What I do…

People make places. Supporting community involvement in planning decisions, and exploring place through art, heritage, culture and community.

Supporting individuals to be their best selves and understand the power they have to make change happen, in themselves and in their community.

Community Engagement

The physical and social environment has a huge impact on both physical and mental wellbeing. I believe the people who live, work, and socialise in a place should be at the heart of engagement processes and planning decisions. I can work with you to create inclusive and collaborative engagement plans, and help deliver them too.

Workshop Design and Facilitation

Getting the design of a workshop right makes a huge difference to the experience of those attending. I collaborate with you to keep the stress levels as low as possible. Whether you are exploring questions of all kinds, re-imagining a collective vision, or developing strategies and plans for the future, I can help you make it something people will remember.

Life Coaching

Coaching isn’t just for executive leaders, finding your career path., or employability. It is a safe space where you can think through through challenges you may be facing, get out of that ‘stuck’ feeling and vibrantly revive yourself to be the best ‘you’ you can be.

Open Workshops

I periodically run open workshops generally focused on personal development and reflection that anyone can sign up to. These are a form of group coaching sessions, making it a more affordable option than one on one coaching.

Barbara was a pleasure to work with so gentle but firm you find yourself and the rest of the group lightly guided to the right place without even noticing, she just makes everything feel effortless and positive. I could not recommend her more highly as a facilitator.  

Rory

Barbara has an extensive knowledge on Active Travel Behaviour Change and contributed to the development of a strong agenda for the day by suggesting many ideas on themes and approaches to enable a good engagement with the attendees. She’s very organised and was very easy to work with. The feedback received following this event has been extremely positive and no doubt we’ll be working with her again in the future.

Sandra