Local Authorities

At Skills for Local Authorities, we are committed to supporting Local Authorities, Schools, and the Third Sector to find solutions to the current and future challenges. We passionately advocate for high quality, effective, engaging, efficient and sustainable Sure Start Children's Centres. To do this we ensure that: We are staffed by professional, h... ighly experienced trainers, consultants and adminstrators: Our Training Courses and Services are exceptional value for money. We enthuse and energise all whom we work with. We enable those we work with to make a difference. We are straight talking and being up to date is our passion. Our provision focuses upon effective professionally written learning materials for repeated use and reference in the workplace. Our journey began with some scribblings on the back of a rail magazine in 2009 when our Founding Director was home bound after another one of those "Wasted days at a Conference" in London. From these Skills for Local Authorities emerged with a mission: "To provide simply brilliant training and consultancy for Sure Start Children's Centres." As at 31th December, 2013 we have delivered to: 10785 Children's Centre Managers, Staff, Advisory Board Members, and Key Partners. 138 Local Authorities and Third Sector organisations. Since then amongst what we have delivered includes: Public Training Courses Preparing Your Children's Centre for Ofsted Inspection How to become an Outstanding Children's Centre Marketing and Promoting your Children's Centre Safeguarding for Children's Centres How to write a SEF and preparing for your Annual Conversation How to write a brilliant SEF successfully using the new Ofsted Grading Descriptors Running a successful Social Enterprise Children's Centre Improving Performance Management at your Children's CentresRead More