These courses provide a comprehensive introduction to groupwork skills and the theory of group analysis, together with the opportunity for personal and professional development. 

This Foundation Course is particularly useful for those who: 

• Work with complex people—staff or patients, or
• Work with teams and groups i.e. In mental health, education services, social work, youth work, probation and prisons services, religious settings, voluntary organisations and the police force, or
• Want guidance in working with difficult group dynamics, or
• Want to understand what works well and what goes wrong in groups and why.

The In-person course will run over 10 Saturdays and 3 Thursday evenings from September 2024 to July 2025.  Sessions take place in Bolton. 

The Online course will run on 26 Thursday evenings and 2 partial Saturdays from November 2024 to July 2025. 

A foundation course open session takes place on Wednesday 5 June 2024, 6pm – 7pm