quiet voice methodology training

​Interwoven Productions CIC has been facilitating community-led, activity since early 2015. This activity is conceived of, and devised by, residents themselves and has therefore taken many forms including community star-gazing, heritage trails, wildflower greening, memory walks, family themed-nature trails, ambulatory performance, lantern parades and street parties.

To do this we have had to mindfully address the question
“Who is NOT here?” 
By constantly returning to the question of who is currently not participating and why, we have been able to develop a suite of techniques and approaches that we have come to term Quiet Voice Methodology.


Quiet Voice Methodology (QVM) recognises and includes the traditional “Hard to Reach” individuals who experience barriers to participation but also reflects upon our own role in creating the right invitation and conditions that will encourage those who are more actively disengaged. It is a methodology developed and fit for the nuance of 21st century community.


QVM TRAINING OPTIONS

AN INTRODUCTION TO QUIET VOICE METHODOLOGY – ESSENTIAL THEORY AND THE QVM TOOLKIT–
A half-day workshop £500

• The difference between "Hard to Reach" and "Quiet Voice".
• Why "engagement" and "outreach" no longer work.
• The transactional relationship - starting the conversation from the right place.
• Unpacking an inter-disciplinary tool-kit of animation techniques from -

   
    Sociology
     Adult learning
     Place-based education
     Placemaking/placekeeping
     Environmental studies
     Landscape archaeology
     Heritage interpretation
     Participatory arts

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THE QVM PRACTITIONERS LICENCE - A 12 MONTH LEARNING PACKAGE DESIGNED TO ALLOW YOU TO EMBED QVM IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY PRACTICE   
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INCLUDES 10 HOURS TRAINING AND CANDIDATE SUPPORT/MENTORING OVER 12 MONTHS -  £2635

A specific, fully supported, approach to animating not only those traditionally termed “hard-to-reach” who might be experiencing barriers to participation but also those who have more actively disengaged/become disillusioned. Interwoven Quiet Voice Methodology™ (QVM) recognises that those individuals, re-engaged, can become powerful allies for positive social change in your place.
 
The QVM Practitioners Licence allows you to embed QVM in your own community practice in a supported and mentored way.

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"A perfect amount of information to take in in the time frame. Clear concepts and techniques that we can definitely use in communities, and within our organisation to introduce sociocratic ways of thinking." - East Devon District Council, Housing.

"A very thought provoking session which will undoubtedly help to guide our place based communities approach.  The methodology will help us to seek out and listen to those quiet voices and respond to local community activation, working closely with communities in the creation and support of sustainable physical activity opportunities which meet their wants and needs. - Active Devon

"Hugely valuable being able to practically ‘workshop’ places and adapt the learning based on what gets thrown up. There were a lot of takeaways and thought provoking moments for me personally and great to see the team plotting out what they’re going to do next within communities" -  Hannah Worth, Director, Active Devon
 
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