Good Conversations - Cardiff

Good Conversations is a two-hour, informal workshop for people who volunteer in their community (especially, but not exclusively, through Churches): hosting warm spaces, working in food banks, organising coffee mornings etc (and for those interested in volunteering). It provides tools and excercises to help better engage with people who might come to those spaces who are lonely or isolated, and provides information on other services, such as befriending, to signpost during these conversations.

The workshop covers:

• Opening conversations well
• Developing ‘active listening’ skills
• Keeping yourself and others safe by understanding boundaries
• Managing the expectations and risks of and for ‘guests’
• Feeling more prepared with a wider range of situations
• Building on existing volunteer skills

The workshop brings people together to share their own tips and experiences and ask questions in an informal and friendly setting.

"Good Conversations" is part of the Linking Lives Cymru project, a collaboration between Befriending Networks, the UK's umbrella organisation for schemes connecting volunteers with socially isolated people, and Linking Lives UK, which supports churches to set up befriending schemes. We're pleased to be collaborating with the South Cardiff Ministry Area of the Church in Wales, which is hosting this workshop at St Dyfrig and St Samson's in Grangetown.