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 largely remotely, and 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 largely remotely, and 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, tea and coffee are served in the room, and parking is free, 30 seconds from the M57.
- Who
- Alternative Futures Group (AFG), a care provider.
- With us since
- After Covid, when AFG moved to largely remote working.
- What they run here
- Mandatory care training such as TMVA and epilepsy training, plus learning team and corporate meetings.
- Biggest booking
- A one-day 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 built the setup it needed for its teams to work largely remotely. That meant it could stop running its own training facilities, 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.
- A company-wide systems training, with every member of staff coming in for a one-day session over four weeks.
How do you train a whole company in a month?
When AFG needed every member of staff trained on its systems, it booked the Maggie O’Neill Centre for four weeks. Staff came in throughout 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 remotely.
- Practical 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, ready for wireless casting from a Mac or PC before your trainer arrives.
What's included when you hire a room?
Everything below comes with every room booking at the Maggie O'Neill Centre. Nothing to bring: we've got the HDMI cable.
- Room set to your layout before you arrive
- On-site hosts, all day
- Tea and coffee in the room, all day
- Screen with Mac and PC wireless casting and HDMI cables
- 1Gb fibre WiFi throughout the building
- Flipchart and pens
- Free parking for every delegate
- 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 your numbers and what the day involves, and we'll recommend 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
The Hub
First floor, stairs only
Not sure which room? Tell us your numbers and we'll recommend one. 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.
Amore
Four years of training, almost every week, in one central venue.
Central and South PCN
Protected learning time in the Auditorium, and meetings every month.
Livv Housing Group
Over 14 years of training, meetings and company-wide programmes.
Libraries Connected
A London charity, using our virtual office address for 2 years.
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Over a year of staff training for Sunflower House, and other Alder Hey teams too.
Planning training dates of your own?
Check availability online, or call and talk it through with your host. We'll recommend the room and layout that suits you.
Every booking funds Maggie's Meals. Looked after at Maggie's.