McCoCo 2026 … 4-day CCI Residential
Wiston Lodge, Lanarkshire, 37 miles south-west of Edinburgh, Thursday 30th April to Monday 4th May 2025
Latest news, April 2026
McCoCo final call!… We are giving numbers to the venue for catering plus dietary requirements etc.
If you are still thinking of booking please let us know.
Community…
Co-creation…
Workshops…
Dear wonderful co-counsellor:
You are warmly invited to this annual spring residential in Scotland.
This will be the 26th McCoCo, and once again we have booked Wiston Lodge, an attractive venue that suits a co-counselling event perfectly: peaceful seclusion from the outside world, good workshop spaces in a beautiful and characterful house, and very lovely and extensive grounds where you can roam in nature.
Inclusiveness
Many people love both the venue and the event, and so return each year. Nevertheless each group that forms on that first Opening Circle is a new group, where we continue to discover ourselves and each other. It is therefore our goal to bring a culture of inclusiveness to our group: you are welcome here whether you are from Scotland, England, Europe, or from much further afield, subject to COVID rules.
And, you’re equally welcome here if you’re feeling out of touch with co-counselling, or a total novice or an old-hand.
The structure will follow that of many other CCI events:
- We’ll have a morning Opening Circle when we will co-create the programme as we move through the 4-day event.
- Anyone may offer or request a workshop.
- You’ll have the opportunity to be in a support group that meets for an hour each day, with the same people in it.
- Workshops may be co-counselling only, or non-co-counselling
- There will be space for you to express yourself creatively though dance, music, art, writing, or whatever you choose.
VENUE EXCLUSIVITY: We usually have exclusive use of the venue. Occasionally the venue have another smaller group who sleep in cabins across the field, and who do not use our common spaces except at some of the meals. They are usually teenagers doing outward-bound type things and we’ve hardly noticed their presence.
NUMBERS: Minimum 25, max probably around 30 – 35.
Drugs
ALLOWED: tea, coffee, caffeine, prescription drugs, nicotine as long as smoking is outside the building (Smokers: please see note below).
NOT ALLOWED: Alcohol; any drug that is illegal to consume in the UK.
SMOKERS: Please be mindful that smoking outside can result in smoke residing in the lungs being brought into the shared indoor space: please be careful with timing etc of smoking.
Workshop Spaces
The Building
The Grounds
Sleeping Accommodation
Camping
The Surrounding Area
This is the 26th McCoCo
daytime workshop slots over 4 days, plus evenings and early mornings
acres (22 hectares) of beautiful grounds to explore and enjoy
Food
The food will be wholesome and lovingly prepared by the great folks at Wiston Lodge. The default is vegetarian, and vegan options are available. For special dietary requirements please see the booking form for full info.
Accommodation Before and After
If you are arriving in the area before the event, or staying on afterwards, we’ll try and help you find a co-counsellor to stay with. Please ask us on your booking form.
Ready to book?
Are you
- old or new?
- rusty or smooth+shiny?
- seasoned or rookie?
- Give Free Attention in sessions and workshops
- Be responsible for your own balance of attention
- Keep to the ground rules
- Be able able to refuse a request to give a certain intervention if you don’t want to give it
The Team
Thanks for visiting this site, and we hope you’ll join us in May for another great residential. Mick, Vicki, Anna, and Richard
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BOOKING
Examples: at a recent McCoCo someone cancelled for family reasons a few days before the event and they got much of their money back. Someone else cancelled a few hours before the event and the venue said it was too late to give a refund.