Life skills

Life Skills is the training that Relate Federation can provide to groups, individuals and organisations. This may be Relationship Preparation courses for people who are contemplating a lasting commitment, working with groups of volunteers or employees in the caring services, or running workshops in organisations to help them become better places to work. We can also provide individual counselling on a contract basis either inside a company’s premises or at our own offices.

Training courses are individually tailored, and delivered by Relate counsellors who are professional trainers. Training can be arranged at times and in locations that suit you and at reasonable cost. Relate Lifeskills courses are offered at various Relate Centres around the country at different times. To find out more please go to www.relate.org.uk.

Some of the topics that could be covered are:

• Stress
• Team Building
• Communication
• Assertiveness
• Dealing with emotional clients
• Basic counselling skills
• Handling conflict

Relate has experience of working in large and small organisations, with charities, hospitals, schools and prisons, in the public and private sectors and with all age groups.