Testimonies
A very big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to leave comments about what we do.
Your feedback is always welcome and is so important to us – this is how we know whether we are getting things right or not! Please tell us about your experiences of working with us as well as anything you feel we can improve on!
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Just dropping a line to say thank you so much for the training yesterday. It was really insightful to know where we could improve and also where we were on the right track. It’s also always good when training provokes a debate and there’s no “right” answer to an issue raised. I’ll definitely be taking on what I’ve learnt and passing it on to my Volunteer Advocates.
RUILS
Disability Equality Training participant
I found yesterday’s session really informative and thought provoking. I’ve worked with people with disabilities for many years, but I took away a lot from the session that can help me improve in my work. Thanks
RUILS
Disability Equality Training participant
This training is very inspirational but not unrealistic – your attitudes and understanding is challenged but also developed greatly. You leave with lots of ideas which aren’t difficult to put in to practice. Thank you!
The Prostate Cancer Charity
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
A good introduction to understanding how to include disabled people as volunteers and diversify my volunteer team. This course was professional, well-presented and encouraging.
Museum of London
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training was interactive and thought-provoking. I wanted to update my knowledge of disability etiquette and terminology plus learn more about what I can do to make my volunteering programme more inclusive. I really enjoyed the day, group tasks were excellent and left me feeling very inspired.
Crohn’s and Colitis UK
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
I wanted to learn more about accessibility and inclusion for disabled people. I loved the practicality of the course and to have Becki delivering the course for me was inspiring
VSO
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
Becki’s training was recommended to me by a colleague and I would recommend it too. There’s lots of time to discuss and ask questions in a very open environment. Great, challenging and I thought the group tasks were brilliant, I hope to use some of the ideas myself.
British Museum
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
The day was very insightful, professional and inspiring. I gained good tools and techniques for engaging disabled people
Reach the People Charity
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
This was to refresh my previous training and as always the day was informative, enjoyable and supportive. I am looking forward to seeing all the resources on the website to help me with my work.
Active Volunteering for Disabled People
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training
Very informative, Interesting and worthwhile. Great value for money, well worth coming and I really enjoyed!
Gornal Parents and Children’s Centre
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
I have attended previous training by Becki which excellent so I wanted to attend this day. Great training, great experience, high quality and motivating, I’m looking forward to more training!
St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training participant
I am recruiting and managing volunteers of all backgrounds and abilities and often have questions about the way I can be more effective in my role and supportive to these volunteers. The training given by Becki was a positive way to learn, engage with other professionals and to discuss openly our thoughts on the subject we are focussing on. I liked the open forum, where we could speak with the confidence that whatever we say would not be looked upon as right or wrong but more about exploring ideas and values from another perspective. Becki did a great job at answering my questions and now I am going to act upon her advice.
KIDS West Midlands
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
Very informative training facilitated well by Becki. She was engaging, relaxed and knowledgeable
Scope
Trainer’s Training participant
I wanted to learn how I can diversify my volunteer base and Becki’s training provided a great opportunity to discuss your position (re volunteering for disabled people) in an environment that is non-judgemental. It was very informative and gave me a good base to start from.
London Canal Museum
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
Managing Disabled Volunteers was a fantastic day and everyone working with disabled people…or actually anyone…should do this training.
Framework Housing Association
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
I was inspired to attend the Managing Disabled Volunteers Training for my own personal development and a need for us to take this issue seriously. I found the day very beneficial with lots of aspects and ideas being discussed.
Diabetes UK
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
My experience of the Inspirations Consultancy was nothing other than positive, from initial discussions regarding the training brief to course content and delivery. I certainly hope to use this organisation in the future again.
The training we asked for was competitively priced; the content was comprehensive and completely met our requirements.
Feedback from delegates was positive and showed they had gained a valuable insight into disability as well as practical tools that they can use in their own organisations. As a result, organisations are better equipped to recruit and support disabled volunteers and thus the knowledge gained was certainly worth the investment of time.
Programmes Development Worker
Birmingham Centre for Voluntary Action
I have found Becki to be dedicated and focused in her work.
Two of the things I particularly appreciated were her ability to present information clearly, analysing not only what had been achieved but also the impact of what had been achieved, and secondly the creativity and fun that she brought to the development and delivery of training.
As a consultant and trainer Becki is credible, she not only brings her personal experiences of impairment to the training she delivers, she is able to share her wealth of knowledge and theoretical understanding – enabling course participants to reinforce their learning.
