What we are here for:
We aim to make available the most effective professional and personal change experiences in a lively, engaging and enjoyable style. We are committed to promoting the highest quality learning, wellbeing, interdependence and sustainability. We seek to make a positive difference to individual learners, organisations and the environment both effectively and sustainably.
Our work:
We believe that learning is a personal and an interpersonal experience.
That’s why:
• We seek to create a relaxed environment in which to learn. On our face-to-face courses we will usually ask you to collaboratively define an agreement for working together
• We encourage constructive engagement from all of our delegates
• We have no more than 24 people on any one face to face course*
• We carefully structure our training to enable you to get the best out of it
• Our courses often last more than one day, to allow you to settle in and get to know people, and to ask your questions. We want you to ask questions throughout and provide space and time to do this
• We may ask you to carry out pre-reading to be fully ready for the courses
• We offer post-training coaching to support you in embedding your learning
People:
We believe that people are our greatest asset and hope for the future. They are a source of positive change. We believe that community lies at the heart of happiness, effectiveness and sustainability.
That’s why:
• We will buy and employ locally wherever possible utilising small businesses, local traders and skills
• Where we need to buy abroad we will seek to purchase ethically sound products, which support fair trade, and are kind to people and environment
• We are committed to supporting and building communities and each year seek to contribute to a UK community cause and an International cause (in a developing country).
• We seek to promote and empower people to positively enhance their lives and promote learning, well-being and a sustainable lifestyle.
Environment:
We recognise our role as custodians of the planet and the importance of passing on a world fit for the children we bear, nurture and educate. We wish to develop sustainable approaches to business.
That’s why:
• We are committed to reducing our carbon spend
• Wherever feasible we will use lower-carbon emission approaches to conduct our business and encourage others to do the same, eg electronic communication in place of paper, walking, cycling, public transport, car share and high miles per gallon vehicles.
• We have low carbon meetings where possible eg by phone, internet video link, face 2 face meetings where colleagues are fortuitously in a similar location at the same time.
• We recycle paper, equipment and other consumables as far as is possible.
• We support organisations or groups committed to sustainable practices
*except for accreditation seminars where for practical reasons groups may be larger.
