Its taken us years to develop our courses and the resources we use. One of the things I’ve been working towards for some time is to be able to ‘package up’ our training so that other people/organisations can deliver it.

Our own capacity to deliver training is limited by how many Trainers we have and when they’re available. Another limiting factor is that generally unless groups have obtained specific funding they may not be able to afford to buy us in to deliver training - we try to keep our fees reasonable but the costs of Trainers traveling + the related costs of accommodation and subsistence all put up the fees. Add to this that if you don’t have your own venue you need to pay this and your own travel on top and the costs all mount up.

Now obviously the best option is still to raise funds and get our Trainers in if you can - they’re very experienced and its always beneficial to have a third party come in to help you along your way - but if you’re not able to do that we can now offer you an alternative - you can run your own YoMo course with the ‘YoMo Course in a Box’!

The Course in a Box includes all Continue Reading »

At our meeting this weekend one of the things we looked at was our working practices as an organisation - including how we’re structured and how our members (including young people) can participate in our ‘governance’.

YoMo has a Board of Directors and a committee. The Committee has become a charity (The YoMo Foundation). The Charity and the Company Continue Reading »