In this episode with Liz Allum of Becoming Mums (https://becomingmums.com/), we covered:

• The importance of having co-facilitators to support with the skills to read the room and create a permissive atmosphere

• How being clear about what your demographic needs is more important than what you want to do (and will help you get funding)

• Talking to existing organisations or projects that work with your demographic to see how they work and what gaps in provision there are so you’re not reinventing the wheel but creating allies

• The importance of paying artists a proper fee for their time in providing a creative aspect to your circle and how creating can support talking

• How you as a facilitator create the structure for the space, but then get out of the way of where the talking wants to go: it’s not about your agency but the people who are there

• Having shared experience / being a peer makes all the difference when inviting speakers to a circle

• How as a facilitator there might come a time when it’s right to move on because you’re no longer in the demographic

• Creating community and connections is what underpins change in society

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