Lived Experience Accredited Facilitator & Speaker Programme

Your experience can create change.
A three-day AAL-accredited programme for people with lived experience who want to build confidence in telling their story, speaking to others and facilitating conversations and groups.
Whether your experience is of homelessness, addiction, mental health, trauma or something else, Lived Experience Accredited Facilitation and Speaking (LEAFS) will help you use what you’ve been through in a safe, confident and meaningful way.
What you’ll learn
- Tell your story with confidence and purpose
- Speak to different audiences and get your message across
- Facilitate conversations and groups
- Share safely, with boundaries and self-care
- Use your experience to help create change
You’ll get
- Three online workshops
- Practical learning
- Peer support
- AAL accreditation
- 8 places available
Dates
The course is carried out online over three dates:
- Friday 22 January 2027 10am – 2pm
- Friday 29 January 2027 10am – 2pm
- Friday 5 February 2027 10am – 12pm
Cost (organisations will pay for individuals to attend.)
£350 non-member
£300 Homeless Connect member
(for card payments a processing fee is applied)
Read the terms and conditions.
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