Open Programmes
Develop Your Essential Skills
Our range of public courses offer soft skills development that will help you drive organisational performance
Is an open programme right for you?
Our open programmes are an ideal cost-effective way for 1 or 2 individuals from an organisation to attend our training or get accredited to train our solutions. It's also a great option for those purely seeking personal development. We run them at a range of predisposed locations on specific dates, they are publicly available and are more widely targeted to accommodate different organisations and sectors. We offer our public training both face-to-face and virtually to suit different needs.
You'll also have the opportunity to network and develop relationships with individuals from other organisations.
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Available Dates
Breakthrough Conversations
Public Workshop
- Date: 29th - 30th January 2025
- Price: £1,000 + VAT per person
- Time: 09:00 AM - 17:00 PM
- Format: Face-to-Face
- Duration: 2 Days
- Facilitator: Joe Mackintosh
- Location: De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading
Breakthrough Conversations
Public Workshop
- Date: 25th - 26th March 2025
- Price: £1,000 + VAT per person
- Time: 09:00 AM - 17:00 PM
- Format: Face-to-Face
- Duration: 2 Days
- Facilitator: Joe Mackintosh
- Location: De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading
Breakthrough Conversations
Public Workshop & Trainer Certification*
- Date: 25th - 28th March 2025
- Price: £2,500 + VAT per person
- Time: 09:00 AM - 17:00 PM
- Format: Face-to-Face
- Duration: 4 Days
- Location: De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading
- Facilitator: Joe Mackintosh
- *Certification is subject to additional requirements, please ask about this when you enquire
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How will our programmes benefit you?
Whether you're planning a specific workplace initiative, looking for ideas to help you upskill your team or seeking personal development, we’ve got you covered.
Our public workshops provide the perfect opportunity for you to boost vital soft skills that will help drive individual, team and organisational performance.
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Find out more
To find out more about our open programmes, please complete the form on this page in as much detail as possible and one of our team will be in touch. Alternatively, you can call us directly on 01962 779911, or email enquiries@gra.uk.com
How do I know if an open programme is right for me?
Our open programmes are perfect for 1 or 2 individuals looking for a cost-effective way to complete soft skills training or get accredited to run our courses.
If you're wanting to get larger groups of people or entire teams within your organisation trained, then we suggest you enquire with us about an in-house programme instead. You can do this by clicking here or alternatively you can email us at enquiries@gra.uk.com or call us on 01962 779911.
What training options do you offer?
GRA offer training via in-house programmes, open/public programmes, and through trainer certification.
In-house: This option is ideal for organisations looking to train large or small groups of people within their business, whether that be cross-functional or intact teams. We offer in-house programme face-to-face, virtually or as a blended learning experience. The training can be tailored to your specific needs and be facilitated at a date, time and location that best suits you.
Open/Public: This option is ideal for 1 or 2 individuals from a single organisation seeking a cost-effective way to attend training or get accredited. It is also a great avenue for those purely seeking personal development. Our open programmes are publicly available so you would be attending with people from other organisations and the content is similarly more widely targeted to suit all different types of organisations and sectors. We offer our open programmes both face-to-face and virtually on pre-scheduled dates and predisposed venues in the UK.
Trainer Certification: This option is ideal for organisations looking to do large scale roll-outs within their organisation or to accredit their internal training teams. This is available on a limited range of our training programmes and is subject to additional requirements. These can be run both publicly or in-house and are typically done face-to-face.
What courses do you run as open programmes?
All of the courses currently available can be found on our open programmes page. This is live and will be updated as and when more dates/courses become available.
Our open programmes are a relatively new offering, so we are starting with our most popular courses and hope to be able to increase availability going forward. If there is particular course you are interested in please get in touch and one of our team can help you explore your options.
How many people do you allow on your open programmes at a time?
This varies depending on the specific training course and our trainer availability, however we would say approx. 12-15 per open programme workshop. This would be slightly less for a certification programme.
How much do your open programmes cost?
This very much depends on which training programme you're attending, however prices for all our available open programmes are listed on our open programmes page.
How often do you run your open programmes?
Open programmes are a relatively new offering for GRA, so we currently have a small amount of dates available for our most popular programmes.
All availability can be found on our open programmes page and this is regularly updated. We hope to be able to increase the frequency at which we run these courses and the range of courses available in time and inline with demand. If you have a particular interest in one of training programmes, get in touch and one of our team will be happy to discuss options with you.
What is the duration of an open programme workshop?
Our open programmes are typically run over 1 or 2 days. This will be clearly specified on our open programmes page under each available course/date.
What is the duration of an open programme trainer certification?
If you're looking to get accredited to train one of our programmes, then you'll have to attend the regular 2-day workshop, followed by a 2-day certification. This can be done over 4 consecutive days or non-consecutively, depending on what best suits you and the dates we have available.
What modalities do you offer open programmes in?
We offer our open programmes both face-to-face and virtually. The format of the programme on offer will be clearly stated under each individual course/date on our open programmes page and this is regularly updated.