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About us

Our story

Established in Bristol in the nineties, we have a track record of providing learning and workforce development opportunities to public, private and voluntary sector services across the UK. We pride ourselves in being an independent and trusted partner, consistently delivering on our promises and exceeding expectations.

Training to inspire and motivate

Our courses cover a range of themes including:

Managing teams

Professional development for new managers, and new perspectives & skills for established managers to bring out the best in individuals and enhance leadership of organisations and teams.

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Training & presentation

A toolkit of train the trainer and presentation skills courses to design and deliver effective training, facilitate groups and speak with confidence.

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People skills

Develop core skills in supporting people. Motivational interviewing, de-escalation skills & challenging behaviour, professional boundaries, safeguarding, effective communication & assertiveness, and much more.

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Mental health & wellbeing

Develop approaches and skills for Mental Health First Aid, suicide intervention, responding to mental health crisis and building resilience for staff and the people we work with.

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Drugs including alcohol

Drug awareness training and specialist treatment interventions to develop confidence and psychosocial interventions skills to work with substance use, addiction, dependency, and to support change.

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Complex needs

Develop psychosocial interventions and skills to support people experiencing multiple or complex needs including mental health, substance use, domestic abuse, ACE’s, trauma and PTSD.

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Friendly Relations

Develop approaches and skills for Friendly Relations inside any community to sort out feeling alone kind of mental health crisis and building resilience for society and the people we work with.

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Ways to access our courses

Courses in Bristol (for individuals)

Enjoy the benefits of learning in multi-agency groups with people from a range of backgrounds including health & social work, mental health, housing & homelessness, criminal justice, education & employment, workplace wellbeing, youth & community.

Courses online (for individuals)

Access individual spaces on live interactive online training, or try our video based online courses whenever is convenient to you.

In-person training (for your team)

Do you have a whole team that would benefit from our training or would it be more practical for us to come to you? All of our courses can be adapted for your organisation or region and delivered at a venue chosen by you.

Online training (for your team)

Does online training work better for your team? We’ve given careful consideration to what works online, and adapted materials and delivery style to make the most of the online learning experience.

Courses in Bristol (for individuals)

Enjoy the benefits of learning in multi-agency groups with people from a range of backgrounds including health & social work, mental health, housing & homelessness, criminal justice, education & employment, workplace wellbeing, youth & community.

Courses online (for individuals)

Access individual spaces on live interactive online training, or try our video based online courses whenever is convenient to you.

In-person training (for your team)

Do you have a whole team that would benefit from our training or would it be more practical for us to come to you? All of our courses can be adapted for your organisation or region and delivered at a venue chosen by you.

Online training (for your team)

Does online training work better for your team? We’ve given careful consideration to what works online, and adapted materials and delivery style to make the most of the online learning experience.

Courses in bristol and online

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In-house courses for teams

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Consultancy & projects

Rowan Miller and Dawn Taylor lead on The Training Exchange Consultancy; together they bring over 50 years’ experience of leadership and management. If you have ideas or a vision you want to explore they will connect you with the right specialist consultant to shape practice and design better services.

Meet the team

Our dedicated team always deliver high quality training and consultancy experiences grounded in current evidence and good practice.

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Why work with us

Our collaborative approach enhances outcomes and wellbeing for services, the people who use them and the communities they impact.

In the last 2 years we have delivered…

over

200

courses

to over

500

people

across

100

organisations

Book a course

Choose from courses for individuals (online or in Bristol) or in-house training for your team (in-person or online).

Courses in bristol and online

Download our current calendar of courses in Bristol and online

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In-house courses for teams

Download our full list of courses available in-house for teams

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