LEE COMER AND ASSOCIATES
freelance trainers and consultants
Lee Comer, Eileen Cann and Richard Peters
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    • Details of training courses

    All the courses below can be customised to meet the specific training needs of the organisation. In addition, if you can't find what you need from Lee or Richard's courses, we are more than happy to recommend other experienced trainers who, like us, work exclusively in the not-for-profit sector.

    Minute Taking Skills (Trainer: Lee Comer)

    This popular one day course covers the basics of minute-taking, and is suitable for beginners as well as those with experience who wish to sharpen their skills. It covers note taking skills, how to record the main points, as well as providing practical tips for ensuring your minutes are accurate, concise and easy to use. The course will improve participants' confidence, enabling them to minute formal and informal meetings effectively.

    "I can't get over the impact the course has had on so many participants. I've had a couple of people say it was "brilliant" and two said it was the best course they had ever been on. I met with the manager of one of the participant's yesterday, who told me his assistant had rung him at home in the evening to tell him how wonderful it had been."
    Laura Sanders, Development Worker Harrogate & Area CVS.

    "Thank you for delivering another minute taking training course to our community groups. The feedback was extremely positive, particularly on the way you delivered the course in an easy to understand format. The participants clearly got a lot out of the day"
    Margaret Langridge, Rural Outreach Support, Herefordshire Voluntary Action

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    Handling problems with colleagues and staff (Trainer: Richard Peters)

    This two day course covers problems with volunteers and paid staff such as poor performance and unacceptable conduct including time keeping, and discriminatory behaviour. The course will help participants to identify the potential costs of avoiding problems and to understand the range of approaches to tackling them. There is ample opportunity to develop and practice techniques for giving effective feedback.

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    Time Management (Trainer: Richard Peters)

    This is a practical one day course for those who want to get on top of their workload. The course will help participants to identify the effects of over working, monitor and prioritise key areas of responsibility and plan and schedule work. It will also deal with time stealers such as unproductive meetings, damaging interruptions and mountains of paperwork. The course will have most relevance for people who have some control over planning their own workload.

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    Introduction to Managing in the Voluntary Sector (Trainer: Richard Peters)

    This three day course is for people who are relatively new to management. The course provides participants with an understanding of concepts, theories and models of good practice. It helps participants to explore and apply the ideas to their own situation and provides tools to assess their present level of skills and knowledge in order to identify the need for further training and development.

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    Fees charged


    For training on an in- house basis:
      From £375.00 per day, with special rates for small, unfunded charities and community groups. The fee includes some adaptation, but extra fees accrue if the course needs tailoring to the organisation.
      In addition to the fee, travel costs are charged (e.g. 2nd class rail fare or 40p per mile) and overnight costs (approximately £60), where necessary.
    For training providers

      From £350 per day plus travel costs (2nd class rail or 40p per mile) and overnight costs (approximately £60), where necessary.

    Previous clients


    Lee Comer and Richard Peters train regularly for the following organisations:
    • Directory of Social Change
    • Leeds Voluntary Action
    • Citizens Advice regional centres in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Nottingham
    • NCH
    • Voluntary Action Wakefield and District
    • Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service, Tyne & Wear
    • Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council
    • Lancaster Council for Voluntary Service
    • Kirklees Council for Voluntary Service
    Comments and feedback from participants
      Enabled me to deal with a long standing problem member of staff which nearly destroyed my organisation.
      (Handling problems with colleagues and staff -Trainer Richard Peters)

      The course saved me from drowning in conflicting priorities
      (Time Management - Trainer Richard Peters)

      A brilliant foundation to get me thinking like a manager
      (Introduction to Managing in the Voluntary Sector - Trainer Richard Peters)

    Contact details for Lee Comer and Richard Peters
    Lee Comer
  • Email Lee Comer
  • Tel: 01422 844421
  • Fax: 01422 844072

    Richard Peters

  • Email Richard Peters
  • Tel: 01422 844421
  • Fax: 01422 844072