If you are Local Authority or social housing team or maybe a letting agency – there may be times when you will want to provide training for your staff.

This can be done in house, or by arranging for members of your staff to attend various online conferences and training events and courses (such as those provided by us).

However you may prefer to have training delivered by a suitable expert to your staff together – either online via a service such as Zoom, or by having the trainer attend at your premises.

If so – we may be able to help.  Most of our training is provided by Ben Reeve Lewis (see below).  However, if Ben’s courses are not what you want or if he is not available, we also have a number of specialist solicitors and barristers who we work with for our own training events, who would be only too happy to provide in house training for your organisation. 

If this is the case, we suggest you get in touch, initially via our online messenger service (you should see the green button to the bottom left of the screen).  If you are not familiar with this type of service, we have online guidance here (please wait for the pop-up messages).

When getting in touch please let us know:

• The name of your organisation
• Your name and contact details
• The type of training you require – please be as specific as possible, and
• Any relevant time frame you are working to

We can then consider which of our trainers would be most suitable for your training.

In House Training Courses

Our courses are normally tailored to your requirements, but here is a list of training we have provided (primarily to Local Authorities and Social Housing landlords) in the past:

• Frontline Housing Advice
• Harassment & Illegal Eviction
• An introduction to homelessness
• Homelessness investigations
• Homelessness Prevention
• Possession Proceedings for housing officers
• Writing a watertight section 184 letter

This training is largely done by Ben Reeve Lewis – a former TRO and housing enforcement officer and trainer with over 30 years of experience.  

However if you require training in another area of law – please ask!