Beyond The Hoard Champion Training

 This session is open to practitioners who work for one of the WMSWTP partner organisations. A list of which you can see below.

Please note: This training consists of two sessions and attendance at both dates is required. Before registering, please ensure that you are available to attend both sessions. Places are limited, and high levels of non-attendance can result in valuable training opportunities being lost. If your circumstances change and you are unable to attend, please let us know as early as possible so that your place can be offered to another participant.

Session 1: Tuesday 24th of November 9:30am-1pm

Session 2 : Thursday 26th of November 9:30am-1pm

Equip yourself with the skills and knowledge to: 

• promote hoarding awareness in your organisation and community. 

• Advocate for change, promoting a hoarding aware culture 

• To challenge the stigma and stereotypes around hoarding behaviours 

• Learn to recognise the signs of hoarding behaviours, possible triggers for the behaviour and ways to support someone 

• Learn where to signpost to and what resources are available 

• Get up-to-date research, and knowledge about hoarding disorder 

• Develop a deeper knowledge and confidence about hoarding behaviours 

• Annual conferences with other Beyond The Hoard Champions 

• Bi- annual newsletter 

• Beyond The Hoard Champion Pin 

  
  

Christine Searl BSc, DipHE  Founding Director and CEO of Beyond the Hoard CIC, established in May 2025.  

Christine Searl is a neuro-divergent, hoarding practitioner with lived-experience from childhood of a parent with hoarding behaviours. She has a degree in psychology and sociology, extensive training and experience in housing and adult social care providing mental health outreach, including people with hoarding behaviours, and most recently was a hoarding coordinator for Clouds End CIC in Birmingham. 

Christine has over 30 years’ experience in Adult Health and Social Care, Housing and Education. Working with clients who have their own lived experience of physical and mental illness, neurodivergence, learning differences, trauma and bereavement. She uses training in Psychology, motivational interviewing, mental health and counselling skills to work in a person-centred holistic way, collaboratively working together with client and those in their support circle. Christine is trained to design and deliver training and workshops, having delivered these to voluntary and community Sector organisations as well as statutory agencies. Beyond The Hoard CIC’s training about hoarding behaviours is to improve understanding and learn how they can help the person they are supporting. 

Deadline to register: Thursday 5th of November

Partner agencies:

Birmingham Children's Trust

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City University

City of Stoke-on-Trent Council

City of Wolverhampton Council

Coventry City Council

Coventry University​

Dudley Council

Keele University

Sandwell Children's Trust

Sandwell Council

Solihull MBC

Staffordshire County Council (Including MPFT)

Staffordshire University

​​​​​Telford & Wrekin Council

University College Birmingham

University of Birmingham

University of Warwick

University of Wolverhampton

University of Worcester

Walsall Council

Warwickshire County Council

Worcestershire County Council