Expertise - training and facilitating

Experienced trainer and facilitator; I deliver training throughout the UK and Europe for groups from 5 to 50.

I deliver powerpoint presentations to conferences and training days.

I am skilled in facilitating group discussion, enabling active, experiental learning, with techniques such as role plays.

I train health professionals – Sure Start workers, nursery nurses, midwives, health visitors, nurses, and other support workers.

I teach the NCT diploma in breastfeeding counselling for University of Bedfordshire. Teaching counselling skills, group facilitation skills, personal development and breastfeeding support skills.

I teach creative writing in adult education classes and also through distance learning.

Due to working partnership with Lemonlimetraining, www.lemonlimetraining.co.uk I am able to offer several packages, including early parenting courses, writing for profit, facilitating adult learning. Watch this space for more details.

Comments from clients of my creative writing classes:

I found Caroline to be friendly, supportive, clear, organised and practical

It has been a very enjoyable learning experience and has greatly helped my writing confidence as I am dyslexic.

I found the class was not only educational but also fun. It sparked a great deal of creativity in me.

I have learnt a lot on this course about structure; various types of writing, both fiction and non-fiction. It has set a great big ball rolling and I’m writing a lot myself now. 

I have got great enjoyment from this course, have learnt new skills and also gained the knowledge that my writing isn’t too bad! It has got my creative juices flowing and I can’t stop writing!

I have learnt useful techniques, have found the feedback helpful, and have really enjoyed the course. It now occurs to me that I might be able to write something which other people might read.

Thank you Caroline. The comments you made were clear and concise. You’ve got me buzzing with ideas!

I appear regularly at Baby Gurus weekends:

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Below are some of the comments and feedback from Babymooning™ at Gleneagles Feb 2007

Without telling us what to do Caroline gave a lot of evidence based advice. It raised many dilemmas but gave us enough information to help inform our plans for early parenthood. 

Loved all of Caroline’s down to earth views and opinions especially as all backed up with the latest research. 

Good interaction with others and partner- really good made you think.

Caroline’s information was really helpful. I have purchased her book to have a good read of. 

I now really understand babies sleeping cycle and the importance of movement and touch to a baby. 

Excellent speaker- very knowledgeable inspires confidence. 

Again, this was a great session. Great to get breadth of views backed up by research- this is something you don’t get through antenatal classes.

Challenged our preconceptions over having a baby in bed and breastfeeding. Has hopefully given us the self confidence to enjoy these times with the baby.

Very precise presentation. Gave us facts and very useful information. Wish we had read her book earlier.