About Us
Jingling Lane Training is a family-owned business that specialises in delivering high-quality and cost-effective safeguarding and child protection training, as well as adult safeguarding training, for local, regional, national, and international settings and organisations.
Our courses cover a broad range of themes including (but not limited to) child protection, safer recruitment, risk-taking in adolescence, child sexual exploitation (CSE), mental health awareness, ligature rescue and safeguarding adults at risk.
With a combined experience of over six decades in education and social care, we offer a range of up-to-date induction, training, and development activities based on the latest national, local, and organisational policies, procedures, guidance, and practices.
We understand that flexibility is important when commissioning training, so we can deliver our services at times and locations that best suit your needs, including evenings and weekends.
Having spent his teenage years as a Looked After Child living in children’s homes and foster care in south London, John graduated from Middlesex University with Upper Second Class Honours in Social Science while also volunteering for the mental health charity Mind, the homeless charity Centrepoint, a primary school mentor scheme and the university nightline listening and advice service.
Upon moving to the North West, John embarked on a career working with children who have social, emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues, and has over 25 years of professional experience in independent special schools and children’s homes. He also worked in a voluntary capacity in several other roles, including Foundation Governor at a local primary school and Independent Member of Cumbria County Council’s Fostering and Adoption Panel.
Having received an award for Outstanding Teaching while completing a PGCE in Further Education, John has used his unique personal, professional, and academic experience to specialise in developing and delivering a range of safeguarding and behaviour support policies, procedures and training courses. John has also worked with residential homes for the elderly, mainstream schools and most recently a local authority in the North West.
John is a firm believer in the adage ‘knowledge is power’ and maintains a free resource library on the Jingling Lane Training website, which now includes more than 1,000 links, including useful organisations, articles, audio-visual materials, and recommended books.
Alex
Alex discovered a love for social care in Lancashire, taking on a part-time job in a local nursing home at the age of 13. Her experience inspired a vocation that became an intrinsic part of her life over the next 35 years. Having worked with a variety of client groups, including young adults with cerebral palsy and brain injury, Alex has spent the last two decades or so working with the elderly, specialising in dementia and end-of-life care.
Alex is a strong advocate of the person-centred approach and is keen on improving the quality of life for people living in social care, by sharing the knowledge, skills and experience she has gained throughout her career.
As a manager in a CQC-registered residential home, Alex leads a multidisciplinary team of over 30 staff and maintains a current knowledge and understanding of the issues facing employers, employees, residents, and their families.
As a graduate of Middlesex University, Alex has completed a Registered Managers’ NVQ Award, the Six Steps to Success in End-of-Life Care Programme and is a qualified trainer in moving and handling.
A large, three-meter-high ram sculpture has been installed at the entrance to Kirkby Lonsdale as a gift from local sculptor Andy Kay.
If you were wandering around Kirkby Lonsdale, you might spot black hare posters in the shops/business windows…. This symbol of the Black Hare has been chosen to represent Kirkby Lonsdale’s strong community spirit, unity, resilience, and the determination to help our town rebuild after the devastating fire of December 2024, in which a highly regarded member of our community tragically lost his life.
Black hares are very rare, and in folklore, they are said to possess the wisdom of ages, the magic of the stars, and to be loved by all. They are recognised as symbols of rebirth and transformation and are believed to bring good luck and fortune.
So next time you pass through Kirkby Lonsdale, why not take a well-deserved break and explore our beautiful town? With our 13th-century Devil’s Bridge, and the view of the River Lune famously admired by John Ruskin and painted by J.M.W. Turner, not to mention our fabulous shops and numerous pubs, restaurants, and cafés.