The new COVID resilient way of working has brought many new challenges for organisations; amongst these difficulties a key one has troubled many. How do we continue to ensure colleagues receive the training they need? As luck would have it, the Worthwhile Training Team had previously invested in furthering their own knowledge and skills and were well practiced at developing …
Frontline Staff need to be equipped with skills to manage aggression
We found this lovely write up in Health and Safety Matters after the recent Lone Worker Theatre at the Health and Safety Event NEC. Worthwhile Training were amongst those who presented over the three days and HSM wrote all about it… Delegates from the likes of the retail industry, NHS, transport companies, mental-health services providers and local councils packed into …
Lone Worker Safety Expo Conference
It’s been too long and we have been too engrossed in the Lone Worker Safety Expo Conference to write a new blog….apologies. That said, the time and work we have invested in the conference is well worth it. We are proud to say that we have put together an outstanding programme of experts who between them can cover all the …
Worthwhile Team “On Location” at the North Pole (and in Evesham)
It didn’t look like the North Pole. Despite the chilly spring wind, London’s North Pole wasn’t covered in ice and snow and no polar bears were in sight. Instead, the Worthwhile Training team, including Nicole, Kristen and Ben, found a huge rectangular building housing railroad tracks. We’d come to this central London railway depot (called The North pole) to film …
Here’s to a Happy and Safe 2018!
Happy New Year to all our lovely clients (and those still to become clients!). We are excited to be starting 2018 with lots of new projects on the horizon. As well as organising the Lone worker Safety Expo which will be held in London on the 2nd October, we are thrilled to be working on some innovative new training programmes. …
Supporting Fusion Housing through our Charity Scheme
Every year Worthwhile Training supports a small number of charities by offering free or reduced fees training and consultancy. It is our way of giving back and saying “thank you” to all those people that do great charity work in difficult circumstances. In recent years we have supported a domestic violence refuge and a refugee befriending service, amongst others. This …
Support after an incident is important!
Having spent a full day supporting a lovely woman to regain her self confidence after she was verbally abused and threatened by a client, I feel compelled to send out a plea to managers. The person involved in the incident has given permission for me to talk about it, but for obvious reasons I need to be a little vague …