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PURPOSEOur purpose is to provide a range of quality training programmes that inspire and stimulate participants to gain and stay in employment, or other training or education programmes, so that they can begin to fulfil their true potential. All of our programmes are designed to foster participants' self-belief and lead them towards recognition of their potential, both in the spheres of employment and education, as well as more generally. The company is dedicated to offering effective training for the unemployed, demoralised, disadvantaged and/or socially-excluded, i.e., wherever there is a need for programmes which will help people get into, or stay in, employment or training. BACKGROUNDJohn McNamara, who has over 20 years' experience of public sector working in the further education and training for employment fields, established John McNamara Associates in 1999. He realised that the vital component most training-for-employment programmes failed to address adequately was the clients' beliefs – both about themselves and their future prospects. By creating a set of training programmes that address this need, John McNamara Associates Ltd delivers courses which provide participants with a firm basis of self-discovery and self-awareness, which encourages their participation in life generally and gives them a genuine enthusiasm for their own future progress. OUR CLIENTSOur clients include national and local organisations such as Springboard UK, Learning + Skills Councils, SRBs, JobCentrePlus, Mental Health Trusts, and the YMCA, and the feedback they have given about our work is consistently good. For example: "Excellent! Getting the clients fired up is an integral and essential part of our programme, and this is exactly what John McNamara Associates does very effectively… the work of John McNamara Associates is a major contribution to the success of our project.” Dave Bilton |
