Events 

Stressed and overwhelmed?

Want to learn tools to help manage your stress?

Understanding how our brains work, how our nervous systems are triggered and learning how to emotionally self-regulate, helps us reduce feelings of overwhelm and teaches us how to take care of ourselves.

Through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, including practices based on the latest neuroscience research, participants learn useful tools for daily life including; emotional self-regulation, breathing techniques, and how to create their own personal cheerleading troupe!

By the end of the workshop you will have practical tools to reduce anxiety, stress and calm an overactive mind, leaving the workshop with a greater sense of peace, resilience, and confidence.

30th March - Jubilee Library, for Brighton Women's Centre staff only.

29th April - Honeycroft Centre, for Honeycroft Centre staff only

9th May - via zoom for Being a Writer members only, The Literary Consultancy

Email me if you'd like to book this workshop for your organisation.

Do you run out of time and find it impossible to prioritise ‘you time’? 

This workshop will show you how to:

- balance ‘you time’ with other people’s needs & demands:

- learn to say no

- set clear boundaries

- prioritise your wellbeing

And become happier and healthier by as a result.

Through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, you will learn useful tools & strategies to prioritise your wellbeing and to create boundaries.

By the end of the workshop, you will have practical tools to balance competing demands and will leave feeling focused and inspired.

When: Thursday 26th January, 1-3pm 

Where: Conference Room, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG

Cost:   £8.

This workshop is for those working in the third sector in Brighton & Hove & is part of the Resilient Front Line project run by Evolve Coaching.

This workshop is funded by Awards for All.

Are you feeling burnt out from working through the pandemic? Are you working in a frontline third sector organisation in Brighton and Hove? Would you like access to highly subsidised coaching sessions to take the time to reflect, take stock and support your mental health?

Evolve Coaching has received funding from Awards for All to offer subsidised coaching sessions to those working in Brighton and Hove’s frontline third sector organisations. We recognise the impact Covid has had. This project aims to increase the resilience and support of third sector staff, by offering 1:1 coaching sessions and, at a later date, two wellbeing workshops.

There are 20 places available – offering 5 coaching sessions per person – for a total cost of £50 per person – that’s £10 per coaching session!

For information about the programme and how to apply please see the 'further details' link below. 

Round 2 now open, deadline midnight 1st September

Becoming a Successful Arts Practitioner is a group coaching programme that develops skills, knowledge and mindset, enabling participants to earn income as an arts practitioner. By exploring the psychological aspects of turning your creativity into a business and sharing ideas and experience in a group of peers, participants learn how to become a successful arts practitioner.

6 x 2 hour sessions between April-September 2022.

Fully booked. Oversubscribed.

This 5 session course will give you creative writing tools to support your wellbeing. Using your life for inspiration, writing exercises will hone your creative writing skills and provide you with new insight, build confidence, resilience, and emotional awareness. Open to anyone interested in exploring their creativity and supporting their mental health, even those who have never written before. 

Funded by the Contain Outbreak Management Fund this course is aimed at people who have been adversely affected by the Covid19 pandemic and lockdown. 

Dates: Thursdays 7, 14, 21, 28 April & 5 May

Time: 1.30– 3.30 pm

Venue: BMECP Centre, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton, BN1 4ZE

Cost: £15

Stressed and overwhelmed?

Want to learn tools to help manage your stress?

Understanding how our brains work, how our nervous systems are triggered and learning how to emotionally self-regulate, helps us reduce feelings of overwhelm and teaches us how to take care of ourselves.

Through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, including practices based on the latest neuroscience research, participants will learn useful tools for daily life including; emotional self-regulation, breathing techniques, and how to create their own personal cheerleading troupe!

By the end of the workshop you will have practical tools to reduce anxiety, stress and calm an overactive mind, leaving the workshop with a greater sense of peace, resilience, and confidence.

When?  29th Sept 1-3pm 

Where? via zoom

Cost? £8

This workshop is for those working in the third sector in Brighton & Hove & is part of the Resilient Front Line project run by Evolve Coaching.

This workshop is funded by Awards for All.

Monthly online arts and health peer support meetings for Brighton & Hove based freelance arts & health practitioners, working in the Arts & Health sector.

The meeting includes networking, sharing good practice and learning opportunities and is to provide support to freelance arts & health practitioners working in the Arts and Health sector. You must be based in Brighton and Hove to attend.

