Happy New Year!

A Happy New Year to you all!

We hope you've had a good rest over Christmas, we certainly have (as well as one too many mince pies!)

It was a busy run up to the end of the year - as well as our 'Working with Parents' course in Herts, we completed 'Effective Communication with Children and Young People', 'Managing Negative Behaviour', and 'Youth Work' training with Barking and Dagenham Council. We're really pleased to have these additional qualifactions in our toolkit.

We also braved the snow and ran some taster sessions at the Queens Theatre Networking Event in Hornchurch. If you missed this event due to the snow, there's another chance to come along on the 17th February. For more info, see www.queens-theatre.co.uk

What we've got coming up next:

A 6 week 'Parents Matter Too' parenting course in Herts
Taster sessions with Beautology in Hornchurch, Essex - watch this space
Attending the St Francis Hospice Valentine's Ball - support this great cause and come along (see www.sfh.org.uk for details)

And finally, our quote for an optimistic New Year:

'Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha' Robert Brault

November Networking

Well we have been very busy since our last news letter back in August. . . . . . . .   We welcomed Ayshe to the team as an Associate, which has officially made us an International Company. . . . . . . .   Chris and Ros started their Working With Parents course and are really enjoying going back to school. . . . . . . .   Ros and I took part in and open day for the new family centre @ Kingslangly School and ran a taster session on the Wheel of Life, and would like to thank all those involved.  We look forward to seeing some of you at the 'Are you listening?' workshop we are running next Tuesday. . . . . . .  .. .  .  We have also been busy promoting our up and coming 'Don't be fine, be FANTASTIC' (email fantastic@positivechcangeconsultancy.com for more details) workshop hosted by Beautology.

Going forward we are dedicating November to Networking!!  We want to raise our company profile and increase our client base through joining a national business network called 4networking and have found out about some free local networking events too: 

• St Francis Hospice on the 10th of November with an opportunity to raise money for the hospice by buying raffle tickets.

• Havering College's Supersonic Road Show on the 11th of November.

• Havering Council host regular free Women In Business networking events the next one being on the 11th of December.

We are also very excited at the prospect of holding some taster sessions at the Business Networking and Exhibition Event 2010 at the Queens Theatre on the the 1st of December, with a view to being an event sponsor.

Well we look forward to all the people we will be meeting in our November Networking Challenge and would love to hear about any networking events you will be attending.

Welcome to Ayshe

We would like to welcome Ayshe Enver-Pasha to the team. . . . Ayshe is one of our associates and is currently based in Cyprus. She is a highly successful Life/ Business Coach and Project Manager with a varied background in change management, cultural awareness & language teaching. . . .find out more about her @ http://positivechangeconsultancy.com/aysheenver-pasha.html

Back to school

Nearly all of our news from the summer is somehow related to schools and young people and now the summer is coming to an end and everyone is getting ready to go back to school we are reflecting on some of the projects we have been involved in.

Before the summer break we ran a workshop for parents on ‘Limiting Beliefs’ as part of the Family Matters Project in Hertfordshire. Thank you for everyone involved, we took a lot away from the workshop and hope you did to!! We also got involved in the Young Enterprise Charity in schools by delivering workshops on community and business to primary school children in the Herford area.

Chris and Ros will be joining the masses returning to school in September by attending a City and Guilds Accreditation in Working With Parents to gain an award to allow us to continue the work we have been doing in association with schools.

During the summer holidays we focused on the young people of the community in Barking and Dagenham by running a series of workshops for 14 to 25 year olds to help them realise their potential and boost their confidence in their quest to better themselves and their job prospects. We worked with some very special and unique individuals and would like to say thank you for letting us be part of your future and hope we have inspired you to make positive changes to help shape a brighter future for you all.

Chris has been volunteering for a Youth Club in Dagenham for 11 to 17 year olds by running the arts and craft table on a weekly basis, we would love to hear about other community projects we could get involved in, so my not get in touch and see if we can help and mention your project in our next news letter.

We have also been working on our products and are happy to announce the launch of our new Bronze, Silver and Gold Packages starting from just £1000.00 for a full day’s training including leave behind © produts. Have a look around the new look website and find our more about our new Training & Coaching Products @ http://www.positivechangeconsultancy.com/trainingproducts.html