiser in the democracy, creativity, and climate spaces.
Costs:
Residential tickets (Friday–Sunday) from £84 per person, including two nights’ accommodation and all meals from Friday dinner to Sunday lunch, plus refreshments. Saturday-only tickets from £42 per person, including lunch and refreshments.
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