ADEPT is a specialist and award-winning national community development agency, established in 1990 as an independent not-for-profit company and charity.

Our organisational experience and the expertise of our team have shaped the organisation we are today.

In 2000 we won a British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) Commendation for best practice in capacity building and its "outstanding contribution to community life".

In 2001, the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) funded ADEPT, as part of its best practice dissemination work across England.

Throughout this time we have worked alongside local community groups supporting their own problem solving, and delivering interactive training.

The training was developed with the support of local groups, around a modular course entitled 'Working in Community Organisations', accredited through the Open College Network, but also available in a workshop format.

This training continues to be updated and modified to suit the specific needs of neighbourhood community groups, and political agendas based around renewal, cohesion, empowerment, engagement and consultation around local services.