0 courses selected
151 training courses to help you succeed
Suppose you have to create and evaluate a new community initiative, or find new ways to interest that community.
Or you might have to conduct a focus group or survey to research your residents’ or service users' views.
Perhaps you’re charged with involving a hard to reach group, or producing copy for a leaflet that communicates with all communities.
Whatever the task, we have the course and the trainer to help you.
Our courses are unique. You meet people from all sectors and levels, because joined-up thinking calls for joined-up training. You may sit next to anyone – from a chief executive or a community development worker - in anything from housing to health. You share ideas, views and experiences.
Joined up thinking requires joined up websites. Our website gives the same benefits as our training courses – an opportunity to learn – and exchange ideas with your colleagues throughout the UK and Australia. That’s why we have a free e-mail service of information, hints, tips, case studies and interviews called Rod’s Reflections.
Thousands of people working in public services and communities have attended our courses and have signed up to receive our articles.
People from many fields:
-
Research and evaluation
-
Policy and performance management
-
Consultation and partnership working
-
Tenant participation
-
Residents’ and community groups
-
Housing and neighbourhood management
-
Community development and regeneration
-
Community safety
-
Sure Start, Early Years and Children’s Fund
-
Health improvement and health promotion
-
Patient and service user involvement
-
Public health
-
Diversity and social inclusion
-
Communications and marketing
- all testify to the benefits of our training and free information
I hope something catches your eye
Rod's Reflections - latest
Tap into eight years worth of knowledge and ideas
Project Charter:
Recycle, Renew Community Gathering
Project charters
Here’s a wonderfully simple way to manage your projects better
Impact maps: A beginners guide
Here’s an ingenious but wonderfully simple new way to design, manage and monitor your projects better
13 reasons to use qualitative research in your community work
Effective community work starts with knowledge – and that starts with really good Qualitative Research
5 MORE ways to handle a tricky community meeting
Empathy - a remarkably simple way to diffuse a tense situation
"A number of new ideas (too many to mention) and confirmation of how other people work and how they should work. Very useful to meet others in the same field."
"Very eye opening and informative of what is available to help me do my work… truly very good."
"Clearer idea on how to manage the process and in the appropriate environment."
"Saw how much work is involved.
"Very useful course. Very practical, something that I can take back and use immediately."
"Great hints and tips!"
"Full of useful ideas. I've left with plenty to think about - the work starts here! It was a great course to 'brush up' on skills and remind myself of project planning and how to apply them. I really enjoyed the day." 
"Many highly practical ideas for comm-unicating with our non-English speaking residents. I would highly recommend it." 
"Not what I expected – much better! Michael made more sense of qualitative inquiry in one day than weeks of study at university ever did."
"Very friendly and personal course – thoroughly enjoyed!"
“Good linkage by tutor to things that have happened in real situations. Very good tutor + very patient.”