More about me and get2thepoint
I have been facilitating international gatherings since my first assignment with the UN in 2002 which is the same year I set up my limited company Get2thepoint. I draw on a deep understanding of personal and group dynamics, through my experience as a facilitator of large and small groups and as a crisis coach for leaders worldwide. I am accredited by the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) as a Certified™ Professional Facilitator Emeritus.
Since volunteering with disadvantaged young people in Moss Side Manchester in the late 1960s and then in a South African charity, I held leadership positions including at Save the Children and the British Red Cross before establishing Get2thepoint.
I was Regional Director (Europe, Middle East, N Africa) of IAF for three years to 2015, facilitated IAF global board meetings in 2016 and 2017 and I continue to play an active part in a vibrant worldwide community of facilitators.
In 2014 I swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco to raise money for prisoners’ education, and three years later cycled 100 miles to raise money for struggling families. I have managed not to come last in six triathlons, enjoy pottering in my garden, and am the proud owner of a 1968 BSA Bantam D14/4 motorbike.
Clients
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- Youth Options
- Fairtrade International
- Mediation with Chair and CEO
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
- Long term coaching client
- Profectus Krakow
- Fairtrade International
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Association of Association Executives with IAF team
- Ministry of Justice / EU (Enhancing Criminal Justice, Kazakhstan)
- International Association of Facilitators (IAF)
- Campaign to End Loneliness
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- Association of Association Executives
- British Council (Asia)
- Campaign to End Loneliness
- Caspari
- Daybreak
- DHL UK Foundation
- Green Climate Fund
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care
- Wszechnica, School of Facilitators, Krakow
- Campaign to End Loneliness
- Choir With No Name
- Hibiscus
- Imperial College London TechForesight
- Institute of Physics
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
- Think Productive
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Innovation)
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change / Government of France
- Abbey Centre
- Adriane
- Camden Community Nurseries
- Eurocontrol
- Imperial College London TechForesight
- Improv Brighton
- Kingston Voluntary Sector
- Security Industries Authority
- Social Pioneers
- Think Productive
- Trees for Cities
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Care International
- Choir With No Name
- Commonwealth Foundation
- Metalog
- Montpelier Community Nursery
- NCVO / Commonwealth Foundation, Cyprus
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
- PLB Consulting / World Economic Forum
- Tropical Heath and Education Trust
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Action Contre la Faim
- Brandon Trust
- British Council Brazil
- Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
- EU China Trade Project
- International Children’s Trust
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- Alcohol Concern
- Aston Mansfield Community Settlement
- Bliss
- Brandon Trust
- British Council
- British Red Cross
- Cabinet Office
- Campaign to End Loneliness
- Choir with No Name
- Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies
- Community Foundation Network
- Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering
- Crime Concern
- Daybreak
- Dorset Strategic Partnership
- ‘Dragon’s Den’ East of England
- Equality Challenge Unit
- Evelina Family Trust
- Exel plc
- Fairtrade Labelling Organizations international
- Food Chain
- Futurebuilders
- Hospices Serving Sussex
- Hounslow Volunteer Agency
- LEAP Confronting Conflict
- London 2012
- London Borough of Newham
- Mental Health Foundation
- Newham NHS Trust
- North East London Strategic Health Authority
- NCVO
- NUS
- Odyssey Care Solutions for Today
- One Housing Group
- Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
- Refugee Council
- Responsible Gambling Strategy Board
- RNIB
- Rugby House
- Save the Children
- Shropshire Learning and Skills Council
- Shropshire Partnership
- Sight Savers International
- Slow Food International
- Small Woods Association
- Social Enterprise East of England
- Social Pioneers Israel Palestine
- Solomon Project of small housing associations
- Sport England
- Sussex Hospices
- Tearfund
- The Resource Alliance
- Transparency International
- Trinity Community Centre
- Tropical Health Education Trust
- UN Convention on Combatting Desertification
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- United Nations Volunteers
- University College London Student Union
- V
- Volunteer Development England
- Volunteering England
- VSO
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy
- World Animal Protection (formerly the World Society for the Protection of Animals)
- YouthNet
Client quotes
Martin Farrell contacted me immediately and was superb. He is practical and pragmatic, but also sensitive and empathetic. He understood the situation, rang regularly, accompanied me to a work meeting and - although I have now left the charity - recognises that the experience is not without its longer-term effects and has contacted me subsequently.
