Jerry Hurst
Jerry Hurst is an experienced freelance trainer and consultant, working across the UK
with libraries, museums, archives, schools, youth services and other agencies. He provides
high quality consultancy and effective, inspiring training courses, workshops and seminars,
focusing on reader development, learning, marketing and service planning & delivery. Jerry
contributes to work across the full range of service provision, but work with teenagers
remains one of his specialisms.
Jerry was previously Head of Young People's Library Services in the London Borough of
Southwark, where he developed Homework Help Clubs and Teenage Reading Groups and co-ordinated
the initial planning and implementation of Reading Re:mix across south-east London. Jerry has
also provided teenage reading training on behalf of The Reading Agency and he regularly delivers
independent training and consultancy across the UK focusing on services for teenagers.
You can find Jerry online at www.jerryhurst.co.uk, e-mail him on jerry@jerryhurst.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)20 8364 6166.
Anne Harding
Anne is an independent trainer and lecturer. She specialises in effective provision for children
and young people in the museums, libraries and archives and education sectors. Anne provides numerous
courses every year on working with teenagers.
Recent clients for her teenage training include CILIP, Yorkshire Museum Libraries and Archives Council,
the Youth Libraries Group and the National Maritime Museum, as well as many local authorities.
Anne tailors all her courses to requirements. These are the topics most frequently requested on her
teenage training days for library staff: teenagers’ needs and strategies for meeting them; the strengths
and weaknesses of current teenage provision; methods for encouraging library use; communication and behaviour;
appropriate resources and ways to exploit them; Youth Matters, Fulfilling Their Potential and other legislation
and initiatives; implications for policy and practice.
You can find more information about Anne's training on her website, www.anneharding.net, and can contact her on anne@anneharding.net.