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Free conference facilities for charities

A local conference centre is offering the use of its facilities free of charge to charities, third sector organisations and social businesses during the summer months.

Clayton Park Conference Centre, Accrington, is offering complimentary meeting, training and seminar rooms that hold between two and 140 people, throughout August until 10 September 2010.

The centre, located just off junction 7 of the M65 boasts high quality service and  in-house catering and believes that charities will benefit from this offer.

Celia Duxbury, Centre Manager, said: “Charitable groups and social businesses are more than welcome to take advantage of this offer to use our facilities for any meetings or training sessions they may have, free of charge.  We are more than happy to provide free room hire to these worthwhile causes throughout August and early September.”

Anyone wishing to book free meeting space for up to 140 people can contact Clayton Park Conference Centre on 01254 381199 or email enquiries@claytonpark.co.uk

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Lancashire Governor Services

The Governor Services team organise a full range of events to support school governors from across the Lancashire area.  These include numerous training sessions, meetings and conferences.

Clayton Park Conference Centre has been the chosen venue for the Annual Chair and Vice Chairs of Governors Conference for the past 10 years with approximately 100 Chairs and Vice-chairs attending the conference in March 2010.

Kirstin Laird from the Governor Services team explained, “We’ve used Clayton Park Conference Centre for a number of years and we’ve always received good feedback from our delegates.  Governors are all volunteers and the annual conference provides us with an opportunity to say thank you and show them that their work is appreciated.  The staff at Clayton Park make us all feel well looked after and delegates comment on how much they enjoy the buffet lunch.”

Kirstin finds Clayton Park Conference Centre a convenient venue for her delegates because of the easy access from the motorway network and plenty of free parking available.  She adds,

“The number and size of rooms available allows us to run 6 workshops alongside the main conference room.  The centre is well equipped with presentation equipment and Wifi.  The food is fantastic and the staff are very helpful, even with our last minute demands – they can’t do enough for us.”

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Forbes Solicitors

Forbes Solicitors are a reputable law firm employing 350 staff, with 9 offices based in the North West and Leeds, covering all areas of law and providing legal advice for individuals and businesses.  They are regular visitors to Clayton Park Conference Centre and find the location by Junction 7 of the M65 provides good access and parking facilities.

Joanne Pickering, Head of HR, Training and Quality at Forbes explains,

“As part of the Law Society, all solicitors have to undertake 16 hours of Continuous Professional Development per annum.  Forbes is also an IIP accredited company and is committed to providing training and development opportunities for all our employees.”

When organising training events, one of the first jobs for Joanne is to book Clayton Park Conference Centre as the venue.  She likes the good choice of rooms which can be adapted to suit the different layouts required.  Joanne says,

“I can trust that the facilities, resources and catering will be set up as requested and delivered on time.  The staff are very flexible and adaptable to our changing needs.  Going to Clayton Park is like going to see old friends.  We’ve been using this venue for years and will happily continue to do so.”