Our Courses

Humberside, Southwark, Leeds, Watford, Chelmsford, Essex, Nottingham, Isle of Wight, Haringey, Hillingdon, Bromley, Croydon, Hammersmith, Kensington, Lambeth, Merton, Newham, Waltham Forest, Westminster, City of London, Bedford, Bournemouth, Bucks, Cambridge, Derby, Gloucester, Hereford, Leicester, Lincoln, Luton, Middlesex, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Warwick, Antrim, Scotland.

Full-Day Courses

We have four types of full-day training courses; Choice and Control in Hoarding Behaviour, Motivational Interviewing for Hoarding Behaviour, Cognitive Behavioural Treatment, Support and Systemic Models, Recovery College Model and Support Group Development Programme.

Half-Day Courses

We offer four types of half-day training courses designed to help you understand hoarding disorder and includes our practical positive engagement techniques.

We also offer discounts if you would like two half-day training sessions in one day (AM/PM).

Individual Courses

Our programmes are designed to be an educational, interactive and empowering in a way that works to positively impact participants’ active client work and improve outcomes for people who hoard as well as the professionals and others who engage with them.

Group
Courses

We have a Recovery College Model that is useful for people affected by hoarding behaviours as well as professionals.
We also run a Support Group Development Programme which takes place once a month for six months. This course includes all the aspects of two-day training.

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Aim

All of our training is designed to be an educational, interactive and empowering working to positively impact participant’s active client work and improve outcomes for people who hoard as well as the professionals and others who engage with them.

Target Audience

Our courses are largely designed for professionals who work with people who hoard. Practitioners are encouraged bring their current hoarding related work to sessions which ensures the day is integrated into practice. Our Recovery College and Support Group development training engage people with hoarding behaviour.

Trainer Information

Megan Karnes

Chair & Director HoardingUK - Trainer

Director Mental Health Consultancy UK, Counsellor BA (Hons), Dip. Clinical Supervision and Consultancy, Prim. Cert CBT, National Advocacy Qualification, Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), Independent Capacity Advocate(IMCA), Registered MBACP

Lee Markwick

Retired Fire Officer & NHS Mental Health & Safety Officer - Trainer

Lee has a very pragmatic approach to challenging the perception, and managing the risk of hoarding and clutter. He has worked with many Partner Agencies on making people safer inside and outside their homes.

Julie Wilson

Housing Officer Training - Trainer HoardingUK

Julie Wilson (Housing Related Training) – Trainer HoardingUK. Julie led Hoarding Awareness Week on behalf of Pan London Hoarding Taskforce (PLHT). Julie has worked directly with people with hoarding behaviour, provided training for internal staff/contractors at Optivo (formerly Amicus Horizon) for several years, and led on creating Optivo’s hoarding procedure. Julie has presented at Housemark’s Tenancy Sustainability and Anti-social Behaviour Clubs as well as to Fire And Rescue Services.

testimonials

What They Say

“Very inspiring training. Wonderful. Thank you very much, HoardingUK are doing fantastic work.”

“I really enjoyed the training and the openness; knowledge and passion brought the topic to life.”

“The trainer’s knowledge and sensitivity to the subject was much appreciated.”

“I now have a clearer more understandable insight into hoarding. I will definitely reflect on this training day for many years to come.”

“I feel I can take on the world.”

“I am excited to take what I have learnt to help develop our organisation’s protocol with hoarding.”

“I will certainly be using the HoardingUK website for more information”.

“Training was very informative and provided us with a lot of skills and knowledge. Expectations where exceeded”.

“Probably the most interesting training course I have ever attended. My knowledge of hoarding has gone from zero to 10 in one day, just fantastic."

“I found it inspiring and insightful and the passion from the trainer was tangible.”

“Excellent course needs to be spread wider in communities and organisations.”

The goal of HoardingUK is to empower organisations, not to be the hub of the wheel.
All our training and services are designed to impact practice, improve outcomes and allow organisations to take expertise in-house.

For further information about HoardingUK training, please contact us.