Sustainable Rural Development - Environmental Consultants

Our Services - Learning

Interactive and participatory, formal and informal

We deliver a wide range of training at all levels from field worker to senior management. This can be through a variety of formats including formal lecturing, practical workshops, facilitation of group learning and information exchange, as well as more interactive methods such as forum theatre and participatory techniques.

Our main areas of training are in:

Community development techniques
Rural development process management
Developing strategic programmes from local community level upwards
Sustainable environmental management
Participatory approaches and techniques
Academic lecturing (e.g. Community Forestry course at Oxford University {OFI})

Ground-breaking
Since establishing, we have provided support to a number of national and international programmes. In particular this has drawn on our practical experience in:

Training needs analysis and training delivery
Establishing community focused programmes
Our scientific background applied in a community context
Our knowledge of small business development
Our environmental knowledge
Participatory approaches in natural resource management
Course appraisal and development, and training material production

Through our work we have developed knowledge in unusual areas such as peer to peer training, feasibility studies of intermediate labour market consultancy projects and consortium trading for rural product.

Click here to read a case study.

Tel: 01938 555759 Fax: 0870 133 7852 Email: admin@rural-resources.co.uk
Web: www.rural-resources.co.uk
1 New Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7SF