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• 2004 Training Calendar
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We run short courses either in house or for course providers on:

• intoduction to management skills
• minute taking
• time management
• staff problems.

• evaluation and reviews
• organisational development
• partnerships
• appraisal of funding applications.

We work for the not for profit sector (charities, social enterprises, multi agency partnerships, public bodies and community and self help groups).
We are based in West Yorkshire, but undertake work throughout England.

Who we are

Lee Comer

Lee Comer has been working for fifteen years as an independent trainer, offering a wide range of short courses for statutory and voluntary organisations.

She is the co-author of The Minute Taker’s Handbook, published by the Directory of Social Change at £9.95.

From 2004, she is reducing the number of courses she offers, but will continue to train her popular one day Minute Taking Skills course.

Richard Peters

Richard Peters has been a trainer for Citizens Advice for more than twenty years. He has a great depth of experience of:

• identifying competences for specific jobs
• developing learning strategies
• designing short courses
• writing distance learning materials

For many years, he has taught courses for the Directory of Social Change, local course providers and many individual voluntary sector agencies.



Eileen Cann

Eileen Cann has a background in both statutory and voluntary sectors. She has worked in local Councils at a strategic and policy level and has experience of managing staff. She has supported the organisational development of a huge range of voluntary organisations from the smallest community groups to large voluntary organisations.

Since becoming freelance in April 2002, she has worked for a number of statutory and voluntary organisations, multi-agency partnerships and steering groups providing independent research, reviews and evaluations of projects and helping staff and committees with organisational development. She also provides facilitation for partnerships and committees.