Becki is a team player, willing to be flexible in her work to enable the whole team / organisation to achieve its goals, and to be compassionate and supportive to those she is working with.
I valued her contribution and learned alot from her, and would more than happily work with her again should the opportunity arise
Consultant
The Red Foundation
I wanted to understand and be aware of what the word ‘disability’ really means. This training is really necessary and valuable to attend
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
Jewish Care
The value of having a trainer with experience first-hand of the issues we discussed was incredibly powerful and essential to such training. Becki gave us great support and encouragement throughout the day and I really liked being able to deliver some training, it was a great mix of information and practical experience.
Changemakers
Trainer Training Participant
Becki makes it very easy to learn
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
Jewish Care
Attending this course will aid me not only in my job but also make me understand these issues from other people’s perspectives as well as my own
DisAbility Awareness Training paricipant
Jewish Care
Professional and useful training where you are ‘supported to fish’ rather than given it on a plate. Brilliant, enjoyable and value for money.
Trainer’s Training participant
Thanks for all these brilliant resources and training. I will definitely be using them to involve more disabled volunteers and to raise awareness amongst staff and other volunteers. I’m now in the process of designing an OCN in Disability Awareness training for our organisation.
Volunteer Coordinator
St Paul’s Community Development Trust
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
Trainer’s Training was informative and valuable. When you attend this course being prepared to work, you get out what you put in.
Changemakers
Trainer Training Participant
The DisAbility Awareness Training was professional, fun and informative. The course gets you to think about your approach to working with disabled people and how to ask ‘those questions’ we can worry about asking
Equality Officer
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
I went on the course to gain knowledge and be more aware. Everyone should attend as it was very enlightening.
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
I attended training by The Inspirations Consultancy to gain knowledge and confidence in engaging disabled people as volunteers in the project I work on.
Becki, thankyou for creating a safe and encouraging environment to learn and explore ideas.
The course was fun, interesting and very valuable. I would highly recommend attending.
Disability Awareness Training participant
Richmond Borough Mind
I just wanted to let you know how amazing I thought the training was, given by Becki Cullen. I feel that I have certainly learnt and benifited from it.
Becki is totally inspirational and her delivery of the presentation was thought provoking and interesting. Due to her great personality it was also fun.
If only everyone could attend a session given by Becki!
I am glad that I have been given the opportunity to attend such meetings and am sure I will always remember this particular session.
Disability Awareness Training Participant
Jewish Care
Lots of thank you for sharing your suggestions with us.. I’d choose to research a whole lot additional from you..
Thank you, it was excellent and i have learnt a lot. The films were excellent
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
Jewish Care
This course was recommended to me by someone who had been and said it was excellent. I would say to everyone – go and you will find out more (even if you know a lot already) and be challenged with the way we think and how to move on from here.
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
Age UK
The training was very informative, stress free in a personal environment. I thought the content and delivery to be excellent. Thank you :)
DisAbility Awareness Training participant
Age UK
This session was valuable, motivating, informative and very enjoyable. I was inspired to attend Becki’s DisAbility Awareness Training course as you never stop learning. It is good to refresh your mind and reflect on working practices – are you doing this right? Thank you Becki I enjoyed every minute of your session. Call Becki today and diary your training session. You are brilliant and inspiring!
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
Becki has good knowledge of this subject and makes the training interesting with a variety of group work activities
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
The session was very well organised and paced, it challenged assumptions which has inspired me to make real changes
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
This training is so inspiring – it opened my eyes to what the Medical and Social models really mean in practice
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
This training should be essential for all staff – it’s inspiring, motivating and essential – definately recommended!
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
It is one of the best training sessions I have attended in a LONG time. Fantastic – get yourself out into Local Authorities! :)
Ruils
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
This training was excellent and enjoyable. I was very impressed with the whole session. It made me think about areas of work that are sometimes forgotten, such as how we can involve people or re-think issues. It highlights how we are all different and have different and changing needs. Also we can, by making sometimes very small changes, improve anyone’s quality of life. I feel that attending the Disability Awareness session has improved all aspects of my work with my clients and I can now pass on the knowledge I have gained to other colleagues.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
I went to Becki’s training to help me in the training I deliver at our organisation. Becki is a very good presenter and her skills in delivery are an example of good practice.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
This training is key to a great understanding of a very important topic. I am most grateful to the organisers for this.
