Our Clients and What They Say
Facilitator for the British Council’s Intercultural Navigator Programme
Intercultural navigators are young people passionate about taking action to achieve positive social change and who wish to promote a greater inclusiveness in society. Elizabeth of iFacilitate supported them in developing their leadership and cross-cultural communication skills as well as taking forward their project ideas.
"Elizabeth has done excellent work for the British Council in facilitating the personal development of future young leaders and influencers in intercultural contexts. She takes great care in preparing and planning her work, challenges participants to think creatively and originally at all times and uses an imaginative and sensitive approach. I have very much enjoyed working with her."
Mary Redshaw, Advisor Justice and Human Rights at the British Council UK, 2009
Facilitator for faiths groups including The West Midlands Faiths Forum, The Faith Leaders Network for Dudley Borough and The Warwick District Faiths Forum
The West Midlands Faiths Forum (WMFF) was set up to act as a strategic regional body. It facilitates faith communities in coming together and learning from each other, and makes major contributions to the development of policy in the West Midlands. Other faith networks and fora facilitate faith leaders and communities in collaborating and in working with others on local issues of interest and of concern.
Elizabeth of iFacilitate worked with the groups in developing their networks, designed and facilitated workshops, organised conferences and away-days, enabled dialogue between participants from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and provided written feedback and reports.
“Dr Mc Donnell has the happy knack of being a calm facilitator in what can often be turbulent discussions. We are now a thriving group of faith leaders, due largely to Elizabeth setting us off in the right direction.”
Tim Healey, Localities and Communities Officer, Warwickshire County Council, 2007
Consultant and Associate Lecturer for The Open University
The Open University is world-known and renowned for the quality of its distance learning courses and the support and opportunities that it offers to learners from all walks of life. It is active in academic research and pedagogic innovation and is a world leader in its field. Elizabeth of iFacilitate has over 15 years tutoring experience with the Open University, supporting students at all stages of their learning journey in the scientific, environmental and development management disciplines. She has co-ordinated, designed and facilitated professional development provision for peers, and has written toolkits and reports on assessment and learning.
"Elizabeth worked as an external writer and consultant on a number of projects for me. I found her work to be of a consistently high standard and her attitude to be extremely professional at all times. I would not hesitate to employ her in the future.”
Jacqueline Baxter, Award Manager, The Open University UK, 2009
Facilitator and project manager for ‘A Space for All’, a Cookley Local Agenda 21 project
The ‘A Space for All’ project was an ambitious community project that provided leisure and recreational facilities on the village playing fields for the use of all. In 10 years, over £370,000 in funding was raised and used to put in place a new children’s playground, a natural play area, a skateboard park, BMX track, hangout shelter, community seating area, canalside terrace and information boards.
Elizabeth of iFacilitate designed, organised and facilitated a range of community consultation processes, worked with the core group to plan and to manage the project, secured funding and liaised with funding bodies, planners and other stakeholders.
She organised a series of community workshops and performance events which contributed to the project’s development and success. These included a launch event and two outdoor performances on the newly created canalside terrace.
“Thank you so much for everything you have done to make this project possible. It has been our great pleasure to be involved in such a special event. You are a wonderful woman and an inspiration. We very much hope that we can collaborate on a project again soon.”
Bohemian Events, Artistic Performers for the Celebrating Cookley event, 2009
Trainer and consultant for the West Midlands Quaker Peace Education Project
The project involves training primary and secondary schoolchildren in peacemaking skills and in becoming peer mediators. Elizabeth of iFacilitate worked with a professional team to produce a Creative Management of Conflict module for secondary schools and piloted the module with young people.