Lifelong Learning & Continuous Professional Development - What others say about Life Change UK's unique CPD training and the benefits they claim to have gained

"Very useful and in depth training, equipping me with skills not only for work, but also for life."

"The content was thought provoking, inspiring and extremely self-revelatory. As a foundation for working with and supporting others, this course / workshop is invaluable."

"The training which was comprehensive and very professionally delivered, provided staff with a greater understanding as to why young people behave as they do and what methods of communication and interaction they can deploy in order to defuse tensions, re-engage individuals and promote an environment of positive motivation and participation."

"Interesting course content with information given in an easy to understand manner. Emotive and reflective, re-affirming what I do is within the parameters of this training; just didn't have lables for it."

“I enjoyed every aspect of the two days training, the amount of information given and the professional high level of training from the facilitators. It was an inspiration and a real eye opener. Thank you for an amazing two days; really fantastic.”

"I have learned a lot about myself and also what I am going to do about it."

"Three months on, my overall impressions of the five day course remains very positive. Attending the course has had a very significant impact on my work, especially in terms of raising my confidence re. my knowledge and skills. For me, the course was a powerful experience - it was an opportunity to remind myself of what I know, and to reflect on how I work. Since the course, I have felt much more able to positively influence the development of policy and practice in the organisation in which I work. Assertively and professionally, I have made my voice heard."

"Thank you so much for the training that was organised via Plymouth Works which I attended. The course confirmed and validated for me the way I work. It was great for me to meet so many people with so many different skills. Thoroughly enjoyable training, thank you again."

"It is very refreshing to be trained by people who are obviously confident with the content. The confidence that I gained has improved my personal self-esteem and subsequently helped me in my work at Exeter college. I will be recommending Life Change UK to my college as an example of superb training. I have previoulsy sampled very bad training which has been more than made up for by this experience."

“I feel more confident in dealing with issues if they arise as I feel we have been given the effective tools to communicate and explore other methods and approaches of dealing with challenging situations.”

“It has raised my awareness of issues facing young people and ways of developing skills to support them.”

"I found the Life Change UK training to be most beneficial to my personal work practice as well as my own personal self-development. I found that I was able to consolidate and improve my understanding and the way I work. It also gave me greater self belief in why I provide the provision that I do. I am able to challenge myself with regard to improving my service and I feel it gave me added motivation to continually strive to improve. I learned something new from all five days and enjoyed the theoretical side of the course as it enabled me to understand in greater depth how and why people become stuck in the cycle of negative behaviour, but that all have the ability to change."

"The facilitators were very open to questions, enabling me to feel confident in continuing to use their insight even after the course had been completed. The whole course gave me great satisfaction in having taken part and being able to add my own knowledge to the facilitators as well as others that I met during the five days."

"The greatest benefit to me and the learners and the colleagues I work with was an even greater belief in doing the work I feel is so very important. I have continued to read and apply to my work the information from the great range of resources I was given and have continued to spread the word about the personal rewards that I gained from the experience."

"The whole course was enjoyable, informative and important to me personally. I am sure it will be of benefit to me and others for many years to come. The greatest compliment I can give is that it is the kind of work that I would like to be good enough to do myself."

"Since completing the course I have used the information that I was taught a great deal in my teaching sessions and in my working environment. I have been able to help colleagues with their sessions, how they consider situations and think about the individuals they work with. They are now using the tools that I was taught on the course."

"I have found the hand books very useful as I am able to go back to them and use the information. This has been good to use in helping my colleagues with their day to day work."

"Some of my colleagues have been on the two day course; they found this very useful as well. The majority of our assessing staff have been on the course and the rest hope to attend soon. All gained a lot of knowledge and are using it in their work as well as home life".

“Both trainers were great and very understanding and helpful.”

“I was left wanting to know more.”

"Really informative. I picked up some useful tips and information."

“It was good to see my staff share their knowledge and experiences of dealing with a difficult client group.”

“It made me think about the way that I deal with learners. I will now work more closely with my staff teams and not make rash decisions without consulting them.”

"I thought both facilitators were brilliant. They knew what they were talking about. Thank you for two great days training.”

“I think my communication skills have been enhanced and I have learnt some new ones.”

"The trainers were good, very knowledgable and used many personal experiences in their delivery, which was good. The trainers were both approachable. I felt I could talk to Theresa easily and can see how people in bad situations would also be able to do so."

"Very interesting. It has made me re-evaluate how I deal with clients." I have learnt a lot from this course and am looking forward to putting the training into practice."

"Needed longer. A great course - learnt a lot!"

"If members of the management committee were aware of the benefits of this type of training for their staff, more organisations would take it up. Management Committees need to know about the need for clinical supervision for practitioners in this field of work. The training would flag up this issue as being a priority and of long-term benefit."

"The activities helped to demonstrate clearly the relevance and context of the subjects/modules - made it real."

"Exploring boundaries will enable me to support staff in recognising their own."

"Very much a team effort - this provided the group with a feeling of security - safe to disclose."

"A very well planned and detailed course. Lots of useful points. A varied course with lots of different styles of presenting information."

"The group was a very special place - trusting and supportive, thus it felt safe to undertake any of the exercises."

"The training was refreshing, involving and very informative. It provided a good learning environment with ideas and opinions allowed to be expressed openly. I felt that my opinions were valued."