Question 1

How long do your training sessions run for?

Accepted Answer

Our seminars run for three and a half hours (with breaks).  Our full day training courses run over seven hours per day, with regular breaks (including time for lunch) throughout the day.

Question 2

How many people do you have in the training sessions?

Accepted Answer

All of our training is designed to be interactive and participatory and as such, we set minimum numbers for participants to ensure that group work is effective and powerful.  All courses have a maximum numbers (30 for our Seminars and Developing Practice courses, and 16 for our three-day Enhanced Skills course).

Feel free to email training@abianda.com if you have specific requirements.

Question 3

Is your training in person or online?

Accepted Answer

Our Seminars (half-day sessions) can be delivered online (using Zoom) or in person. Our Developing Practice (one and two day courses) and the three-day Enhanced Skills course are only available for in person delivery.

However, if you have specific requirements, please contact us on training@abianda.com  to discuss your needs.

Question 4

How much does your training cost?

Accepted Answer

Prices start from £1,250 for our half day seminars.

Please get in touch with us by emailing training@abianda.com to find out more and discuss your specific needs and budget.

Question 5

I have accessibility / learning needs. Are you able to support with this?

Accepted Answer

Our training is designed to be inclusive and accessible.  If you have specific needs, please do contact us on training@abianda.com and we would be happy to discuss how we can accommodate these.

Question 6

Is your training certified?

Accepted Answer

Yes, all our training is CPD-accredited. CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development and is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities.

Question 7

What do you mean by 'gangs'?

Accepted Answer

Please read our reflections on the term 'gangs' here.

Question 8

Do you offer training on how to get young women out of 'gangs'?

Accepted Answer

We deliver training that equips professionals with the knowledge and skills to better identity, and We don’t offer a quick-fix approach - because there isn’t one. But our training does give professionals the tools to better identify and work effectively with young women affected by criminal exploitation and violence.

Rather than trying to “get young women out” of gangs, we focus on building trust, reducing harm, and supporting young women to move towards their goals — what we call their Best Hopes. These could include anything from improving emotional wellbeing, returning to education, or rebuilding family relationships.

Our practice model, co-developed with young women, achieves a 70% engagement rate. It’s grounded in rights-based advocacy and a deep understanding of the inequalities and risks young women face.

Our aim is to help professionals support young women to build safety, stability, and agency — so they can make choices that are right for them.

Question 9

I want to hear directly from a young woman who has been involved in criminal exploitation - will that happen at your training?

Accepted Answer

Young women inform all our work – from determining their own objectives from our work together, to informing our training modules, and giving feedback on our policies.
Our training is informed by our direct experience supporting young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence It has been reviewed by young women and has their feedback integrated.

Young women often join our training – sometimes as observers, sometimes as participants. They may choose to share their own feedback on their work with Abianda directly with training attendees.

They do not, however, routinely offer testimony on their experience of exploitation, violence and trauma. This ensures that young women are not impacted negatively by participation in our training programmes, including ensuring that we do not perpetuate power imbalances where young women feel obliged to recite testimony to receive affirmation from professionals.

Question 10

Do you offer training on young men and criminal exploitation?

Accepted Answer

Our expertise is in working with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence. We believe they are often an overlooked group, and that their experiences deserve greater attention and better support.

We recognise, of course, that young men are negatively impacted by child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, youth violence, 'gang' exploitation, and many other issues which impact on the young women we work with.

Our training will support professionals working with young people of all genders affected by youth violence, because we offer insight into an often-overlooked element of youth violence. Moreover, our tools and techniques are applicable to work with any vulnerable children, adolescents and young adults.

However, we do not provide training specifically on the ways young boys and men are affected by 'gangs' and county line activity – there are plenty of excellent organisations that already deliver that work.

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