Our Community

The Grove is a place to find your tribe and be part of creating a diverse and inclusive community where we explore together:

letting go of outmoded ways of working and embracing the new,
being in transition and enacting change in the world,
taking the courageous path of stepping into the unknown.
practising “Patterns for Decentralised Organising” from The Hum and Elinor Ostrom’s “8 principles for Managing a Commons”

We invite you to co-create places of practice for the meaningful work you want to do in the world.

You are welcome to attend a Grove event or learn more about being a member. When you are ready to sign up please fill in and pay via the online membership form.

A copy of The Grove Annual Report 2020-2021 is here.

Expressions of Interest for The Grove coordination and community building work here

Robyn Katz

Community Builder & Leadership Educator
Robyn brings her expertise as a facilitator, coach and community galvaniser to virtual and in-person spaces. Robyn places particular importance on ushering in deep wisdom and feminine qualities to serve our suffering global culture. She has genuine faith in human goodness and the power of the collective
Liz Tilley

Coach, Facilitator, Speaker
I'm passionate about connecting with creative, heart-centred deep thinkers and curious about what can be achieved when we come together. Much of my work is executive coaching, and I specialise in working with women. I run women's circles and retreats, creating sacred spaces for personal and professional development.
Mark Spain

Board member, leadership development
My life purpose is to cultivate the conditions for life to thrive. Bringing humanity and nature back into balance and harmony.
Bridget Wardlaw

Clarifier, organiser, creative improver and dreamer
I love to collaborate to make ideas come to life and reality. I am valued for applying logic and form to beautiful ideas. I can be a leader or a follower (just as important). My skills come from 4 decades in computers, archaeology, fashion, small business and service management.
Vanessa Alexander

A transformation specialist with expertise in change management, organisational dynamics, people and culture.
I integrate skills in eco-systems thinking, sensing emergence and learning, with strengths in ideation, activating relational and collective capacities and co-design, to create the conditions for organisations to collaborate, co-create, perform and transform.
Jeff Knowles

Teacher, traveller, author, juggler and free being. Passionate about sustainability, and now works as an educator in the field by choice. Second book “Earth Matters” is a work currently in progress. Loves connecting with individuals who are also doing what they are passionate about.
David Pointon

Description goes hereCommunity builder - Men’s worker - Earth worker
I’m curious about community building, men’s work and ways that we can nourish and embody our relationship with Earth
Monique Potts

Researcher, writer, lecturer
Monique aims to catalyse change in communities and society to bring benefit and balance. Currently researching and doing a PhD exploring resilience and experiential learning for young people, she is a founding member of The Grove community.
Jacqueline Vaughan

Designer, change manager, consultant
Jacqueline is a woman of mystery whose deep presence and insight we love in The Grove
Sean Walsh

Researcher, ethicist, lecturer
Sean supports people to learn for learning and nurture their curiosity, and assists others to explore and navigate their problem spaces. He is also adept designer of courses, programs, workshops and research, working with transdisciplinary practices and methods to embed collective value, including for health and well-being.

Membership Guide

Member Collaborative Projects

Grove members are collaborating with others to bring projects alive in the world.

Regenerative Cultures G-labs

The Regenerative Cultures g-lab invites collaborators to engage with and apply regenerative principles in their own lives and work. Drawing on the work of key collaborators in The Grove and the community this series of fortnightly zoom catch ups brings a new perspective to work in fields such as health, education, restorative justice, sustainability, team and community building.

Commencing April 2022 - details TBC

Resilience Labs

Drawing on the research and work of members of The Grove we have developed a series of workshops focused on building resilience in communities and workplaces. These workshops use community development practices such as Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), systems and complexity thinking, appreciative inquiry and a range of other practices to help build relational strength and wellbeing within groups and communities. Please let us know if you would like to inquire about a customised program for your community.

Becoming a member

The Grove is Open is registered with NSW Coops as a non-distributing not for profit coop - Read the Coop Rules here

Want to know more about Membership of The Grove? Download our membership guide.

A member must participate in at least one meeting, activity or event of the cooperative, or for the cooperative each full financial year to establish and maintain active membership in the cooperative. A person qualifies for membership if they agree to uphold the Guiding Principles of the cooperative

When you are ready to sign up please fill in and pay via the online membership form

If you would like to hear about upcoming events and get an experience of what we do in The Grove before you join please check out Our Gatherings or sign up for The Grove mailing list.