Catalyst: A Garden To Grow People

So this July Ive been spending my time at a place called Embercombe which is a charity and social enterprise which invites people and organisations on a journey to discover their own potential as leaders.

"a garden to grow people" is the vision for Catalyst, Embercombe

www.catalystcourse.co.uk

Embercombe is 50 acres of lush countryside full of abundant wildlife and hosts conference facilities, yurt villages and a wonderful farm.

This wasn't my first time to Embercombe as I had been on the Catalyst course back in April, which was an amazing experience of personal development, creativity and connection with fellow catalysts.

Anyway back to this July, this time I wasn't on a course at Embercombe but instead was working on the farm. Allot of people I spoke to were surprised when I told them I had come down to work on the farm to "relax" but it was a great chance to escape from emails and other stresses. It was a great experience to work each day out in the fresh air with the chickens and potatoes or in the tropical polly tunnel re plumbing the water system for the juicy tomatoes.

There was something very satisfying about working and getting paid in lots of tasty meals and wonderful accommodation/facilities.

It was great having the July Catalyst around while I was working on the farm as it brought back allot of the wonderful feelings that I felt when I was on catalyst and they really were a smashing lot :D

After a teary departure of the catalysts at the end of the week, we started to prepare for the Catalyst council which brought together a diverse mix of people who do similar work to that of catalyst.

A more in depth description of the catalyst council can be seen on Johannes Moeller's blog post:

Catalyst Council – the needs of young adults today | johannes moeller