Training
Looking for Training or Continued Professional Development Opportunities?
At Changing the Future, we understand the importance of ongoing learning and professional growth. Whether you’re seeking to enhance your skills, deepen your knowledge, or stay up-to-date with best practices, our tailored training programs offer meaningful opportunities designed to empower you and your organisation.
Our training sessions are thoughtfully delivered through a flexible blend of face-to-face workshops and virtual online courses, ensuring accessibility and convenience to fit your needs. This blended approach allows us to provide interactive, engaging, and impactful learning experiences regardless of location or schedule.
Each training is carefully crafted to address real-world challenges, equipping professionals with practical tools and insights that can be immediately applied in their work. From safeguarding and trauma-informed practice to equality and diversity, our courses support you in making a genuine difference in your workplace and community.
Discover how our training can support your professional journey and contribute to creating safer, more inclusive environments.
Neurodiversity & Trauma: Supporting Hidden Needs
Supporting Neurodiverse Youth Experiencing Trauma
This specialized training is designed for professionals working with neurodiverse young people—such as those with autism, ADHD, and related conditions—who are also navigating the complex effects of trauma. Participants will gain vital skills to recognize overlapping behaviors that may stem from both neurodiversity and traumatic experiences, enabling more accurate understanding and tailored support.
The course covers key areas including sensory processing differences, effective communication strategies, and techniques for building trust and safety. By integrating knowledge of neurodiversity with trauma-informed practice, workers will be better equipped to create supportive environments where every young person feels understood and empowered.
Course Highlights:
- Understanding the intersection of neurodiversity and trauma
- Identifying overlapping behaviors and needs
- Sensory processing and regulation techniques
- Communication approaches that foster connection
- Building trust and safety for lasting support
Ideal for: Youth workers, educators, social care professionals, and anyone supporting neurodiverse young people facing trauma.
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Anti-Bullying Awareness Training
Designed specifically for professionals working with young people, this focused online course runs for 1 hour and 30 minutes and provides essential knowledge on recognizing and addressing bullying behaviors. Participants will develop the skills to identify early signs of bullying, assess risk factors, and implement effective intervention strategies to support vulnerable individuals.
This training combines evidence-based approaches with practical tools, fostering a deeper understanding of the impact bullying has on emotional wellbeing and learning environments.
Course Details:
- Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Delivery: Virtual sessions accommodating up to 25 participants
- Cost: £30 per participant
- Group booking discounts available
Equip yourself and your team with the expertise to create safer, more inclusive spaces where all young people can thrive.
Digital Safety & Trauma: Protecting Vulnerable Youth Online
Digital Safety & Trauma: Protecting Vulnerable Youth Online
This essential training equips professionals with the knowledge and tools to safeguard young people from the growing risks of online exploitation, cyberbullying, and digital trauma. As young people’s lives increasingly move into virtual spaces, understanding how to protect their safety and wellbeing online is critical.
Participants will learn practical strategies to identify digital risks, create safe and supportive virtual environments, and respond effectively to incidents of online harm. The course emphasizes trauma-informed approaches to digital safeguarding, ensuring that youth workers and educators can support young people’s emotional resilience and digital wellbeing.
Course Highlights:
- Recognizing signs of online exploitation and cyberbullying
- Understanding digital trauma and its impact on young people
- Practical methods for building safe virtual spaces
- Supporting youth digital wellbeing and emotional safety
- Trauma-informed responses to online harm
Ideal for: Youth workers, educators, safeguarding leads, social workers, and anyone supporting vulnerable young people in digital environments.
UNDERSTAND ME: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supporting Children and Young People
UNDERSTAND ME is a transformative training course designed specifically for professionals, parents, carers, teachers, and alternative provision providers who support children and young people living with complex trauma and mental health difficulties. This course goes beyond surface-level interventions by offering a deeply therapeutic approach grounded in the Protective Behaviours trauma-informed model.
