Specialist training and consultancy for professionals
Catch22’s Specialist Training and Consultancy for Professionals brings together Catch22’s specialist training, consultancy, and evidence‑based interventions into one accessible, high‑impact offer for organisations working across justice, education, safeguarding, community safety and social care.
Our Hub enables commissioners and professionals to easily access:
- Evidence‑based training programmes
- Bespoke training & consultancy
- Short‑term interventions (community & custodial)
- CPD‑accredited learning
- Robust quality assurance
Every programme is designed and delivered by experienced practitioners, rooted in academic research, lived experience and frontline expertise.
What we offer
These external training offers provide evidence‑based, interactive and scenario‑based learning, delivered either in person or live online, with post‑session evaluation, CPD certificates where applicable, and content tailored to commissioner needs. Core courses include :
- Gang Awareness – Know the Signs, a CPD‑accredited introduction to gangs, exploitation and contextual harm (88% Very Good/Excellent; 4.6/5 satisfaction in 2025),
- Understanding Violence in Young People, a CPD accredited course, which explores violence through trauma, inequality and social context (91.8% Very Good/Excellent; 4.5/5)
- Weapons, Victimisation & Drill Music, offering a balanced, evidence‑aligned examination of weapon carrying, victimisation and drill culture (96% Very Good/Excellent; 4.21/5).
Training is suitable for groups of 10–40, with accessibility adjustments available, and is priced at £2,500 for a full day, £1,500 for a half day (where applicable), £2,000 for a virtual full day, or £420 per hour for bitesize sessions, with additional costs assessed case by case.
Our bespoke training and consultancy offer uses a clear co‑production methodology to design programmes that respond directly to local need and workforce priorities. These include:
- Co‑production – Identify local need, workforce requirements and desired outcomes
- Co‑design – Shape structure, content and delivery approach
- Co‑creation – Develop materials with practitioners and lived experience contributors
- Review – Quality assurance and refinement
Standard lead times are typically 4–6 weeks, extending to 6–12 weeks for more complex or highly tailored work. Pricing includes bitesize sessions at £420 per hour, bespoke programme development from £2,500, with additional costs such as venue hire, travel or materials agreed on a case‑by‑case basis.
All interventions are delivered by qualified practitioners using a trauma‑informed approach and include participant packs, pre‑ and post‑evaluation, and a clear impact report provided within two weeks. Sessions can be delivered in person or virtually to groups of 4–20 and are informed by Catch22’s national Interventions Hub, drawing on a suite of over 50 evidence‑based interventions.
Programmes include R.O.A.D., which strengthens pro‑social identity, emotional awareness and relationships; REASON, focused on emotional regulation, communication, problem‑solving and reflective thinking; and Parenting Uncovered, which builds parenting confidence, attachment awareness and emotional regulation.
Short‑term delivery over one week (4–5 sessions) costs £3,500 in person or £2,500 online, with additional expenses applied where relevant, while day‑rate options are available at £1,000 per in‑person session or £650 per virtual session for shorter or supplementary support.
More information
How do you evaluate the effectiveness of your training and interventions?
We use robust pre‑ and post‑evaluation methods to measure learning, confidence and outcomes, supported by learning improvement and satisfaction scoring through:
- Pre/post evaluation
- Learning improvement scoring
- Satisfaction scoring
- Qualitative feedback
- Continuous improvement
- Annual content review
- CPD compliance (where applicable)
Impact reports provided within 2 weeks.
Why is Catch22 delivering this?
Catch22 is a national social business with over 200 years of history delivering services that build resilience, aspiration and safe communities across the UK.
We have extensive experience working with tens of thousands of individuals each year across:
- Prisons and probation
- Youth justice
- Violence reduction
- Victim services
- Education and employability
- Community safety
Our training and interventions are strengthened by:
- National Reach; Delivering across 100+ settings, including prisons, YOIs, CRCs, VRUs, local authorities and schools.
- Evidence‑Based Practice; All content is grounded in academic research, lived experience, and over 50 validated programmes from our Interventions Hub.
- Frontline Credibility; Designed and delivered by practitioners with operational and frontline backgrounds in violence reduction, exploitation, organised crime groups/urban street gangs, intervention delivery, risk management, safeguarding, health and safety and behaviour change.
- Trusted by Commissioners; We work with the Home Office, MoJ, HMPPS, PCCs, VRUs, local authorities, Youth Justice Services and multi‑agency partnerships.
Is this training accredited?
Our Gang Awareness and Understanding Violence training is CPD accredited, ensuring recognised professional learning pathways and high‑quality delivery standards.
Other sessions are not yet accredited, and bespoke training will usually not be accredited due to the nature of the bespoke request.
Our combination of scale, evidence and practitioner experience ensures our training is practical, credible and immediately usable for frontline teams.
What is your approach?
Our model blends:
- Academic research and best practice
- Practitioner expertise
- Lived experience
- Trauma‑informed and contextual safeguarding frameworks
- Continuous evaluation and quality assurance
- National oversight from the Catch22 Interventions Hub
This ensures consistency, rigour and high‑quality delivery across all offers.
How do I book?
- Complete booking form: Training and Short Term Interventions Request Form
- Provide preferred dates, group size and delivery method
- Receive confirmation within 5 working days
- Contracting finalised
- Tailoring or development of training or short term intervention using co‑production methodology
- Delivery & evaluation follow-up
Rescheduling & Cancellation
| Notice Period | Charge |
| 14+ days | No charge |
| 8–14 days | 50% |
| 0–7 days | 100% |
Rescheduling requires 14+ days’ notice.
For more information contact TrainingandConsultancy@catch-22.org.uk
Where can I find your T's and C's on training
We have full Terms and Conditions for our specialist training offer as well as our Training Accessibility Statement.
If you have any further queries please reach out to the team using the contact form
Contact us
To book onto one of the courses please complete this short form.
For more information or to raise a query please complete the below form and a member of the team will be in touch.
Email Address
TrainingandConsultancy@catch-22.org.uk