Staff Training, Learning & Development

SMG Learning is an accredited training provider, offering bespoke courses that give your workforce the skills to inspire positive behaviour change.
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Making Every Contact Count (MECC)

Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is a practical tool designed to turn everyday conversations into meaningful discussions about health and wellbeing. Widely accepted across the UK, MECC aims to improve population health by empowering staff and volunteers with the skills to guide individuals towards healthier choices by using brief interventions, sharing key health messages, and signposting individuals to appropriate support services.

How can we help you?

If your organisation is interested in helping people in the communities you work with to change their behaviours, then our training is for you.

Conversational Skills Training

Learn how to have impactful conversations with the communities you work with, providing advice and brief interventions on health and wellbeing

Behaviour Change & Social Marketing Training

Using marketing tactics to create social value through delivering successful behaviour change and social marketing projects

Why choose us?

We are experienced

Our team of dedicated trainers draw from a wealth of experience, having run a range of courses for thousands of participants. We've trained staff from Local Authorities, Health Boards, Registered Charities, Health & Social Care Partnerships and NHS organisations, amongst many others.

We are flexible

SMG Learning doesn't sell 'off the shelf' products. We work with you to design and deliver training tailored to your requirements, organisation, size, and budget. We can also help with training communications, recruitment, booking administration, venue management and evaluation.

We follow best practice & guidance

We continually update our course content based on current guidance and relevant best practice. Doing this ensures that our training supports broad policy strategic commitments, as well as your organisation’s individual requirements.

Our emphasis is on quality

SMG’s rounded package of training includes evaluation through pre and post course questionnaires, ensuring that we achieve the aims of the training. We also offer further evaluation of the wider impact that our courses can have on your staff and clients.

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