Attend Volunteer
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
A good training session, the time went very quickly. It was challenging and had good opportunities for open discussion.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
Totally valuable. Presented brilliantly.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
It was a new experience to be trained by a disabled person and this questioned my own assumptions.
DisAbility Awareness participant
Becki’s way of delivery helped me feel more comfortable.
Changemakers
Trainer’s Training Participant
The medical and social models of disability and all the different categories of access and awareness issues will be really useful for my job. I feel this training has opened up more opportunities for me. Thank you.
Trainer’s Training participant
I was looking for knowledge and insight into disability issues. This training had a great structure and gave me a good insight into what I was looking for as it was presented by someone with massive experience
CitySave Credit Union
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
Definitely worth taking the day out of the office to attend!…regardless of how busy you are…!.
Aston Pride
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
The Inspirations Consultancy is easy to use, valuable, informative and high quality. Well worth engaging them. Very professional.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
The day addressed key issues on disability awareness and having the opportunity to deliver our own training gave us new experience and practical experience to help identify barriers. The feedback given by Becki on our group’s activity was really useful, practical and supportive.
Trainer’s Training participant
The Disability Awareness Training was user-friendly, empowering and very interesting. The section on how to use the Equality Act in our work and the use of technology to support service users was really helpful, Thank you.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
Training from The Inspirations Consultancy really challenges attitudes and views on the needs of others.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
I really enjoyed the training – it gave me lots to think about and was informative. It was a long way for me to come, but definitely worth it. Thanks.
Head of Volunteering
PDSA
DisAbility Awareness Traiining Participant
I attended the Disability Awareness course when Becki delivered it at our organisation because I wanted to communicate better in terms of the language I use. After being on the course I think EVERYONE should it…I feel much better about language now and found the afternoon fun, inspiring, motivating and really beneficial.
Jewish Care
DisAbility Awareness Training Participant
I was inspired by your presentation. I wish all presentations about disability were presented by a knowledgeable professional like yourself.
Keyworker
Martin B Cohen Centre
DisAbility Awareness Traiining Participant
I loved the fact that we had to deliver an activity – much better than just being talked at like in some courses. I would recommend anyone to attend – you’ll learn from it!
Trainer’s Training participant
It’s brilliant! Really interactive and well presented. It’s well worth the 6 hours taken out from your life to go on it!!
Trainer’s Training participant
Leonard Cheshire Disability has known and worked with Becki Cullen in a few different ways over the past 3 or 4 years and it’s great to see her move into her own consultancy now.
Becki’s input into planning our European Youth Together conference with EVS was really valuable and helped us greatly in meeting the objectives of the conference. The workshop she delivered around recognizing and overcoming barriers to volunteering was professional and well-presented, allowing our delegates the space to explore these sometimes difficult topics in a supportive and open atmosphere.
Becki is a lovely, professional, effective facilitator and it was good to see a disabled person lead facilitate the three days and influence other young people who are disabled. This certainly helps to provide a positive role model for young disabled people, organizations and people who don’t have a huge amount of knowledge around the subject of disability.
Can DO National Project Manager
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Becki Cullen was recommended by Scope when we were looking for an external speaker to present on the topic of ‘Perceptions of Disability’ for our series of Access to Volunteering promotion workshops.
Throughout my contact with The Inspirations Consultancy the service given was prompt, high quality and fulfilled the aims and expectations we had for these events. Becki worked effectively with our brief and put forward a clear and informative proposal for us to approve prior to delivery.
The session delivered by Becki was well-presented and enjoyable, providing a valuable addition to our event as it gave delegates further insight into an area they may have otherwise known little about. Feedback from the session was positive and many delegates found the session inspirational.
I would recommend The Inspirations Consultancy to others looking for similar sessions.
Principal Access Consultant
RNIB Access Consultancy Services
Thanks so much Becki, I really enjoyed the training you gave to me at Manchester – it was creative and had a completely different approach – really refreshing. Hope to work with you again soon!
West Lancs Disability Helpline Ltd
Managing Disabled Volunteers Training Participant
Becki, you have achieved amazing things with the Inclusive Volunteering Project and I’m sure you will enjoy the same success with your own new venture. Thank you for all the interest you have shown in our work to date… We shall look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working with you again in the future!
Voluntary Services Manager
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital