Practise Care to Navigate Tension

Organising is emotionally demanding work. When teams face conflict, stress, or difficult decisions, collective care becomes essential – not as a luxury, but as the foundation that keeps movements alive and healthy.

This training explores what collective care means in organising and why it matters for building strong, resilient teams. You'll learn to recognise when your team is under strain and understand patterns that emerge under stress. Through case studies and practical exercises, you'll explore tools for decision-making, accountability, boundaries, and rest to support your team when tensions arise.

You'll leave with practical approaches to strengthen collective care and sustain your organising over the long term.

Outcomes:

• Understand collective care in organising and how to recognise when your team is under strain.
• Practise applying tools and strategies to strengthen collective care.
• Reflect on how you can apply these principles to your own work.

This training is part of our foundations series, designed for both new and experienced organisers who are ready to develop practical organising skills. We recommend taking the introduction training first to understand the core concepts of transformative community organising.