About SMG Learning
How can we help you?
At SMG Learning, we specialise in workforce training designed to enhance your team's capabilities and positively impact the communities you serve.
With decades of experience as behaviour change practitioners, our training equips staff with practical skills essential for effective behaviour change interventions.
Our bespoke training programmes are tailored to meet the specific needs of local authority, third sector, and healthcare organisations. We cater to all levels of seniority and knowledge, ensuring each course builds the skills, confidence, and capacity needed to effect successful behaviour change.
We begin by assessing each client’s unique requirements, crafting customised training solutions that can include recruitment support, course evaluations, promotional assistance, licensed training materials, booking websites, and e-learning modules.
Our popular training courses include Motivational Interviewing, Planning and Delivering Behaviour Change Interventions, and our Royal Society of Public Health accredited Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training.
Why choose us?
Our Experience
Our team brings decades of training experience across various sectors. We've trained staff from local councils, government agencies, primary care, social care, the third sector, and beyond. This expertise has seen us deliver effective training to thousands of participants, enhancing their professional skillset.
Our Flexibility
At SMG Learning, we tailor all staff training to meet your specific organisational needs. We avoid generic ‘off the shelf’ solutions by customising our training and resources to align with your unique requirements and strategic goals, ensuring our offerings are both relevant and impactful for your organisation.
Our Focus On Best Practice
Our training adheres to the highest standards and guidance from prominent public bodies, such as the UK and devolved governments, Public Health, and the National Centre for Social Marketing. We support broad strategic objectives, including national health improvement targets and the NHS’s workforce development goals, aligning our training with key policy initiatives.
Our Accreditation
We provide accredited training programmes and assist organisations in obtaining relevant certifications. For example, our MECC skills training is accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health. We offer expert support throughout the accreditation process, ensuring your organisation meets all necessary standards and certification requirements.
Our Programme Delivery
Our training solutions are supported by a comprehensive package, including communications and recruitment support, booking administration, venue management, and detailed evaluations. We ensure that new skills and competencies are effectively integrated into daily practice, maximising the impact of our behaviour change training on your organisation.
Our Emphasis On Quality
We are dedicated to maintaining high-quality training and conduct evaluations through pre and post-course questionnaires. This method allows us to assess the effectiveness of our programmes and provide clients with detailed feedback. Additionally, we offer follow-up evaluations, ensuring ongoing success and continuous progress towards behaviour change outcomes.
Our Trainers
Our training team brings a rich wealth of experience of cross sector training, with participants coming from local councils, government agencies, primary care, acute hospital care and third sector bodies.
Andy is one of the UK’s most experienced behaviour change practitioners. He has used his extensive practical knowledge to design and deliver courses on social marketing, evaluation, Making Every Contact Count and motivational interviewing. Andy has trained thousands of participants staff across the UK and internationally. A skilled facilitator, Andy has conducted hundreds of focus groups and interviews and is a published writer. He’s also an expert researcher and former university lecturer, with a strong track record in public health and community development.
Mike is a confident and experienced trainer with over 12 years’ experience delivering courses in the field of behaviour change. Mike has trained thousands of people, and has hands-on behaviuor change experience in stakeholder management, research, testing, facilitation and project management.
Robyn is an experienced trainer and coach who skillfully combines theory and practical application to facilitate positive behaviour change.
Her engaging and interactive training sessions provide participants with a thorough understanding of the topic at hand, along with the tools required to support and empower the communities that they work with.
Ally oversees and manages client contacts, whilst providing excellent business and administrative support across all of our projects.
Her meticulous organisation and understanding of all aspects of our work is highly valued by clients and helps ensure the smooth running of all projects.
Amy has over 10 years of administrative experience and provides the team with support across training scheduling, event management, fieldwork recruitment and diary organisation.