Liberating Structures Immersion Workshop

When you feel included and engaged, do you do a better job? Have you noticed the best ideas often come from unexpected sources? Do you want to work at the top of your intelligence and give the same opportunity to others?

In this practical one-day workshop you’ll gain hands-on experience of Liberating Structures, a field-tested, results-focused repertoire of interaction patterns which include everyone in shaping the future. You will leave equipped with a rich and adaptable toolkit to unleash the creativity and talent of everyone in your team, work group, community, and organisation.

Course Overview

Tired of meetings where only a few voices dominate? Struggling to get engagement or spark creative thinking in your group sessions?

 

Liberating Structures offer practical alternatives to conventional meeting formats. Each one is designed to give everyone a voice, encourage new ideas and build group momentum.

This one-day workshop gives you an immersive introduction. You’ll learn by doing—experiencing the structures for yourself, reflecting on how they work, and planning how to use them in your own context. You’ll leave with tools you can apply immediately to your meetings, workshops, events or strategy sessions. Workshop delivered in partnership with Liberating Structures London.

 

Why Take This Course?

  • Learn how to make meetings more dynamic, participatory and productive
  • Experience a wide range of structures first-hand—not just theory
  • Build confidence in facilitating groups of all sizes
  • Discover tools to unlock creativity, inclusion and collective problem solving
  • Take away resources to start using straight away

Who is this course for

This workshop is ideal for:

  1. Facilitators, team leads, managers and consultants
  2. Anyone who runs meetings, workshops or group sessions
  3. People working in change, learning, strategy or organisational development

Which Liberating Structures workshop is for me?

Our half-day Using Liberating Structures Online workshop is for those who want just to do four structures.

 

Duration

1 day

Classroom size

100 approx.

Location

Online | Classroom

Certificate

1 Certification

Experience

Beginner

What you will learn

  • Understand the core principles behind Liberating Structures
  • Experience a selection of structures you can start using right away
  • Learn how to choose and sequence structures based on your purpose
  • Gain ideas for transforming meetings, workshops and group sessions
  • Build confidence in your facilitation style and approach

How much does it cost?

Option 1

Standard

Standard course rate

£475

per person (+VAT)

Option 2

SMEs

Discounted rate for companies with less than 250 staff

£400

per person (+VAT)

Option 3

Public Sector

Discounted rate for public sector organisations, eg. councils

£345

per person (+VAT)

Option 4

Large Charities

Discounted rate for charities with 31+ staff

£260

per person (+VAT)

Option 5

Small Charities

Discounted rate for charities with 30 or less staff

£200

per person (+VAT)

Group Training

If you have three or more learners, We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

Curriculum & Key Themes Covered

This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.

1 Day Workshop Sessions

  • Gain hands-on experience of at least eight of the 33+ Liberating Structures repertoire
  • Understand the underlying micro-structural elements of Liberating Structures
  • Hear first-hand field stories of practical applications of Liberating Structures in healthcare, education, software development, community building
  • Learn how to design interventions and workshops by combining Liberating Structures into strings
  • Explore how to apply Liberating Structures in your own life and work at both small and large scales
  • Learn how to apply Liberating Structures in video conferences and virtual meetings

Book now

Date Availability Number of places
14 May 2025 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM 7 spaces left
05 Nov 2025 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM 50 spaces left
Date Availability Number of places
05 Aug 2025 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM 94 spaces left
04 Dec 2025 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM 95 spaces left

Please note that your booking is not secured until you checkout. All prices listed in the shopping cart are excluding VAT.

If you are booking at a discounted rate (for example, if you are from a charity), you will see this on the final stage of the shopping cart after you have set up your account or logged in. Discount codes can also be added on this final page.

Testimonials From Happy Learners

Choose the Learning Experience That Suits You

Everyone learns differently — that’s why we offer flexible options to fit your needs. Whether you prefer learning from the comfort of home, engaging in dynamic face-to-face sessions, or a blend of both, you’ll find the format that helps you thrive.

Online

Online

Learn live with your facilitator and group through Zoom, with full access to our online learning hub.

Learning
Style:

Interactive sessions, self-paced resources, videos and activities you can return to at any time.

Collaborations:

Work with peers through breakout rooms, group discussions and optional study circles.

Benefits:

1.Flexible bite-sized learning you can fit around a busy schedule.
2.Build supportive connections, wherever you are.
3.Great for remote teams or hybrid workplaces.

In-Person

Online

Take part in face-to-face sessions delivered at our Happy HQ in london

Learning
Style:

Interactive, hands-on sessions with space to reflect, practise skills and share insights.

Collaborations:

Join breakout sessions and small groups for shared learning and support.

Benefits:

1.A focused space to fully engage away from day-to-day distractions.
2.Energising group environment with real-time feedback and support.

Blended Programme

Online

A combination of in-person and online learning to fit your schedule.

Learning
Style:

Live sessions paired with online materials, tasks and group activities.

Collaborations:

Ongoing team support and shared learning both in and out of the classroom.

Benefits:

1.The best of both worlds — structure and flexibility.
2.Time to absorb, reflect and apply learning between sessions.

What are Happy's online training like?

“Really worked well as an online experience. Good interaction with other course members. Really well facilitated.”

past attendees

Watch this short video to see how we bring our sessions to life online — with interactive, hands-on learning delivered via Zoom, designed to keep your team engaged and energised.

Looking for Private Group Training?

If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

The Happy guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.

We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

Why Choose happy?

Because Happiness Works

Joy leads to success, every time,

Expert-Led & Hands-On

Our award-winning training isn’t just theoretical. It’s packed with practical tools you can use straight away.

B Corp Certified & Proud

We don’t just talk about impact — we live it. As a B Corp, we’re committed to making workplaces better for everyone.

Classroom or live online learning available

Both available for public and private dates.

The small print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

FAQs

What if I have a Mac?

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.