About
We are a network of nature connectors, who hold an annual week-long ‘Art of Mentoring’ training course to revitalize ourselves and expose more people to this timeless approach to connecting people to nature, self and community. Although we are focussed on the British Isles, we work closely with our friends in Ireland, mainland Europe and North America.
AoM UK as an organisation provides connective tissue between nature-based practitioners, offers trainings and forums for sharing our learnings. We are standing on the shoulders of many teachers before us and are especially thankful to founding visionaries Jon Young and Mark Morey for supporting us to begin to operate more as a movement, a ground swelling of inter-connections, then as individuals carrying the heavy load of our visions. Our speciality if you like, is creating a village model in which everyone’s unique contribution has its place, the set of principles we are building on are called the 8 shields, and these have now been incorporated to greater and lesser degrees by many hundreds of organisations worldwide.
After attending an Art of Mentoring course you have the opportunity to join an informal regional web of previous participants, hold gatherings and continue the learning journey together. In this way, we are building a network of people committed to nature connection as the foundation of our inner peace. In our network there are bushcraft instructors, eco-therapists, shamanic workers, scientists, storytellers, mainstream and alternative educators for all ages, conservationists, healers, permaculturalists, crafts people, cultural creatives and others I wouldn’t dare put in a box!
Most people within the Art of Mentoring network have their own organisations, initiatives and specialities that existed long before AoM UK was founded in 2010, and it is really the depth and diversity of those involved that make up the Art of Mentoring.
Click here to meet our team! Maeve Gavin is serving in the role of UK AoM national coordinator, she also founded Way of the Village, and is based in Scotland. Mark Morey is supporting UK development, in his role as International AoM Coordinator. Mark has worked with Jon Young for many years, founded the Institute for Natural Learning and lives in Vermont, USA.
Over four years (2010-2013) the annual Art of Mentoring courses in the British Isles will enjoy the extra start-up injection of international support and training, including Jon Young as our key speaker. In the longer term Art of Mentorings will be increasingly held by local and European based people.
