Bellbird facilitates community-based Events that provide learning and training to support us all to feed our knowledge, develop our skills and grow a strong community of practitioners. In addition to our community-based events, Bellbird can develop and deliver specific workforce development to your organisation, please contact us to talk about how we can help.
Events
Bellbird facilitates community-based Events that provide learning and training to support us all to feed our knowledge, develop our skills and grow a strong community of practitioners.
In addition to our community-based events, Bellbird can develop and deliver specific workforce development to your organisation, please contact us to talk about how we can help.
Facilitation and Training
Bellbird facilitates opportunities that provide learning and training that supports us all to feed our knowledge, develop our skills and grow a strong community of practitioners.
Bellbird facilitates opportunities that provide learning and training that supports us all to feed our knowledge, develop our skills and grow a strong community of practitioners. We are able to deliver one or two hour practice forums, through to one or two days trainings, or facilitate organisational processes and provide support to achieve identified successes.
Facilitation
Facilitation is all about “making things easy” or simplifying processes. The role of a facilitator is to help individuals or groups achieve their goals and objectives more easily. Rather than focusing on content, facilitators guide conversations and processes.
As a facilitator, our role is to ask the insightful questions, enabling participants to find their own answers. Facilitation plays a crucial role in various contexts such as strategic planning, community engagement, idea generation, problem-solving, consensus-building, and partnership brokering. At its core, facilitation is the art of fostering effective conversations.
Talk to Bellbird today about how we can facilitate a journey for you.
Training
Developed through experience working in the social sector and backed by research and data, our training is designed to support practitioners to be confident and competent when working with complexity across a range of topics.
🌿 Practice-Based Workshops
Designed for kaimahi and practitioners working directly with whānau and communities. Each session blends hands-on learning, reflection, and local relevance.
Workshop Title
Duration
Focus / Description
Key Learning Outcomes
Ethical Decision-Making in Complex Situations
Half-day
Explore competing values, dilemmas, and ethical reasoning frameworks for sound professional judgement.
Apply structured ethical models; strengthen professional accountability.
Mental Health First Aid (Accredited)
Two days
Evidence-based training that equips participants to recognise, respond, and refer when someone is experiencing mental distress or crisis.
Identify warning signs, use MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE), and support mental wellbeing in the workplace.
Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice
One-day
Build awareness and confidence in identifying and responding to child abuse and neglect in line with NZ legislation and best practice.
Recognise indicators of harm, follow reporting procedures, apply safe practice policies.
Professional Casenotes & Record-Keeping
Half-day
Strengthen writing skills for ethical, accurate, and objective case documentation.
Write clear, defensible notes; understand privacy and access rights; align with organisational standards.
Effective Assessment and Understanding the ‘WHY”
Half-day
Develop person-centred assessment
Conduct holistic assessments that seek to understand and focus on relationships not tick boxes.
Goal Planning for Whānau Support
Half-day
Develop planning tools that empower whānau.
Co-create achievable goals that align interventions with strengths and values.
Privacy and Confidentiality in Practice
Half-day
Understand the Privacy Act, confidentiality boundaries, and ethical considerations in everyday mahi.
Identify when to share or withhold information; manage digital and data privacy; respond to breaches safely.
Supervision Skills for Practice Leaders
One-day
Develop confidence and structure as a reflective supervisor or team lead.
Build supervision frameworks; integrate ethical, cultural, and reflective dimensions.
💬 TEAM-FOCUSED WORKSHOPS
For teams, collectives, or organisations wanting to build culture, communication, and wellbeing.
Workshop Title
Duration
Focus / Description
Outcomes for Teams
Building a Healthy Team Culture
Half-day
Identify what makes your team thrive, explore values, communication patterns, and shared purpose.
Define team values; identify enablers of trust and wellbeing; create an action plan for team culture.
Team Hui: Values, Vision, and Reconnection Day
One-day
A facilitated day to pause, reconnect, and realign as a team. Ideal for annual planning or post-busy-season reset.
Strengthen relationships; co-design team goals; celebrate achievements; set shared intentions.
Conflict to Collaboration
Half-day
Tools for navigating internal conflict and difference constructively within teams.
Identify conflict styles; use mediation techniques; strengthen team communication norms.
Leading from Every Seat
Half-day
Builds leadership capability across all levels of the organisation — not just managers.
Recognise leadership styles; use influence positively; contribute to team direction.
🌸 ORGANISATIONAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
For leaders and managers seeking to strengthen systems, strategy, and impact.
Workshop Title
Duration
Focus / Description
Key Outcomes
Planning for Impact: From Vision to Action
One-day
Guide organisations to refine their purpose, map outcomes, and align activities to impact.
Draft logic model / impact map; identify key indicators; align strategy with values.
Writing Winning Funding Applications
Half-day
Practical session for staff preparing grant or contract applications.
Develop clear project narratives, budgets, and measurable outcomes.
Community Collaboration & Partnership Building
One-day
Tools for cross-sector collaboration, co-design, and partnership agreements.
Identify partnership types; clarify shared goals; manage boundaries and accountability.
Communicating Your Impact
Half-day
Storytelling, data visualisation, and impact reporting for funders and community stakeholders.
Create an impact story; combine data and narrative; communicate value confidently.
Get in touch to develop a Custom Training Programme
If you would like Bellbird to develop something specific for you and your team, then please talk to us today. The Bellbird team are experienced speakers, and have extensive experience delivering trainings, workshops and presentations, at both national and international conferences as well as local events.
Mental Health First Aid
A Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to adults who may be experiencing mental health challenges or mental health crisis, until the crisis resolves, or specialist help is accessed, using a practical evidence-based Action Plan.
Evaluations consistently show that Mental Health First Aid training improves understanding of the mental health challenges people experience, their options for treatments and helpful first aid strategies. Participants report increased confidence in their ability to offer Mental Health First Aid which enables early access to help. The training also decreases stigma and discrimination that many people with mental health and addiction challenges experience.
What does the training cover?
Mental Health crises covered:
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Non-suicidal self-injury
Panic attacks
Traumatic events
Severe psychotic states
Severe effects from alcohol or other substance use
Aggressive behaviours
Mental Health challenges covered:
Depression
Anxiety
Psychosis
Substance use problems
Cost
Talk to us about the cost to facilitate a Mental Health First Aid course for your organisation.
