Date: 20th & 21st February 2012
Venue: Edgemead Community Hall
Contact Johleen for bookings: 021 913 3507 or email johleen@symphonia.net

Why is a community building workshop important?

With social cohesion high on the national agenda, these workshops create opportunities for South Africans to discover powerful ways of connecting across divisive boundaries, strengthening the fabric of South African society. The two-day workshops are based on the methodology and work of best-selling author Peter Block, known internationally for his work on empowerment and citizenship.

The Community Building Workshops are about the discovery of a community building methodology that really works, that builds social cohesion in communities and organisations. Participants engage with this methodology in such a way that, after the workshop, they are able to convene meaningful gatherings in their own workplace or community.


Who should attend?

- Active Citizens who care about our collective future

- Business leaders from Corporates and SME’s

- Community leaders, workers and builders from the NPO/NGO sector

- Government leaders and officials

- School principals and teachers

- Religious leaders

- Students and academics


At the workshops you will learn to:

- Create a sense of community and belonging in an organisation

- Engage existing communities through powerful conversation and questions

- Become a community leader able to connect stakeholders to your school, organisation or cause

- Build community and facilitate stakeholder engagement

- Strengthen social cohesion by strengthening the fabric of society


What can you expect?

- To learn about and experience a practical, profound and creative community building methodology

- To meet and connect with diverse fellow citizens

- To participate in and learn from powerful community building conversations

- To hear from and engage with people and groups that are actively building community

- To be challenged and inspired to “walk together” and contribute as citizens