What We Do

At Smart Training & Consultancy, we empower professionals, services, and communities to better understand and respond to the complex realities of youth violence, exploitation, and social inequality.
Our services are rooted in real-life experience, academic research, and frontline insight, helping you make a lasting impact where it matters most.

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​Training & Workshops

We deliver high-impact training for professionals working with young people and families, including:

• Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and County Lines Awareness
• Grooming, Coercion, and Control
• Trauma-Informed Practice
• Working with High-Risk Young People
• Contextual Safeguarding & Peer Influence

Each session is interactive, real-world focused, and tailored to your team's needs — whether you're in social care, education, policing, or community outreach.

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Consultancy & Strategic Advice

We support organisations to strengthen their approach to safeguarding and intervention. This includes:

• Reviewing current practice and policy
• Developing multi-agency strategies
• Shaping trauma-informed systems
• Designing bespoke programmes for vulnerable cohorts
• Individual or group consultation /reflective practice sessions
  

​We offer clarity, challenge, and practical steps to move your mission forward.

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Youth Engagement & Voice

We create safe, powerful spaces for young people to share their experiences and shape the support around them. Our youth-led focus groups, feedback tools, and co-designed solutions are trusted by:

• Local authorities
• Youth justice services
• Education providers
• Safeguarding boards
  

With an approach that is trauma informed and practice based We help ensure that youth voice is not just heard — but acted upon.

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Family Focussed Interventions

We understand the vital role families play in both risk and resilience. Our work includes:

• Supporting parents/carers impacted by County Lines
• Running awareness sessions for families and communities
• Building bridges between families and services
  

​Our goal is to strengthen protective factors and reduce harm — one household at a time.

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Action Learning Facilitation

We provide Action Learning Facilitation both as a development to our training courses and as a service for organisations who are looking for long term solutions to complex problems.

Aspiration and Motivational sessions

Whilst we provide talks to young people about the consequences of negative life choices we are equally passionate to deliver sessions which raise their aspirations, remind them of what they are capable of, get them hyped and provide crucial tools to help them succeed. Our sessions aren't just for young people, we mentor adults to achieve success too. Every month there is a web-blast through our social media channels with a specific focus for each month

Why Choose Us?

• Lived Experience-Led – We combine professional expertise with real-life insight.
• Evidence-Based – Grounded in the latest research, including PhD-level academic work.
• Impact-Driven – We don’t just talk — we help transform outcomes.
• Trusted Nationwide – Working with local authorities, schools, police forces, NHS trusts, and charities across the UK.

Let's Talk
Need support with training, consultancy, or engagement work?
Want to strengthen your safeguarding or youth strategy?
Contact us today and let’s build something that works.