Our Training

Train with us to help promote personal and community safety, by investing time and effort into constructive dialogues with the boys and young men you work with! Since 2021 almost 3000 professionals / volunteers have taken the training to facilitate constructive dialogues with boy and young men, about safety, empathy, respect – and resilience to negative influences.

Our CPD-accredited, highly-rated one-day FOUNDATIONS: 12 Dialogues training day covers these 7 stages: 

Training Options:

In-Person Training: bespoke, in-house training held at your premises*, exclusively for your organisation staff or a mix of your staff plus delegates from local partner institutions (e.g. partner schools in Multi-Academy Trusts, feeder Primaries etc)

Group size for in-person training is minimum 6, maximum 18. Timings: default in-person delivery is 1 x full day (typically 09.00 to 15.15 with a 30 minute lunch break, a 10 minute break at 10.30 and an optional 10 minute break at 14:00, to suit). Precise timings can be tweaked to suit the venue.

Cost for In-Person Training as of January 2025:

• Flat rate of £1600.00 plus VAT for up to 12 trainees, each additional trainee (up to a total group maximum of 18) @£100.00 pp (plus VAT @ 20%)
• Where the UK training venue is between 20 and 40 miles from base (postcode supplied) there is a £50.00 travel cost. Where it is between 40 and 60 miles (one-way) from base, a flat charge of £180.00 towards accommodation and travel expenses applies. Where training venue is over 60 miles (one-way) from base, that flat charge is £220.00
• Where the training venue is outside mainland UK (i.e. Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Scottish Isles, Isle of Man, Continental Europe or beyond) travel, time and accommodation costs to be agreed in advance.
• Next Dates: On request

*host premises to provide suitable space equipped with screen, projector, WIFI and adequate light and ventilation. Refreshments by negotiation.

Online Training:

1. Bespoke online training (via Zoom) exclusively for your organisation staff – or for a mix of your staff plus delegates from local partner institutions sharing common goals
2. Mixed online training (via Zoom) accessed by your organisation staff and/or a mix of your staff plus delegates from local partners and/or professionals from other organisations across the UK / beyond.

Timings: default online delivery is 1 x full day (typically 09.15 to 15.15 with a 30 minute lunch break, a 10 minute break at 10.30 and at 14:00, to suit). An alternative option of 2 x half-day (3 hrs) sessions (AM or PM) with a 15 minute break is available on request for bespoke, single-organisation groups.

Costs for online training as of January 2025:

• 1 trainee from an organisation @ £160.00 pp inc VAT
• 2-3 trainees from same organisation @ £150.00 pp inc VAT
• 4-8 trainees from same organisation @ £140.00 pp inc VAT
• 9-12 trainees from same organisation becomes a closed group @ £1400.00 inc VAT

NB: online training is on Zoom. Please ensure in advance that your (or your organisation’s) device/s are compatible with Zoom. The training is *interactive throughout* and touches on some challenging concepts and issues so please – for practical and safeguarding reasons – *expect to keep cameras and microphones on for the bulk of the session*.

Next available dates for 2025