CCI-UK Summer Week 2026 (at Unstone Grange)

Bookings are open!
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www.summerweekcci-uk.co.uk

Dear CCI Co-Counsellor, 
we invite you to come to this summer residential at a wonderful venue, an absolute gem in a peaceful and secluded location in Derbyshire within easy reach of transport hubs.

A summer week has been sadly missing in our UK calendar over a few recent years, but this event offers us the chance of spending time together in a beautiful place that some of us already love and treasure.

The venue
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Unstone Grange is one of our favourite venues: it’s a large old house with lots of character, nice light workshop spaces and a very peaceful vibe.

The extensive grounds are exquisitely beautiful, and offer gardens, lawns, trees, a pond, a bonfire site, an orchard, and a quiet camping field. It thus offers a retreat from the traffic and busyness of our world.

Moreover, it’s run by a Trust, with whom we’ve built up a good relationship over the last three decades. The people at the Unstone Grange Trust bring a rare degree of care and commitment to respecting the beauty of our planet, its living beings, and the health of us humans, whether physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.

Inclusivity 
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This event is peer-led, and we’ll co-create the event together as we move through the week. If you have trained in CCI co-counselling you are welcome to come to this residential, irrespective of whether you have previously attended this kind of event.

We’ll be paying attention from the start to our aspiration that all participants feel equally included. On the first evening, the agenda for that meeting will be created by the group: you may add anything to the agenda.

During each morning Opening Circle anyone may offer or request a workshop or other activity. Even though every Circle has tasks, focus and time limits, we hope that every participant will feel that they will be heard when voicing their needs, irrespective of the apparent significance of those needs.

Food 
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We have booked two wonderful co-counsellors to do the cooking for us, which they have done many times before at Unstone Grange. This means that the food will be… FAB! It’ll be vegetarian by default. Vegan options will be on offer. Special dietary needs will be accommodated where possible.  
We’ll all take turns washing up and clearing away.

Sleeping accommodation 
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Sleeping in the house is in shared bedrooms, (2 to 4 people each), which are light and comfortable. Most have views of the grounds.
The camping field is very spacious and secluded.

Travel 
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Despite its being in rural Derbyshire the venue is very accessible by public and private transport. See our website for details.

Alcohol and other drugs 
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See our website.

Numbers 
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Around 30 max.

Times and dates
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Arrive after 4.00pm, Friday 7th August 2025.
Opening Circle is on the Friday evening.
Depart Thursday 13th September, after lunch.

Booking
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Please book via the website: 
www.summerweekcci-uk.co.uk

Contact
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Most questions are answered on our website or on the booking form. 
If you need to contact us directly, see our details below.

Vicki Allen and Richard Mills
Organisers