Laura Harvey
Name: Laura Harvey
Location: South East England, England
Laura collaborates as part of a group of facilitators who lead open access workshops in NVC and other restorative practices. She has worked widely in the UK in this capacity since 2004, building NVC community and expertise in Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, the North East (Newcastle) and the North West (Manchester, Hebden Bridge, Salford and Tameside).
Within NVC-UK she has supported the community to contribute to de-escalation work during climate protests; co-created online introductory training in nonviolence and de-escalation for XR activists; and is currently coordinating offerings to an Empathy Matching initiative for Ukrainians and the Ukraine NVC network. You can read more about the first project on the news pages of this website if you're interested:
https://nvc-uk.com/2018/11/24/a-call-to-our-network-a-plea-for-nonviolent-expertise/
https://nvc-uk.com/2019/02/21/thinking-invitations-for-nonviolent-response-teams/
NVC Focus: A programme of public training and bespoke in-house consultancies.
Further practice:
Communication and systems work with NGOs and activists (priorities: the climate emergency, power & privilege, nonviolent liberation work)
Leadership coaching
In-house team development and conflict transformation
Support for those working for nonviolent social change in areas of health care (in particular supporting better mental health), peace-making, justice and environment
NVC education and parenting/fostering
Bespoke one-to-one work
The arts, particularly theatre and collaborating with writers
Other interests:
Convergent Facilitation
Contributing to Social Change as an ally
Mediation
MHFA for adults and for children
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Enneagram practitioner
Prison Reading Groups (PRG)
Celtic Christianity
Theatre (practitioner and literary manager 1992-2005)
Background
Concurrent with her training activities in NVC, Laura has worked in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Brazil. She has 25 years’ experience in UK arts and NGO sectors, as a facilitator, writer and teacher in many different settings. In 2003 she ran the first NVC training in Cambodia. She continues to build awareness of global VAWG issues and Christian persecution in Pakistan.
Preferred Pronouns: She/her