Workplace Writing Skills
We run our writing skills workshops and courses for a wide variety of partner organisations, including NHS trusts, trade unions, criminal justice groups and in the voluntary and community sector.
Our Workshops
Our many workshops are designed to boost participants’ confidence and pleasure in writing, and to improve the quality and effectiveness of their written work.
- Writing with Confidence
- Demonstrating Impact
- Reflective Writing
- Less is More: Writing Better Reports
- Responding to Complaints
- Writing Case Studies
- Starting to Write for Publication
- Writing Successful Funding Applications
- Write Your Personal Statement
- Let’s Eat Grandma (why editing and proofreading matter)
- Write to Me: Writing Patient Letters
FAQs
Ask your workplace if they run RLF Writing Skills workshops, and if they don’t, ask them to contact us.
We aim for no more than 15 in a workshop. Usually, there are between 8 and 12 participants.
They are not so much academic as purposeful. We aim for people to leave the workshop with renewed confidence and even sometimes with a new skill.
Yes, and occasionally, we run a hybrid workshop, so some people are in the room, and others join via a videoconferencing link.
We deliver a range of sessions, including Report Writing, Case Studies, Reflective Writing, Writing for Publication, and Funding Applications. Our general workshop on Writing Confidence is often a good place for beginners to start.
If you wish, we can give you a certificate proving that you’ve attended an RLF Writing Skills workshop and completed it successfully.
We aim to teach people in the workplace skills that anyone can use, regardless of their experience as a writer. We stress the importance of simplicity, story-telling, and careful editing, as principles of good writing apply to everyone.