The Training Observatory

The National Anti Youth Violence prevention through education programme has been developed in response to the rise in gang related violence within UK youth culture.

All courses, workshops and learning materials have been designed by educational youth work practitioners in consultation with Schools, Youth Offending Teams, Youth Services and the ...
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Artefacts Edutainment is a not for profit arts
regeneration organisation set up in 2004. Our vision
is to create an environment where arts and creative
activity are at the heart of all society.

Programmes and activities are delivered for a wide
range of grassroots community individuals ...
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Artsplan aims to offer opportunities for professional development, networking, ideas and skills sharing to enable high standards of good practice throughout youth arts.
Artsplan provides courses and publications based upon years of professional experience using the arts with young people aged 12-25 in a variety of settings.
Artsplan has been ...
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We are the UK’s market leader in public sector conferences. Our mission is to be at the forefront of public policy, providing neutral cross-cutting policy forums for learning and networking. Every year, tens of thousands of delegates attend our conferences from Local Authorities, Government Departments and Agencies, Police Forces, Primary ...
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Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI) is the regional umbrella organisation for the children's sector in Northern Ireland. CiNI represents the interests of the sector and provides support services to member organisations in their work with children and young people.

Children in Northern Ireland provides training to the voluntary sector on ...
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Children in Scotland is the national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland.

Children in Scotland makes connections between research and policy, and practitioners' everyday experiences, to influence policy and to develop best practice in working with and for children ...
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Clinks supports, represents and campaigns for the Voluntary and Community Sector working with offenders. Clinks aims to ensure the Sector and all those with whom they work, are informed and engaged in order to transform the lives of offenders.

Most of Clinks' work is national, though it draws on evidence ...
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Dance United is the UK’s leading dance in social inclusion organisation with an international reputation for creating the highest quality contemporary dance training and performance projects with disadvantaged and marginalised individuals and communities: from street children in Ethiopia to young offenders in Bradford and ‘reluctant’ young gangsters in East London. ...
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DART (Developing the Arts through Regional Training) is the outcome of a partnership between the ten Greater Manchester Local Authorities, the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and Arts Council England North West. It is delivered by Arts+Media Training.

Escape Artists emerged from a small drama group in Wayland Prison, UK. Today, they are a vibrant multi-arts charity with an impressive track record and a compelling vision for the use of arts in education, mental health and social inclusion.
Escape Artists promotes social change through the arts. We work ...
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Fairbridge works with young people aged 13-25 that other organisations find difficult to engage – giving them the self-confidence and skills they need to change their lives.

The young people often face multiple issues, ranging from school exclusion and homelessness to anti-social behaviour, crime and substance misuse. They often lack ...
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This defines the range of freelance practitioners and trainers that deliver for many of the organisations that specialise in this area of training development and delivery. Details of some of these individuals will be found within the course details in either Upcoming Courses or Courses by Region or Courses by ...
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Geese Theatre Company is a team of actors and group workers who present interactive drama and conduct workshops, staff training and consultation within the Criminal Justice System. The company has an international reputation for innovative work with offenders and youth at risk and since 1987 has worked in more than ...
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Insider Art are an independent training provider, and offer workshops, courses and an annual conference aimed at encouraging and developing dialogue, respect and understanding between people working within diverse aspects of arts and health practice.

In particular they work with artists and health professionals and counsellors to develop the creative ...
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ITC’s Mission
To facilitate the creation of excellent professional performing arts by supporting, developing and representing the people who manage and produce it.

Core Purpose
ITC will strive to perform a vital facilitating role for the performing arts. It will encourage and sustain performing arts practitioners and organisations by:
Providing ...
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Kids Company was founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996. We provide practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children.

Our services reach 14,000 children across London, including the most deprived and at risk whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical and emotional challenges. ...
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In an awe-inspiring landmark building at the heart of South East London's thriving arts community, Laban brings together students, choreographers, designers, writers, researchers, artists, theatre practitioners and musicians from around the world to ensure that your experience at Laban will always be a rich and rewarding one.

