Learning & development

We work with teams, graduates, talent pools, managers and leaders on projects that are either stand-alone or part of ongoing development programmes. Projects can be as short as one day but more commonly last 2 to 5 consecutive days or are ongoing over a period of weeks or months.

We take people out of their workplace and the corporate environment and into challenging and authentic environments in the community, in the UK or developing countries. Because projects are real, rather than theoretical or simulated, participants experience a strong sense of purpose and buy in, which leads to a great deal of commitment and energy being channelled towards the charity partner.

The project design is tailored to the L&D objectives and to the particular needs of the charity or non-profit partner (including schools, social enterprises and even local authority projects).

Activities range from outdoor physical projects and fundraising and awareness-raising on behalf of charities, to skills sharing activities and projects that support charities with strategic issues, all with plenty of interaction with charity staff and service-users built in.

Our expert facilitators support participants with their learning objectives and help them to achieve the right balance between the project task and the learning before, during and after the project.

We have plenty of short case studies of learning & development programmes, including Sky’s leadership development programme, Gala Coral’s talent development programme, Motorola’s leadership development project in the heart of Africa, a team development project for Orange and our original, award-winning skills development project for Pfizer.