Creative Retreats

Bespoke retreats, away days and support for individuals and organisations.

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Whether you're joining one of our open retreats or booking a bespoke experience for your team, every retreat is designed to help people step away from the everyday, connect more deeply and move forward with greater clarity.

I offer two ways to work together. You can book a place on one of my open retreat programmes, designed for individuals and small groups exploring what's next, or I can design and facilitate a bespoke retreat or away day for your organisation, team or community.

Whichever you choose, every retreat is built around the same belief: creativity helps people connect—with each other, with ideas and with what's possible.

Bespoke Retreats for Teams & Organisations

Designed around your people and your goals, we will facilitate your retreats or away day, creating the space to strengthen relationships, develop strategy, navigate change and build shared ownership through creativity.

Ideal for

  • Leadership teams

  • Organisations

  • Public bodies

  • Universities

  • Community groups

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"This two day creative retreat felt more effective than the year long strategy exercise we have just conducted."
— Participant, Pedagogy Team Away Day (Compass Child & Family Services)

"Thank you for helping us take a step back and reflect on how to make better use of communication."
— Participant, Storytelling for Impact Workshop (Autodesk)

"Lovely facilitation — felt very collaborative and informative."
— Participant, Creative Ireland, Creative Leadership Training

Our creative Building Blocks

Creative Facilitation

Thoughtfully designed conversations and activities that encourage participation, curiosity and shared ownership.

Visual Thinking

Making ideas visible through sketching, mapping and collaborative visual frameworks that support clearer thinking and decision-making.

Storytelling for Impact

Helping teams communicate their ideas, research, products or strategy through compelling narratives and visual storytelling.

Design Thinking & Innovation

Creative methods for understanding needs, generating ideas, prototyping solutions and developing new opportunities.

Vision, Mission & Values

Facilitated sessions that help organisations explore purpose, culture and strategic direction.

Imagining Futures

Creative foresight, systems thinking and scenario building to explore future possibilities with confidence.

Team Connection and Community Building

Creative activities that strengthen relationships, build trust, celebrate strengths and create space for reflection and meaningful conversations.

“Honest and constructive discussion, challenging of ideas towards refining vision and mission, having time out to think all very helpful. Facilitation style of structure, as well as room for blue sky thinking was very good for me. There was space for many voices, opinions and an authentic start, reflecting where we want to get to” — Participant, Imagining the future away day with Cork Mental Health Services.

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Making Space

A creative retreat for individuals and small groups at the start of something important.

Whether you're developing a new project, exploring fresh ideas or simply need space to think, Making Space brings together a small group of people to connect, reflect and move forward with greater clarity.

Ideal for

  • Individuals

  • Freelancers

  • Leaders

  • Researchers

  • Creative professionals

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy and would like to find out more I invite you to take two minutes to complete the form (click link).

Please note: If I receive enough interest I will organise the retreat.

Thank you so much for your support in shaping this offer.

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Making Space is a creative facilitation programme that helps people connect, think differently and move forward with confidence. Using visual thinking, design thinking and futures thinking, we turn conversations into clarity and ideas into practical next steps.

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A bespoke retreats includes:

  • Initial consultation ensuing the experience is co-designed with you

  • A bespoke programme tailored to your objectives and your people

  • Creative facilitation throughout

  • Visual tools, templates and materials

  • Practical activities and collaborative exercises

  • Optional illustrated outputs and follow-up sessions and resources

Depending on the scale of your event, I can work independently or bring together a trusted team of facilitators, illustrators and subject specialists to support larger groups and more complex programmes. The client is usually responsible for organising the venue and refreshments, but I can support you with ideas.

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