Leap Confronting Conflict is a national voluntary youth organisation and registered charity providing opportunities, regionally and nationally, for young people and adults to explore creative approaches to conflicts in their lives.

Leap's Youth programmes are in the community running Youth Leadership and Peer Trainer projects and targeted intensive work with ...
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Life Change UK is a not-for-profit company providing unique and innovative training in this field.
Following their considerable experience at C-FAR delivering community based residential programmes of rehabilitation for young adult persistent male offenders, the Directors of Life Change UK have designed an innovative programme of training to help ...
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MusicLeader is the support service dedicated to the professional development of UK music leaders. We aim to increase the impact, value and quality of music leadership.
MusicLeader London is co-ordinated by Sound Connections

NALGAO is the national association of local government arts officers. It champions the provision and support for local arts and artists of all types and kinds, professional, amateur and voluntary. And its members are also involved with the creative industries at local level.

nalgao works through its 415 members most ...
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The National Youth Health Programme is a partnership between the National Youth Council of Ireland, the Health Service Executive and the Youth Affairs Section of the Department of Education & Science.

The aim is to provide a broad-based, flexible health promotion / education support and training service to youth organisations ...
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Tiny Cealy established Noh Budget Films and since 1995 has worked developing drama-based responses to crime, anger management within probation/youth offending teams, social services departments, and special educational settings across the UK.
Tony develop projects and programmes that explore the impact of behaviour on adults & young people and ...
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Norfolk Dance is the development organisation for dance in the county.
We work with professional dancers and companies as well as our resident dance artists offering classes, workshops, performances and professional development in Norwich and across the county.

Quality Training UK is dedicated to providing high quality, cost effective training for those working within the caring professions. Training is for both individuals and within organisational settings, particularly for those working with young people.
They offer courses and workshops for:
* Counsellors
* Youth workers
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Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) was established in 1999 in order to develop innovative, arts-based approaches to working with prisoners and staff within U.K. prisons.

Underlying all this work is the notion that individuals have the capacity to respond in different ways to pressures from friends, families or environment. It ...
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Safe Ground educates prisoners and young people at risk in the community. We use drama to help these groups resist the forces of social exclusion and institutionalisation.

Safe Ground practises the view that you can’t hope to motivate students unless you take care to see the world from their perspective. ...
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The School of Health and Social Care is part of the University of the West of England, based in Bristol. It has developed a comprehensive web site containing information on the wide range of Continuing Professional Development opportunities and activities available. http://cpd.hsc.uwe.ac.uk/

Superact! started life in 2006 as a music development agency working with musicians, both amateur and professional, to bring music of all genres to communities across the UK.

Superact! is now a community interest company that focuses on holistic learning through the arts, specifically music. Many successful projects in the ...
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Tender promotes healthy relationships based on equality and respect. Launched in 2003, we use drama and education to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence.

By working closely with young people, teachers and youth workers across Greater London, our projects empower young people to actively promote healthy relationships in their schools, ...
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UK Youth exists to develop and promote innovative non-formal education programmes for and with young people - working with them to develop their potential.

Our network supports more than 750,000 young people, 7000 youth groups, clubs and projects and more than 40,000 volunteer and part-time youth workers throughout the UK.

Voluntary Action Lewisham or VAL, as we are often known, is the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in the London Borough of Lewisham.

All of our work is designed to develop the capacity of the voluntary and community sector in the borough and to promote community empowerment and engagement.We were ...
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VAN works with policy makers, funders and politicians to improve the environment for everyone participating in the arts, and we provide information and training to those who participate in the voluntary arts sector. This includes over 300 national and regional umbrella bodies, and through them, their member groups of local ...
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The Writers in Prison Network Ltd puts writers and creative artists into prisons to deliver creative writing, drama, video, music, oral storytelling, journalism, creative reading and publishing programmes. We aim to work with all levels of ability, from below level one literacy to beyond PHD, inspiring and engaging all members ...
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