About us
This group hosts events aimed at developing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) skills and consciousness, and creating community, based on the work and legacy of Marshall B. Rosenberg and his seminal book, 'Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life'. It’s a place for community gatherings, peer practice sessions, training and more, run by NVC enthusiasts and sometimes London-based trainers certified by the Centre for Nonviolent Communication (https://www.cnvc.org). If inspired you are welcome to offer NVC-themed learning or social events.
Pathways to learning NVC
If you’d like to learn NVC via formal training, facilitated by London-based CNVC-certified trainers, then hop over to the London Page of the NVC-UK website and find out about the training pathway put together by Ceri Buckmaster, Cath Burke, Carolyn Davies, Daren De Witt, Pauline Doohan and Tracy Seed. We fund this page and are committed to creating community and a supportive network for those learning, living and sharing NVC in London. Many of our trainings are currently online, so if you live outside of London, you are welcome to participate.
For more information about NVC in London and the UK
• The main website for all UK NVC activities, training, practice groups, camps and residentials, blogs, resources and much more. Sign up for a regular newsletter with upcoming events and all things new around NVC in UK: https://nvc-uk.com
• NVC London Facebook for us Londoners to join and find out what is going on! Anybody can post here:[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/502984243229456/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/502984243229456/)
Upcoming events
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NVC Level 1 Foundations — a two-day course in London
CLAPHAM COMMON, LONDON SW4, London, GBEver come away from a conversation knowing it went wrong, without quite being able to say why? You were clear. They got defensive. Or you said nothing, and it sat with you for days afterwards.
Nonviolent Communication is a practical framework for both halves of that — saying what matters without triggering defensiveness and hearing what someone actually means underneath what they said.
Over two days you'll learn the core skills and practice them on real situations you bring with you: at work, at home, or wherever the same conversation keeps going round.
No experience needed. This is a beginners' course.What to expect
A small group. Practical exercises and real conversations rather than lectures. Skills you can use on Monday.Sliding Scale £260 -£430
Booking can only be made through the website here1 attendee
Listening Hour
·OnlineOnlineWhat it is
A weekly 1 hour connection and empathy space currently hosted by people who have experience in NVC, for anyone interested in NVC.
This is not a workshop but a peer listening space to encourage listening.Who it’s for
Everyone who is interested in NVC is welcome. No need for formal training but it’s great if you have been to some trainings.
Come if you want to practice listening.
Come if you’d enjoy a listening ear.What happens
We offer a structure which offers clear guidance to everyone about what to do.
Format (Each host will hold the space in a slightly different way but the overall structure will be the same)
• Check-in
• breakout into 3s for empathy and listening. (Empathy guidelines will be given and you can respond to the generative question ‘What do you want empathy for or to talk through?’)
• ClosingSelf responsibility
This is a reminder that everyone is responsible for themselves and we encourage you to take care of your own emotional safety.
Bear in mind your listening partners aren’t trainers or therapists.Is there any cost?
We’re offering these sessions for free as we’d like to contribute to making empathy support more accessible, especially during these challenging times. Afterwards, if you are moved to do so, and can afford it, we’d be grateful for a donation to our chosen organisation:
NVC Matters (the national organisation for NVC in the UK): Bank account: 65414848 SC: 089299Please register here to get the zoom link sent to you for each session Listening Hour sign up
3 attendees
NVC Level 2 Intermediate — The NVC Dyad Process
·OnlineOnlineNVC Level 2 Intermediate — The NVC Dyad Process
Many of you here have kept practising since Foundations. This is the course that takes that practice inward.It comes from the work of the late Robert Gonzales, who brought the traditional dyad meditation process together with NVC.
Over two mornings we work towards a contemplation of needs that's felt in the body rather than worked out in the head. Not naming a need correctly — sitting with it, in the presence of another person.
It's mindfulness within NVC: a deep practice supporting self-connection and connection with others.Once you have learned this practice, you may like to join online practice sessions that run daily with others at no charge.
Open to anyone who has completed and NVC Level 1 Foundation Course.
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 September 2026
9.30am to 1.15pm UK time, both days
Online via Zoom
Cost — Sliding scale £85–£220.Booking is through my website here, rather than through Meetup.
1 attendeeListening Hour
·OnlineOnlineWhat it is
A weekly 1 hour connection and empathy space currently hosted by people who have experience in NVC, for anyone interested in NVC.
This is not a workshop but a peer listening space to encourage listening.Who it’s for
Everyone who is interested in NVC is welcome. No need for formal training but it’s great if you have been to some trainings.
Come if you want to practice listening.
Come if you’d enjoy a listening ear.What happens
We offer a structure which offers clear guidance to everyone about what to do.
Format (Each host will hold the space in a slightly different way but the overall structure will be the same)
• Check-in
• breakout into 3s for empathy and listening. (Empathy guidelines will be given and you can respond to the generative question ‘What do you want empathy for or to talk through?’)
• ClosingSelf responsibility
This is a reminder that everyone is responsible for themselves and we encourage you to take care of your own emotional safety.
Bear in mind your listening partners aren’t trainers or therapists.Is there any cost?
We’re offering these sessions for free as we’d like to contribute to making empathy support more accessible, especially during these challenging times. Afterwards, if you are moved to do so, and can afford it, we’d be grateful for a donation to our chosen organisation:
NVC Matters (the national organisation for NVC in the UK): Bank account: 65414848 SC: 089299Please register here to get the zoom link sent to you for each session Listening Hour sign up
3 attendees
Past events
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