Date: last Wednesday of the month:

31st March, 28th April, 26th May, 30th June, 28th July, 25th August, 29th September, 20th October,  24th November, 29th December 2021

Time: 10-11.30am

Venue: via zoom unless stated otherwise

Delivered in partnership with Creative Future, HERA Partnership & funded by Brighton and Hove City Council.

Understanding how our brains work, how our nervous systems are triggered and learning how to emotionally self-regulate, helps us reduce feelings of overwhelm and teaches us how to take care of ourselves.

This workshop, through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, ranging from meditation and mindfulness techniques to practices based on the latest neuroscience research, teaches you useful tools for daily life including emotional self-regulation, boundary setting, how to improve your breathing, quietening your inner critic and how to create your own personal cheerleading troupe!

By the end of the workshop you will have practical tools to reduce anxiety, stress and calm an overactive mind, leaving the workshop with a greater sense of peace, resilience, and confidence.

Date: 9th June 2021

Time: 1-4pm

Via Zoom

Cost: FREE

Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.

Finding time for creativity can often drop to the bottom of our priority list. Practical, income related tasks can push creativity to one side. But being creative can make us healthier, happier, and more productive, so how can we find time for creativity in our busy lives? 

In this workshop, you will examine your current commitments and find ways to increase time for creativity. Through a series of writing exercises, reflection, group discussion, movement and collaboration, you will explore what is important to you, how to prioritise and gain a fresh new perspective. You will leave the workshop with an action plan and increased motivation to make time for creativity.

Date: Tuesday 29th June 2021

Time: 12.30-3.30pm

Where: Hastings Library Learning Centre, 13 Claremont, TN34 1HE

Cost: £2 booking fee

Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.

This workshop enables you to explore who you are in a safe, fun, and innovative way through simple movements, creative writing exercises, and group discussion.

You will find out whether you are a leader or a follower, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and consider how your inner dialogue shapes your actions.

You will safely explore your inner psyche, motivations, and potential barriers, through a series of simple yet revealing exercises, so that by the end of the workshop you have new insight into who you really are and therefore what jobs and roles will suit you best.

Date: 5th May 2021

Time: 1-4pm

Via Zoom

Cost: FREE

Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.

Knowing what our big goal is in life helps with solving smaller goals. By connecting to our bigger purpose, we become more motivated and increase our connection with others.

In this workshop, you will explore your values, identify what is most important to you and what you would like to be remembered for. By the end of the workshop you will rediscover your passion and drive and leave feeling reinvigorated and motivated

Date: 14th April 2021

Time: 1-4pm

Via Zoom

Cost: FREE

Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.

An 8 session course for underrepresented artists and writers to learn coaching skills and establish an ongoing peer coaching group. Funded by the Emergence Foundation and delivered in partnership with Creative Future. Runs September 2020 -  March 2021 at Community Base, Brighton. 

FULLY BOOKED. 

Do you want to rediscover your motivation, passion and purpose? Have you lost your way? Through fun and engaging exercises Dominique enables you to explore your values, identify what is most important to you and what you would like to be remembered for.  By the end of this three hour workshop you will rediscover your passion and drive and leave feeling reinvigorated and motivated to achieve your goals.

This workshop is aimed at underrepresented artists and writers and is delivered in partnership with Creative Future, funded by The Emergence Foundation

Date: Wednesday 14th October 2020 

Time: 2.30-5.30pm

Venue: Community Base conference room, Queens Road, Brighton  BN1 3XG

Do you feel you can never get enough time for your creative work? Do you feel that paid work or life admin gets in the way of your creativity? This workshop will look at your current work/life balance and help you find ways to increase the creativity in your life.

This workshop is aimed at underrepresented artists and writers and is delivered in partnership with Creative Future, funded by The Emergence Foundation.

Date: Wednesday 16th September2020 

Time: 2.30-5.30pm

Venue: Community Base conference room, Queens Road, Brighton  BN1 3XG

This one day workshop is for those who run or are thinking of running therapeutic creative groups. The day covers:

•     How to create a safe space
•     Creating a group contract
•     Reducing participants' anxiety
•     Reaching audiences
•     Barriers to engagement

This workshop can be commissioned by organisations or requires a minimum of five individuals to book.