In addition to leading guided walks for tourists who want to see London’s highlights and for Londoners who are keen to learn more about their heritage, we also offer short courses in guiding skills for people involved in the tourist and heritage sectors. We are particularly keen to support the improvement of guiding in historic houses and other heritage sites, and are able to offer full-day and half-day guiding skills courses. We can offer training on an expenses-only basis in the case of volunteers.

We are both members of the committee of the City of Westminster Guide-Lecturers Association. In this capacity we run a continuing professional development programme for Westminster Guides. This involves organising activities to help qualified guides develop their knowledge of the history of London and their guiding skills. As well as being fully qualified City of London Guides and City of Westminster Guides, we also have extensive professional experience of designing and delivering training programmes.

Barbara has many years’ experience of managing and delivering training, and of assessing skills, both in the NHS and in further education. She currently works as Head of Learning and Development in a large London teaching hospital delivering personal and professional development programmes for staff. In addition to her extensive experience in delivering training, Barbara holds qualifications in Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice, in assessing and verifying vocational qualifications and is a qualified performance coach.

Caroline was a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she taught an undergraduate course in Mathematical Logic for three years. She then moved into the corporate sector, and gained considerable experience of managing training programmes as the Head of Learning and Development for a major financial services organisation. Caroline has since returned to the higher education sector, and is now responsible for managing a training and development programme in research skills for PhD students and academics at the University of East London.

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