Training for Education
If we improve ourselves this will improve the end result for beneficiaries; we will create a tidal wave of innovation
Public and “Charities and social enterprises － ‘the social sector’ － are the core of civil society. A healthy, independent, and engaged civil society is a hallmark of a thriving democracy. A robust sector is a sign of a confident democracy.”, so says a recent Government Policy Paper for Civil Society Strategy Building a Future that works for everyone.
However, thwarted by a rapidly changing society, increasing population and economic strain affecting resources, those providing services are expected to more with less.
To be able to adapt and thrive it’s essential for these sectors to arrive at new solutions by accessing the right support to stimulate innovation and provide sustainable skills to go forward. Training is often one of the first things to go when budgets are cut therefore delivery has to bring new perspectives and fresh insights, have impact and be effective and ready to use to meet the challenges of and realise a future that benefits all.
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Staff and Adult
- Motivational Interviewing – Experiential workshops to enhance empathy skills.
- Mediation not Litigation – Courting openness, understanding and resolution.
- Managing Stress – 21st Century Skills for self-balancing.
- EIP – Early Intervention Programme: Skills to build rapport and trust.
- PYEP – Police Youth Engagement Programme. Skills to improve Youth relationships.
55 Plus
- Meditation for Health and Wellbeing – Experiential sessions for self-balancing
- ACTivate – Intergenerational Theatre Workshops
Carers
- Meditation for Health and Wellbeing
Experiential sessions for self-balancing and for managing loved ones. - ACTivate – Theatre workshops for Carers. A chance to regenerate and to share and explore issues related to the experience of being a social carer.
Young People
All workshops listed below are available for each of the following groups:
- Juniors (6-12),
- Youth groups (12-18),
- Young adults (18-25),
- Also for Parents, Staff, Teachers.
The workshops, including the themed programmes, can be delivered as: Themed workshops – Courses, beginner through to advanced – Residential weekends
- Life And Social Skills
- Confidence
- What Makes You Unique
- Making A Good First Impression
- Managing Emotions
- Aspiration And Living A Meaningful Life
- Career Planning
Workshop Programmes:
BIG LIFE: Values based education aimed at preparing young people not just for ‘the big school’ but for ‘Big Life’ by providing the key social skills needed to transition from primary to secondary school.
- LIFE JACKET: Workshops for help young people (14-18yrs and 18-25) to learn positive values through drama and storytelling and the all-round social skills, values and ethics they will need to have meaningful purposeful and contribution to society and in life.
- WORKSMART: Employability workshops to restore confidence, self-respect and self-belief, incorporating cv development and interview training.
- EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMME – BE YOUR OWN HERO
Awareness, ability and skills to make better choices. Exploring the world of complex of positive and negative emotions, tools and techniques for managing emotions with real life scenario role play to practice!
- AWAKEN THE MUSE: Creative development for young people.
This topic explores what is creativity, how to access yours, exploration of the principles of creativity and self-expression via writing, drama, storytelling sessions.
About Catherine
“The qualities that underlie all positive human endeavour and success are not ‘soft’ but ‘CORE” skills – and they can be learnt.”
CATHERINE ARDEN
Catherine Arden, former Royal Navy, draws from over 25 years’ experience as a theatre director, trainer, and speaker. She has delivered her tailor-made, drama -based training to adults and youth, covering a wide range of topics and themes.
Catherine has helped hundreds of people in the Corporate, Education and Public/ Social Sectors, including C-level, Directors, Managers, PA/EA’s, high achievers, disadvantaged youth, parents, teachers, in the UK and Internationally.
Our work with educational organisations
As an educationalist, Catherine’s unique methodology for experiential learning of ‘Life and Social Skills’ delivers specifically designed themed workshops and has helped both high academic achievers and disadvantaged youth. She has worked with multicultural groups; aged 5-25yrs, as well as parents, teachers, and principals in the UK, Europe and India. She was a headline speaker at the ‘International Enlightened Education Conference’ in Europe.
Catherine has also developed interactive learning programmes in partnership with educational institutions, non-profits, NGOs and community initiatives, social enterprises, e.g. ‘WorkSmart’ - Employability Workshops, ‘Big Life’ – Early Intervention Programme and Businesses Against Crime workshops.
What Clients Say
Once again wonderful staff training session! All the staff enjoyed the practical and smoothly conducted sessions. Everyone felt fresh and positive after each session. All staff members benefited from Catherine’s experience, expertise and creativity learning new skills for their respective fields. Catherine’s contribution to fulfil the vision of our founder will always be treasured here at ISPS.
I would call this session ‘Drama-licious’! I learned, don’t be pressurised to do what other people tell you.
Heartfelt gratitude. Your workshops were extremely helpful to our students and made them more aware of social and creative skills and stress factors – a great help in working out their future plans.
Our training week at school has significantly improved thanks to Catherine’s hard work and dedication. We hope she can continue to collaborate with us in the future to realise our very worthwhile mission and vision. Again many thanks!
I really liked this workshop. It had a good dynamic and balance between personal and group tasks. Catherine gave very clear directions and nice explanations on how tasks help us in real life. She enabled everyone new or more established students to find their place. At the same time the atmosphere was light and joyful. The exercises were useful for my work with children. I wish the session could have lasted longer and can’t wait for the next one.
I didn’t know there were more feelings than lonely or bully – I learned about neutral and calm today.
Interactive Drama Based Workshop Courses
The fun, practical issue-based workshops help participants realise potential, learn and experience how their value system and choices impact positively in different scenarios.
The individual becomes more empowered and skilled to make choices that have mutual benefit and support the success of any project or endeavor.
Benefits
- Immediate impact
- High knowledge retention
- Helps your people build on strengths
- Gain new perspectives and fresh insights
- Break down barriers
- Increase motivation and self-confidence
How we work with your organisation
We enhance your people power by:
- Getting to know you and your company by exploring what is important to your success.
- Creating a tailor-made programme to help you achieve that.
- Helping your people to explore, through specially designed interactive exercises, the things that get in the way of individual and collective success.
- Providing a safe environment to explore and experiment with new ways to improve relationships with self and others.
- Enabling your people to start using their new skills, right away.
- We can do follow up and monitoring sessions to guide and support to help them fly.
After the programme:
- Your people will have a clear understanding of their own potential and that of others
- They will have a clear awareness of what gets in the way of healthy interaction and creating good relationships and enabling innovation.
- They will be able to correct themselves and help others.
- They will have the confidence to do it in your work and in life that very same day
Effectiveness
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Using business metrics Catherine offers qualitative and quantitative feedback analysis and the opportunity to follow up at 3 and 6 months to monitor impact and support progress.
Get In Touch
+44 (0)7985 590 835
info@catherinearden.co.uk
Catherine Arden is a Trainer, Speaker and Theatre Director.
Catherine helps people, adults, and youth, across Corporate, Education and Social/Public sectors, express and apply good values and ethics - the core skills that underlie all positive human endeavour, interaction and success.
Drawing from her expertise as a Theatre Director she specialises in creating and delivering interactive, bespoke, drama based, training workshop courses that are fun, practical and entertaining with in-depth and high knowledge retention that have immediate impact.