Summer Open Day 2025
5th July 2025
Join Us
Our Open Day is a chance for you to take a look around the Academy and hear from the Academy’s founder, Mark, one of our course tutors, Eileen, and current students. It’s also an opportunity to ask about returning to education, becoming a counsellor and find out other ways our courses can support your personal development.
We’re running two sessions throughout the day, with complementary refreshments a chance to meet likeminded people. Once you’ve heard from our speakers, some of our tutors and Mark will be on hand to answer questions you may have, on a one-to-one basis.
“It’s not like going back to school, everyone wants to be here and has a genuine interest in what we are learning about. We do have fun though!”
Level 2 student.
If you’re looking to…
Become a fully trained counsellor
Find out about the process of becoming a counsellor, the qualifications you need to gain and how the Training Academy will support you through your training.
Change your career
If you’re looking for inspiration, we’ll talk about the skills you’ll learn on our courses, and types of roles you could consider on completing them.
Improve your career prospects, or develop within your current role
Hear how the valuable skills you learn on our courses can benefit you in day-to-day life, within a wide range of job roles, and go towards personal development within your existing role.
Return to education, and looking for your ideal course
Learn about the support we offer and learning environment we provide. We’ll talk about how these are specifically designed to support you in returning to education, and help you succeed.
“I don’t have the fondest memories of school, and I was nervous about speaking up. But our tutor created a safe space from the first lesson, and I soon realised that everyone else on my course was feeling the same as me, we’re in the same boat! Now I feel very comfortable talking and asking questions, and I really enjoy hearing what others say too, I’m learning a lot. We learn from and respect each other and genuinely want one another to succeed.”
Level 3 student.
Meet our speakers
Mark Quigley
Training Academy Founder
Speaking 10:45 & 13:15
Topics
- The Open Day and what you can hope to learn.
- The Academy (purpose and values).
- Commitment to our students.
- Future plans.
- Q&A
“My experience of learning prompted me to create an environment specifically designed for those looking to return to education. I believe that in order to become the best version of yourself, you need the highest level of support and a comfortable, tailored environment to thrive in.”
Our students and their experience of learning is the Academy’s sole focus and we’re constantly and actively looking to improve our offering, taking in feedback and acting in their best interests.
We want our students to be the best of the best, which is reflected in the quality of our teaching, and the support we offer our students.”
Eileen Fisher
Level 3 and Level 4 course tutor
Speaking 11:15 & 13:45
Topics
- A bit about me…
- Becoming a counsellor, and the process of training with the Academy.
- What a therapist is, steps to take, certificates,
- Where, what and how our students learn.
- Learning environment, class sizes
- The types of roles the courses can be useful for.
- How we support our students in returning to education
- What we expect from our students.
- Q&A
Student speaker
TBC
“I was nervous about the assignments, but they break them down for us – so there’s quite a lot to do, and it is challenging! But we go through everything in so much detail in class and the notes are shared with us. I know I can always ask my tutor questions too, and have done a number of times, she is super supportive.”
Level 3 student.
Getting here
Address
84 Beal Ln,
Shaw,
Oldham,
OL2 8PH
Our location
https://shawtherapycentre.co.uk/
Parking
We provide limited, free, on-site parking.
Public transport
You can also access the academy using local bus and tram services, with the Shaw tram stop only 1 min walk from the centre.