Hi I’m Toni - come on in!
I ask questions about how to respond to the world in these times of polycrisis and possibility. What does solidarity, leadership and participation look like? How can we practise ways of being and doing that don’t shy away from the troubles and yet also lift up the beauty of the world? How do we not replicate the patterns of harm that run through modernity in our attempts at facilitating change?
I do this as an educator and consultant, artist and mentor with organisations such as gentle/radical, Schumacher College, WildWise, Encounters Arts and the Emergence Network, as well as through my own projects (see ‘Themes’).
I am also a tender human being, doing what I can to respond to and within troubled times.
This website is still being developed, so some pages aren’t yet open. To know more, see resumé and themes.
If you’d like to explore working with me as a consultant, facilitator, artist in residence or as a mentor…
“She creates spaces where grit, grief, messiness and laughter are welcome. Spaces where new kinds of wisdom and power can emerge.”
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In conversation with Bayo Akomolafe
for Advaya
Exploring hope in a time of hopelessness, poetry and a ‘politics of wonder’
Toni Spencer is a true wise woman. She models many of the qualities of leadership needed in this new era of human history: vision, depth, an ability to hold vulnerability and strength in harmony, embodied richness and compassion. Her voice and presence are much needed in the darkness and opportunity of these times.
– Justine Huxley, CEO, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
…With the majestic Toni Spencer – whose teachings, gentle facilitation and red-haired midwifery of yearning and possibility granted a deeply appreciated authenticity to our explorations…
– Bayo Akomolafe, The Emergence Network
Masterful, heart centred facilitation. Humour, grace and wisdom married to deep understanding. Super trustworthy.
– Karen, Climate Change activist and Interfaith Minister
I appreciated your humour and creativity. The aspect I had never really contemplated before was the idea of a ‘safe space’ as a truly open place that has to be constructed and tended to. It made it possible for everyone to find themselves without resorting to social constructs. Very very powerful.
– James, Architect