Boys Development Project
320 Commercial Way, Peckham, London SE15 1QN
0207 732 9409

What We Can Offer

Current Projects

Some limited delivery of programmes is available, but projects such as About Boys Course (ABC) 5-11 are now available for those interested in being trained and accredited to run them in their local areas. Email your interest.

Training

We are available to deliver training in a range of areas such as boys' underachievement; boys and transitions; sexual health and SRE and targeting and engaging young fathers, but we are currently focussing on work with boys 0-5. Please see below for brief examples and basic costs. Please contact Trefor Lloyd if you are interested in worker training.

Consultancy and evaluation

We are available for consultancy and evaluation, especially focusing on work with boys and young men and looking at effectiveness and impact.

Contact Details

If you want to discuss work with the Boys’ Development Project please email or phone 0207 732 9409.

Our Consultants

Trefor Lloyd tlloyd@boysdevelopmentproject.org.uk
Neil Davidson neildavid55@gmail.com
Simon Forrest simon.forrest@durham.ac.uk

Boys Development Project
320 Commercial Way,
Peckham,
London SE15 1QN
0207 732 9409

Training and Consultancy available from the Boys Development Project

While most of our time is taken up planning and delivering programmes targeting boys and their families we are able to deliver training to staff. At the moment we have the accredited training for those wanting to deliver the About Boys Course 0-5 and 5-11 (click here for details) and we also have training for professionals working with boys in the early years.

There are a number of concerns about boys in the early years, they include:

Differences between girls and boys in CLLD;
Discipline and boundary problems for some boys;
Boys low levels of interest and motivation to engage with the curriculum and formal work generally;
Conditions such as ADHD being diagnosed earlier (commonly held view that diagnosis and medication should be 7 and over);
Of those parents seeking help with their children, an estimated four out of five seek help about their sons.

We are now able to offer workshops, training programmes and general talks on boy’s development and achievement. All of these are designed on a strong evidence-base and extensive experience of the trainer.

Here are some examples:

Half day workshop [3 hours]

Title: Boys Development and Implications for Early Years
Targeted at: Early Years Practitioners
Participants will leave with:
1. An increased understanding of boy’s development and gender differences;
2. Increased knowledge of how to engage boys.

Full day workshop [6 hours]

Title: Boys Development and Achievement in Early Years
Targeted at: Early Years Practitioners
Participants will leave with:
1. An increased understanding of boy’s development and gender differences;
2. An increased confidence in engaging and getting the best from boys;
3. A number of techniques that work effectively with boys.

Two full day’s training [12 hours]

Basic cost of a trainer is £700 per day, but will vary in terms of numbers of participants; how far away from London; travel and any accommodation and numbers of workshops.
All events include PowerPoint note sheets and other handouts for participants to take away.

Courses above are examples of what is available, if you would like to discuss any of these please contact Trefor Lloyd on 0207 732 9409 or 07788781759 and email tlloyd@boysdevelopmentproject.org.uk

Links

Brook, the young people's sexual health charity aims to enable all young people to enjoy their sexuality without harm through providing clinical and support services, education and training as well as advocacy and campaigning.
www.brook.org.uk

The Centre for Young Men’s Studies aims to promote the voice, needs and interests of young men in Northern Ireland through action research, training and the dissemination of learning.
www.incore.ulster.ac.uk/cyms

The Fatherhood Institute is the UK’s leading provider of training, consultancy and publications on father-inclusive practice. www.fatherhoodinstitute.org

Fathers Plus promotes change by providing training, resources, networks, and advice on a national basis to organisations and agencies who wish to engage with fathers and male carers.
www.fathersplus.org

Mens' Health Forum - The centre of excellence for men's health policy and practice.
www.menshealthforum.org.uk

The Young People in Focus Supporting Young Fathers Network microsite and message board pulls together information about work with young fathers from across England and beyond.
www.youngfathers.net/

The Work With Young Men Unit at YouthAction Northern Ireland supports developmental work with young men aged 13-25 years in local communities using gender conscious approaches.
www.youthaction.org

Respect is the national association for professionals working with people to end their abusive behaviour. Respect is a membership organisation. Their vision is to end violence and abuse in intimate partner and close family relationships. Respect’s key focus is on promoting, supporting, delivering and developing effective interventions with perpetrators.
www.respect.uk.net

BDP is supporting the Jenin Creative Cultural Centre which aims to use art to foster peace and justice in the Palestinian occupied territories, although it is much more than that and has initiated a broad range of projects. See the project description, which can be downloaded here, and these two websites:
http://jenincreativeculturalcenter.wordpress.com/about/ and http://orgs.tigweb.org/jenin-creative-cultural-centre-

A great venue
For many of us, finding value for money venues is a challenge. Conference and meeting space prices have gone up significantly in the last few years. We have delivered training in Manchester and have been using a new venue, a stones throw from Piccadilly Station. If you are looking for a great training venue, they are worth a look.
Church Action On Poverty, 3rd Floor, Dale House, 35 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 2HF.
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/micahroom