Winward Training & Compliance

🚨 ARE YOU THE PERSON YOUR TEAM TURNS TO FOR MOVING & HANDLING ADVICE?

It’s time to turn your experience into expertise and take your skills to the next level! 💙

Our Safer People Handling & Risk Assessment – Train the Trainer course is designed for professionals who want to build their knowledge, develop their training skills and make a real difference to safety across health and social care.

Delivered by a specialist with 30 years of hands-on experience, you’ll gain practical, evidence-based knowledge to take back into your workplace.

📚 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
✅ Safer, person-centred moving and handling techniques
✅ Effective use of moving and handling equipment
✅ Risk assessment and essential documentation
✅ How to assess staff competency
✅ Ways to promote safer working practices and protect both staff and the people they support

💙Completing this course enables you to deliver Level 2 Moving and Handling accredited courses

💡 Work smarter, not harder — and help your team do the same!

📅 2027 COURSE DATES
🗓️ 23rd, 24th & 25th March
🗓️ 29th & 30th April

📍 St Annes, FY8
💷 £595 (no VAT)

🎯 Ready to invest in your professional development and bring valuable skills back to your team?

📞 0330 016 8778
📧 [email protected]

📩 Get in touch today to find out more and secure your place!

🌎WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY | 10TH OCTOBER 🫂

Behind every care professional is a person who deserves to feel supported, valued and heard.

Working in health and social care can be incredibly rewarding, but it can also bring emotional challenges, stress and pressure.

This World Mental Health Day, we're shining a light on the importance of mental health awareness, particularly within the care sector.

At Winward Training & Compliance, we believe that supporting our workforce is just as important as supporting those receiving care.

🧠 Why does mental health awareness matter in care?

Understanding mental health helps care professionals to:

- Recognise signs of stress, anxiety and emotional fatigue in themselves and others.
- Understand the importance of safeguarding, wellbeing and professional boundaries.
- Communicate with empathy and provide compassionate, person-centred support.
- Know when and how to seek help, access support and signpost others to appropriate services.

Training isn't just about compliance. It's about building confident, compassionate professionals who feel equipped to care for others while looking after themselves.

Let's break the stigma, encourage open conversations and create workplaces where mental wellbeing matters every day, not just on 10th October.

Because caring for people starts with caring for people. 💙

💙 EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING. CONFIDENT STAFF. SAFER CARE. 💙

At Winward Training & Compliance, we believe great training should do more than tick a box - it will give care professionals the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to put learning into practice.

Our training is evidence-based, engaging and always person-centred, helping staff develop safer and more effective ways of working.

From practical skills to essential care knowledge, our training is designed to support both individual staff development and the wider needs of your organisation.

And don’t just take our word for it… 👀
“Better, wiser and safer ways of working to share with colleagues.”

If you’re looking for training that makes a genuine difference to your team and the people they support, get in touch with Winward Training & Compliance.

📞 0330 016 8778
📧 [email protected]

Various training packages available upon request.

🏢NATIONAL WORK LIFE WEEK | 5TH–11TH OCTOBER

A healthy work-life balance is essential for the wellbeing of our workforce, particularly within health and social care.

Care professionals dedicate so much of themselves to supporting others, but who supports them?

At Winward Training & Compliance, we recognise the importance of creating a workplace culture where staff feel valued, supported and equipped to deliver safe, high-quality care.

This week, we're highlighting the importance of:

✔️ Staff wellbeing: Recognising stress, preventing burnout and supporting good mental health.
✔️ Workplace safety: Ensuring staff have the right training, knowledge and support to work safely.
✔️ Positive workplace culture: Promoting open communication, teamwork and a supportive environment.
✔️ Quality care: Supporting staff wellbeing to help maintain safe, compassionate and person-centred care.

When care staff feel supported, they are better placed to support the people who rely on them.

Let's make staff wellbeing a priority, not just this week, but all year round. 💙

💙 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS | 1ST OCTOBER 💙

Today is a reminder of the importance of delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care that protects the dignity, rights and independence of older people.

At Winward Training & Compliance, we understand that quality care starts with knowledgeable, confident and competent staff.

Through effective training and ongoing compliance, care professionals can develop the skills needed to:

✔️ Promote dignity, choice and independence.
✔️ Recognise safeguarding concerns and understand their responsibilities.
✔️ Deliver safer, person-centred care that respects individual needs.
✔️ Support health, wellbeing and quality of life.

Good care is more than meeting standards. It's about making a meaningful difference to people's lives, every single day.

Let's continue to invest in our care workforce and build a future where every individual receives the safe, respectful and high-quality care they deserve.

📢 We were delighted to attend the Lancashire Care Association (LCA) Conference, where our Director, Stuart Winward, delivered an insightful presentation: "From Non-Compliance to Compliance." ☑️

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in Health and Social Care, including over 24 years as an Advanced Moving and Handling Specialist, Stuart shared practical strategies to help care providers strengthen compliance, improve outcomes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. 💙

A huge thank you to Lancashire Care Association (LCA) for hosting another fantastic event and providing a valuable platform for learning, networking, and sharing best practice across the care sector.

What a great week it's been in lovely south Wales, completing the 3 day MH 'competent person certificate' with a great bunch who will be true person centred advocates.

Grab your chance to secure your annual trainers CPD for 2026
Very limited spaces

A great week of training with a company that truly values ongoing development.

You’re now equipped to support your service with a safer, skills mix and complete your team’s ongoing moving & handling competencies. You can make clearer decisions and deliver consistent, person‑centred support.

Your residents are in safer hands. You now have the knowledge to assess ongoing M
moving & handling needs using an enabling, evidence‑based approach that strengthens practice and protects both staff and residents.
Well done

Are you seeking an advanced Moving & Handling (MH)Trainers Update that examines the essence of person-centred handling, reviews how evidence-based decision making informs and supports your choices, and strengthens both your risk assessment abilities and your moving and handling practice?
This course will be facilitated by a nationally recognised advanced MH specialist with more than 24 years of professional knowledge and expertise
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