We have been training since 1994, here are some of the organisations we have provided training for:

• Hostels Liaison Group (HLG), Nottingham
• Framework Housing Association, Nottingham
• Doncaster Community Drug Team
• Leicester Community Projects Trust
• Leicestershire Probation
• Leicester City Council, Housing Support Team
• Sheffield Rockingham Project
• University of Leicester, Vaughan College, Foundation Degree in Drug and Alcohol Counselling
• University of Leicester, Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counselling
• University of Leicester, School of Medicine, Post Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Drug & Alcohol Treatment
• Leicester Community Drug and Alcohol Service, Research Education and Development Team, Training Prospectus
• Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Young People’s Volunteers
• LEAP young peoples’ project, Lincoln
• Leicester Partnership NHS Trust, Dual Diagnosis Course of Mental Health Workers
• University of Leicester, Medical School, (Psychological interventions with Substance Users)
• Lighthouse Project Merseyside
• Loudham Grange Prison Substance Misuse Team
• Isle of Wight Prison Substance Misuse Team
• YMCA Leicester
• YMCA Derbyshire
• Widening Horizons Leicester (Phoenix Futures)
• P3 Supported Housing
• Recovery in Nottingham (RIN)
• Double Impact (Nottingham)
• University of Buckingham Medical School
• Inclusion Healthcare, Cambridgeshire Drug and Alcohol services (NHS)
• Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• West Leicestershire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group
• Nottingham Community Housing Association

We do everything we can to make learning fun – Learning is easier and better in an atmosphere of playful curiosity. Traditional teaching methods often limit themselves to episodic memory – which limits retention and integration.

Our training style involves all the senses, and encourages active participation in discovery; we aim to activate procedural memory. This helps to embed the knowledge and skills ‘in the muscle’, which is much better retained and available to use in your work.

Some Comments About Our Training

“Shehzad’s training for our staff and volunteers has had consistently excellent feedback. His ‘Working with Crack and other Stimulant Users’ and ‘Working Positively with Difficult Clients’ training has played a valuable part in our workforce development programmes.”

Dave Yates, Learning & Development Manager, Lighthouse Project, Merseyside

“Shehzad has provided numerous courses for HLG since 2002, all of which have been very positively evaluated. He is an excellent addition to the HLG bank of trainers.”

Kevin O’Connor, Training Coordinator, Hostels Liaison Group, Nottingham.

“I want to thank you for the excellent course that you ran at HLG, I really enjoyed the range of exercises from the eye accessing through to Coaching and the circle of excellence. I personally felt that your teaching style, pace etc was spot on.”

Glen (Nottingham)

“I attended the weekend course on Improving Confidence… and I found it to be excellent! The two days were really therapeutic and the techniques taught really helped me. The tuition is outstanding, and I am very happy to really recommend any similar courses”

Andrew (Nottingham)