AFG: staff training, meetings and a company-wide rollout
Remote working, with a place to come together.
After Covid, Alternative Futures Group (AFG) set its teams up to work mostly from home. It moved its training to the Maggie O'Neill Centre. Its learning team meets here. Its support workers do their mandatory training here. And its corporate staff come in for meetings.
At a glance
After Covid, Alternative Futures Group (AFG) set its teams up to work mostly from home. It moved its training to the Maggie O'Neill Centre. Its learning team meets here. Its support workers do their mandatory training here. And its corporate staff come in for meetings. Rooms are set before anyone arrives. Hosts are on site all day. Self-serve tea and coffee is in the room. Parking is free, 30 seconds from the M57.
The quick facts
- Who
- Alternative Futures Group (AFG), a care provider.
- With us since
- After Covid, when AFG moved to working mostly from home.
- What they run here
- Mandatory care training such as TMVA and epilepsy training, plus learning team and corporate meetings.
- Biggest booking
- One day of systems training for every member of staff, run over four weeks.
Last updated: October 2026
Why did AFG move its training to us?
After Covid, AFG set things up so its teams could work mostly from home. That meant it could stop running its own training rooms and use ours instead.
Its people still need to come together to train, to meet and to learn. The Maggie O'Neill Centre is where that happens.
What does AFG run here?
- Mandatory care training for support workers, including TMVA and epilepsy training.
- Learning team meetings.
- Meetings of all kinds for corporate staff.
- Systems training for the whole company. Every member of staff came in for a one-day session, over four weeks.
How do you train a whole company in a month?
AFG needed every member of staff trained on its systems. So it booked the Maggie O’Neill Centre for four weeks. Staff came in all through the month, each for a one-day session.
A rollout like that only works if every day runs the same. The room is set the same way. The screen is ready, the tea is on and the car park is free. That’s what a hosted day is for.
What could this look like for your organisation?
See the care training venue page for prices and everything that's included.
- A place to come together when your teams work from home.
- Hands-on care training, like TMVA, with floor space to move.
- Training that runs over weeks, planned with you from the start.
- Meeting rooms for corporate teams, in the same building.
The screen in the Summit. It's ready to connect to wirelessly before your trainer arrives.
What's included when you hire a room?
Every room booking at the Maggie O'Neill Centre comes with all of this. You don't need to bring a thing. We've even got the HDMI cable.
- Room set to your layout before you arrive
- On-site hosts, all day
- Self-serve tea and coffee in the room, all day
- LED flatscreen you connect to wirelessly (no cords across the room), plus HDMI cables
- 1Gb fibre WiFi throughout the building
- Flipchart and pens
- Free parking for everyone in your group
- A mid-morning check-in with your trainer
- Kitchen and fridge access
- Room notes kept for next time
Which rooms suit care training and team meetings?
Tell us how many people are coming and what the day involves. We'll suggest the right room.
The Summit
First floor, stairs only
The Forum
Ground floor
The Community Room
Ground floor
The Foundry
First floor, stairs only
The Grove
Ground floor
Acoustic curtains give privacy. Please don't book it for highly sensitive or confidential sessions.
The Hub
First floor, stairs only
Not sure which room? Tell us your numbers and we'll pick one for you. See everything that's included
Check availabilityWho else trains at the Maggie O'Neill Centre?
See the care training venue page for everything that's included, or read another story.
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Planning training dates of your own?
Check availability online. Or call and talk it through with your host. We'll pick the room and layout that suits you.
Every booking funds Maggie's Meals. Looked after at Maggie's.