Hello, world!

It’s been a tough few years, but we’re revitalising Rhizome and we’d love to hear from you!

Rhizome exists to help organisations and communities address and overcome the inequalities and injustices that characterise our social structures and underpin the relations they comprise. 

We recognise that these structures and relations are not just ‘out there’, but within us all. Real change requires both effective campaigning and internal transformation. 

Rhizome extends an offer of support to any organisation of whatever size or structure working for social change and collective liberation.

The crisis we currently face both confronts us with profound dangers and presents us with exciting opportunities. Rhizome can help you to navigate these dangers and identify and pursue these opportunities. All our workshops and other services are available both in-person and online. We can offer support and advice on everything from resilience and emergency planning to conflict resolution and organisational strategy.

Get in touch to find out how we can work with you.

In a world where we constantly feel stress and pressure, we can offer you in-person and online support with processing that pressure by:

  • Having constructive conversations and productive meetings; 
  • Taking decisions that are democratic and consensual;
  • Resolving team conflicts;
  • Supporting sustainable work practices and cultures.

Find out more about our online work.

Our approach is centred on relationships and needs rather than predetermined objectives. We believe that if you get the process right, the results you are looking for will follow. We work with you to make your organisation or group – and the people within it – more resilient, effective and sustainable. Find out more about what we do.

We have experienced countless groups and organisations become more effective and successful, with the appropriate support.

Between us we have decades of experience of working for social change as facilitators, trainers, mediators, community builders, activists and organisational development consultants. Find out more about us.

A rhizome is a resource for new growth. It’s a store of potential, a store of energy, a way of growing, a way of connecting. Rhizomes make a plant resilient – harder to weed out. Rhizomes allow plants to weather the lean times. They can be uprooted, divided and replanted only to come back all the stronger.

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Rhizome is here as a resource for you!

We are a co-op providing facilitation, training, mediation and organisational development support. 

Whether you are part of a small community or campaigning group, a large NGO, a co-op, voluntary or community sector (VCS) organisation, a charity, nationwide campaign, coalition, partnership or network, or any other kind of organisation, get in touch to find out how we can help you.

It’s been a tough few years, but we’re back!

 

What we do

Facilitation

Training

Organisational Development

Working with Conflict

 

38 Degrees

Rhizome designed and delivered a package of training and support to build on 38 Degrees’ success as an online campaigning organisation and to develop healthy local campaigning groups. By facilitating the development of this innovative model and by delivering a series of community-building regional events across the UK, Rhizome enabled novice and experienced campaigners to connect, resulting in a whole new relationship between 38 Degrees and its members.

Retail foods co-ops

Since 2012, Rhizome has worked with UK-based wholefoods co-ops including Essential, Suma, Unicorn Grocery, Green City Wholefoods, The 8th Day, Village Greens and Infinity Foods to train their staff in key skills and attitudes for effective group work. For each organisation, we designed and delivered a comprehensive training programme tailored to their specific context, including facilitation skills and participative decision-making.

London Cycling Campaign (LCC)

We facilitated an Open Space to give London Cycling Campaign participants the freedom to set their own agenda and discuss the issues most important to them. This participatory session enabled cycling campaigners to talk about how to involve all of London to support Space for Cycling. We’ve since been back to support LCC at another of their AGMs.

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Revitalising Rhizome!

It has been a tough few years for Rhizome. In 2023, we lost our founder and dear friend, Matthew.  This was a truly devastating blow. Since then, for various reasons, our once 12-strong team of facilitators has shrunk down to four co-op members.  We are, however, a rhizome: resourceful and resilient. We can’t be got rid of […]

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