Round 3 of the facilitator training will begin on 1st September 2021, with the opening call on 8th September and Module 1 releasing on 9th September. The course will close on 8th December 2021. 

Round 4 will open on 2nd February 2022, with the opening call on 9th February and the closing call on 11th May 2022.

New lesson content will be released on Thursdays. Group call dates and times will be tailored to the different time zones of trainees, with 2 calls per module being offered if necessary.  

The training began as a 7 week course but is now an extended 14 weeks to allow for more learning, reflection time and integrate time to ensure we maintain a gentle yet consistent pace. 

Each new module will be released fortnightly, and within each module content will split into week A and week B content released weekly.

In week b of each module there will be a group online circle to come together and share reflections on the module. Recordings will be available for anyone unable to attend live.

To complete the training and graduate as a Certified Facilitator you are required to complete all study components including:

- Watching all the lesson videos,

- Completing the practical activities and tasks for each module,

- Completing the workbooks and reflective assessment,  

- Participating in the group calls, and where you cannot join live, to watch the recording and share your reflections on the call theme in the Facebook group.

Once you have completed these components you will be issued your certificate of completion and be ready to start holding your own First Moon Circles!

Yes!! If you already have a business - whatever you currently do - you will be able to offer First Moon Circles and call yourself a First Moon Facilitator. You will be given tools, templates, materials and resources to equip you to hold your own events but you are able to brand your circles marketing materials to match your own business. They must be named First Moon Circles, and the content must include core content of a First Moon Circle, but there will be the option to tweak, adapt and add to the session content to incorporate your own modalities / practices / rituals eg meditation, art or craft, movement, or other aligned wellbeing practice suitable for children.

You are so encouraged to join this training. You will learn all you need to know about facilitating safer and inclusive menstrual education circles for young people, what legal and practical measures you need to take to do so, and how to promote your events. We'll support you with encouragement, inspiration and accountability to keep you moving towards holding your own Circles. We have had facilitators in a previous round who had no business or event experience go on to hold their own Circles successfully and grow from there.

Gender

All First Moon Circle Facilitators undertake training to learn to hold safer  and inclusive circles and we acknowledge and honour that not all people who bleed are girls / female identifying, and that not all girls and females bleed.

We bring this into the First Moon Circles with an awareness that children who may not identify as female may still experience menstruation, and may have a complicated relationship with their period, their body and the concept of becoming a woman. We openly seek to learn parent and children's personal pronouns, and explore with participants that some people do and do not menstrate in-session to raise awareness and promote menstrual and gender inclusion, without putting any person in the spotlight.

It is our highest wish and intention that if children who may be Non-Binary, LGBTQIA+, Transgender, Gender Queer or otherwise gender diverse and they wish to learn about periods in a female body, or a body that menstruates, and to celebrate this, they are very welcome to join. We aim to hold as safe a space as possible for them to learn how to care for their body, emotions and spirit through menarche. As facilitators we want to support all families. 

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Identity and Culture

We acknowledge that Black, Indigenous and People of Colour may experience menstruation differently, including more significant and earlier onset of symptoms, and may also experience difficulties relating to being heard and supported. We acknowledge that traditional cultures may celebrate their own menarche rituals and intend for First Moon Circles to complement those rites of passage celebrations.

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Period Poverty

We acknowledge that for many people, easy and affordable access to period products is not an option, and we seek to support participants to obtain plastic, toxin, and chemical-free period products where possible. We may be able to offer concession pricing to eligible persons to their First Moon Circles.​

A 6 month payment plan is offered to support you to pay for your training costs, or you can pay in full, the choice is yours. Please contact Charlotte with any questions or requests you have about payment plans as we can be flexible and accommodating.

Upon payment of your facilitator training fees there will be no further cost to you to continue to receive the right to operate as a First Moon Circle Facilitator.

You will be invited to join the Facilitator Mastermind on completion of your training which is a paid monthly membership and is optional to you.

You also receive the option to purchase Peer Supervision sessions and 1:1 Coaching sessions with Charlotte Pointeaux, lead Trainer both during and after the training to support you personally and privately.

Additional resources further to what is included in the training may be offered to you to purchase as they become available.

You will be responsible for all costs relating to holding your First Moon Circles including your own event resources, materials, equipment, insurance and other costs. 

You will not be requested to pay any royalties for tickets sold to your own First Moon Circles or administrative fees. Your income generated from your First Moon Circles is yours. 

Yes! If you wish to apply for this training and identify as gender diverse or a Black, Indigenous or woman of Colour and are experiencing hardship there may be a scholarship place available to you. Please complete the application form here.

Please note that applications are award 1 per training round as our cohorts are very small. All applications are considered and offers are made based on merit (a combination of need and commitment to participating in full, and  vision for using this course for social activism in your community).

Recipients are notified approximately 1 month prior to the commencement of the next round. 

If at the time of your application there the scholarship has already been offered for the next training round you will be kept on the waitlist for the next available round.

All unsuccessful applicants will remain in the running for future scholarship places unless withdrawn.

We do not currently have funding to offer these scholarships but if you would like to donate to offer someone else a place on this training we would be thrilled and so grateful, Please contact us to discuss this. 

Places on the training are limited and by application only. Spaces will be offered to those on the waitlist first. 

As part of your signing up you are required to sign the facilitator licensing agreement which includes Intellectual Property and Copyright protections. The full agreement will be available to read before purchasing your place in the course when the cart opens. A summary of these clauses is as follows:

• Upon completion of the training you will receive rights to use the Intellectual Property shared with you in this training course to hold your own First Moon Circles and the IP is not to be repurposed for any other offerings or shared, distributed or sold onwards.
• You must use the event name "First Moon Circle" when organising, promoting, sharing, and hosting your own events and are not permitted to re-name your event.
• Upon completing the training you secure the right to be known as a First Moon Circle Facilitator, and will be included on the Facilitator Directory and social media.
• You are welcome to adapt the First Moon lesson plan which you'll receive as part of the training, to personalise your event and bring your own experience, modalities, passions and personality to your offering. There are, however, core components of the events which must be included to ensure that all First Moon Circles are consistently a powerful and empowering experience.
• You must print and provide each participant at your event with a colour copy of the First Moon Guide, a 22 page resource which adds incredible value to your events and participants. These booklets capture all the information you might cover or not have chance to cover in your First Moon Circle, so they are a keepsake for the participants. 
• You will receive lifetime access to the First Moon Circle Facilitator Training content as delivered to you in the version of the training you sign up for.