Training and events

We share our expert mentoring and befriending knowledge with people and projects through our extensive training and events programme.

Over 1,000 people accessed our training and events in 2010, with over 90% rating them as good or excellent.

You’ve got three ways to access our ever popular training courses:

• Come to one of our open national training programme courses
• Let us deliver one of our open courses at a time and a place to suit you or work with you to develop a course to meet your exact requirements (in-house)

We also hold regular briefing sessions, conferences, consultations and networking events across the country.

Deal of the month – May 2013

DEAL OF THE MONTH £120: UPDATED Monitoring and evaluation in mentoring and befriending**

Where do you start if you want to monitor and evaluate your programme? In particular, how do you know what to focus on that will enable you to demonstrate the difference your project is making to your service users?

5 June 2013, London      20 November 2013, Birmingham     11 February 2014, London

**When booking insert special offer code DM19. Deal of the month rate includes all pricing bands, and is applicable until 31 May 2013

Training special offers

In response to our members feedback regarding the current funding environment, we have put together the following discount packages (terms and conditions apply)*:

• 20% discount for APS accredited or working towards projects (saving up to £58) Discount code: APS
• 20% discount when 2 courses booked together (saving up to £116) Discount code: 2courses01
• 20% discount when 2 people from same organisation book on same course (saving up to £116) Discount code: 2del1
• 30% discount when 5 or more courses are booked together (saving up to £435) Discount code: 5courses01

If you have any training or events related questions or queries, please contact our training department on 03300 882877.

 

Training (See all 35 results)

• Setting up and managing a mentoring or befriending programme: Part A*

  5th June, Birmingham Are you planning to set up a mentoring or befriending programme? Do you want to meet the requirements of safe and effective practice?

• DEAL OF THE MONTH £120: UPDATED Monitoring and evaluation in mentoring and befriending**

  5th June, London Where do you start if you want to monitor and evaluate your programme? In particular, how do you know what to focus on that will enable you to demonstrate the difference your project is making to your service users?

• Setting up and managing a mentoring or befriending programme: Part B*

  6th June, Birmingham Are you planning to set up a mentoring or befriending programme? Do you want to meet the requirements of safe and effective practice?

• UPDATED Choosing your outcome measurement tools

  6th June, London You know the outcomes you want to measure and where to look for signs of outcomes being achieved, but how do you know which measurement tools are the right ones for your project?  Will you develop your own or are there ‘off the shelf’ options that would be suitable?

• Safeguarding and risk management: Developing a safety management framework for mentoring and befriending

  3rd July, Manchester What does keeping safe mean within the context of mentoring and befriending? How does it relate to the organisation, staff, volunteers and service users and how can you ensure you are running a safe project?
Events (See all 6 results)

• APS free accreditation offer briefing event Birmingham (NOMS project)

  22nd May, Birmingham Free half day briefing about the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending - ONLY for projects eligible to apply for the NOMS project free APS accreditation offer

• APS half-day briefing event Birmingham

  26th June, Birmingham Free half day briefing about the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending

• APS free accreditation offer briefing event London (NOMS project)

  10th July, London Free half day briefing about the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending - ONLY for projects eligible to apply for the NOMS project APS free accreditation offer

• APS half-day briefing event Manchester

  9th October, Manchester Free half day briefing about the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending

• APS half-day briefing event London

  27th November, London Free half day briefing about the national quality standard for mentoring and befriending