What makes this training unique?
It invites you to peel back the layers beneath behaviours that often confuse or frustrate us—helping you see the pain, fear, and survival mechanisms hidden beneath masking and challenging behaviours. Through this understanding, you can shift from reacting to these behaviours to supporting healing and growth.
Core areas covered include:
- Peeling Back the Layers: Explore how trauma shapes behaviour, why young people may mask their feelings, and what lies beneath their struggles. Learn to recognize the silent signals of distress and unmet needs.
- Rupture & Repair: Complex trauma can strain relationships. This section offers practical strategies to navigate ruptures, repair trust, and build authentic, supportive connections that foster resilience.
- Changing the Narrative: Help children and young people rewrite their stories. Discover how to support them in overcoming trauma’s grip, reclaiming their voice, and moving toward empowerment and wellbeing.
How is the course delivered?
To suit your needs, UNDERSTAND ME can be delivered face-to-face at your location or online—making it accessible for groups of all sizes. We offer personalised pricing depending on your group size
WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES- Anti-bullying training
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Fostering Empathy and Resilience to Combat Bullying
The Walk a Mile in My Shoes training program offers two distinct but complementary pathways, each carefully designed to empower both professionals and young people with the insight and skills needed to understand, prevent, and address bullying effectively.
Professional Training
This tailored session enables participants to select up to four critical topics that best meet their organisational needs, including:
- Uncovering the underlying causes of bullying and its lasting effects
- Recognising risk factors and promoting safety for vulnerable individuals
- Addressing workplace bullying with compassion and clarity
- Applying practical, evidence-informed strategies to foster safer, more inclusive environments
Through this training, professionals gain not only knowledge but also confidence to create meaningful, lasting change.
Youth Ambassador Training
Designed to empower young people to be active agents of change, this training reflects many of the same core topics as the professional sessions, with a focus on peer support:
- Understanding why bullying happens and its impact on individuals
- Identifying risks and championing personal and peer safety
- Learning how to support others and promote positive, bully-free spaces
Training Delivery and Pricing
Delivered face-to-face at your chosen location, this training encourages open conversation, reflection, and practical application. Pricing varies according to group size—please reach out for a personalised quote.
Work Life Balance- Navigating the journey through creative outlets
In caring professions, the ability to “switch off” and create healthy boundaries is not just beneficial—it is essential for sustaining your own wellbeing. Yet, the emotional weight and constant demands of these roles often make this incredibly difficult. Without intentional strategies, compassion fatigue and burnout can quietly take hold, impacting both your personal and professional life.
This training course is thoughtfully designed to equip you with effective, evidence-based techniques that nurture emotional resilience through creative outlets and mindful practices. Across an interactive 1 hour and 30 minute session, you will be guided to recognize the signs of emotional exhaustion and learn practical tools that enable you to restore balance, protect your mental health, and ultimately continue your vital work with renewed strength and clarity.
By investing time in yourself through this course, you’re not only safeguarding your own wellbeing but enhancing your capacity to provide compassionate, effective support to those who rely on you.
Price: £30 per person
Session size: Virtual sessions accommodating up to 25 participants
Discounts available for larger group bookings
Equal Opportunities & inclusion
Professional Training: Fostering Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
This training is designed for employers and employees committed to creating truly inclusive workplaces. It provides a deep understanding of the fundamentals of equality, diversity, and inclusion, highlighting the real-life impacts these principles have on individuals, especially those living with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Through this course, employers will gain insight into the barriers faced by these individuals and learn practical, compassionate strategies to break down these obstacles. Participants will leave equipped to foster a workplace culture where every person feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best.
Key topics include:
- Core principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Relevant legislation and legal responsibilities
- Recognizing and addressing common barriers
- Practical approaches to supporting employees with disabilities or chronic illnesses
This training supports organisations in building environments where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is a lived reality.
Changing The Future For OThers
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