"Very good value for money. The GFM and the AGFM are two of the most useful training courses I've ever been on" - Penny Walker, Independent Consultant, London.

See below for details of fees,discounted IAF membership, discounts, scholarships, and grants, and for our transfers and cancellations policy for public courses.

For details of partnership courses and to book, please contact our partners.

Fee bands

Fee band A

Full rate, for private & public sector organisations

- 2 days £425; 1 day £225; (except GFMR £125)

Fee band B

Discounted, for large voluntary organisations
(turnover >£100k pa) & independent professionals

- 2 days £295; 1 day £165; (except GFMR £95)

Fee band C

Extra-discounted, for small voluntary organisations
(turnover <£100k pa), students & unwaged

- 2 days £195; 1 day £105; (except GFMR £65)

What your fee includes

Your fee for all courses except GFMR includes two experienced trainers, a comprehensive facilitator's manual and one hour's free telephone coaching after the course. Your fee for GFMR includes one experienced trainer.

Also included in the fee for all courses are refreshments and light lunches during the course, but not accommodation.

new! 60% IAF membership discount

By special arrangement with the International Association of Facilitators, we are pleased to offer a special one-year student rate IAF membership to ToP course participants at just £25 (normally $125pa).

To take advantage of this offer, check the box when booking your course online – your membership will be forwarded to IAF on completion of your course.

Discounts

• early-bird discount: a discount of 10% is available for bookings paid in full two months before the course.
• multiple bookings discount: a discount of 10% is available when three or more places are booked at once, rising to 15% for six or more places.

When claiming both discounts, add the percentages together. For example, claim a discount of 25% off the total fee for 6 places booked at once and paid in full at least two months in before the course.

Scholarships

A limited number of scholarships of up to £100 are available on each course for small voluntary sector organisations & individuals who are otherwise unable to attend.

Download ToP scholarship guidelines and application form

Single Community programme grants

Since April 2005, the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit’s three community participation programmes (Community Chests, Community Learning Chests and Community Empowerment Fund) have been merged into the Single Community Programme.

The three funding streams were merged to help clarify the meaning of Community Participation within Neighbourhood Renewal and refocus the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit's community participation programmes so that they better meet the needs of local communities.

One of the objectives of the new programme is "to support community learning through small grants and the development of learning strategies". For more information on grants for participation training contact your local Responsible Body.

SkillWorks training grants for SMEs in Greater Merseyside

Small and medium sized enterprises in Greater Merseyside may benefit from grants of up to 60% of total costs for staff to attend ICA:UK ToP courses from SkillWorks, administered by Blue Orchid – with queries call 0151 284 7728.

Transfers and cancellations

Course cancellation – with 10 days’ notice

Please note, we reserve the right to cancel any course with no less than 10 working days’ notice, without liability for any consequential or indirect loss. In this case, we will let you know in writing (by letter or by email) and offer to cancel or transfer your booking with no charge.

Booking cancellation – with over 15 days’ notice

If you let us know in writing more than 15 working days before your course (by letter or by email), then we can cancel your booking or transfer it to an alternative course. In this case we will invoice you for an administration charge of 10% of the course fee, or we will deduct this from your refund.

Booking cancellation – with 15 days’ notice or less

Unless you let us know in writing more than 15 working days before your course, we regret that we cannot cancel your booking or transfer it to an alternative course. In this case the full fee for the course will remain payable and no refund will be made.

Also if for any reason you fail to attend a course that you have booked, the full fee for the course will remain payable and no refund will be made.

We are, however, happy to transfer your booking to an alternative participant to attend the course that you have booked in your place. Please let us know as early as you can if you will be unable to attend, and if another delegate will attend instead.

Full payment must be received more than 5 working days before a course to guarantee your place.

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