

Why run The Parenting Courses?
Key features:


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- Find a venue
- Ask people to help you run the course
- Decide whether to charge guests attending the course
- Budget for food and/or drinks and promotion


Use the leaders’ resources for support to run your course.
Determine whether you are going to run a morning or evening course. A mid-morning course after school may be more suitable for stay-at-home parents.
Each of the five weekly sessions lasts two-and-a-half hours. This includes time for connection over food, the talks and small group discussion. Alternatively, the course can be run over ten weeks with shorter sessions lasting one-and-a-half hours.


The most effective way to encourage guests to come on your course is to personally invite them.

Promotional materials such as postcard invitations and banners can help and are easy to use.

- Add your course details to our website here. Choose to promote your Alpha to thousands of people via our website and social media channels, resulting in increased guest attendance.
- Promote your course
at church with a fun video or by sharing feedback from previous guests. - Give out invites and encourage everyone to invite one couple.
- Place posters and postcards in strategic locations such as coffee shops, gyms and libraries
- Make sure the date, time, venue and contact information are clear on your communication.
- Give the course a final push the week before it starts, as many couples decide to join last minute.