Baker Street Quarter Partnership

Fire Marshal Training
2024-10-09 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-12 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Baker Street Hub, 10 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EZ, United Kingdom
This half day (3 hours) Fire marshal training courses is delivered by a professional firefighter. You will learn basic fire safety procedures in the workplace and how to ensure your organisation is compliant with the law. It is a legal requirement to ensure you have an adequate number of staff trained to handle the safe and successful evacuation in the case of a fire emergency.
This course will be delivered in-person.
Fire Marshal Training is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member and book onto the training, email training@bakerstreetq.co.uk
Terms and Conditions
Whilst we are happy to offer all courses free of charge, the course provider does charge us for each place. If you wish to cancel your place, you must provide at least one week’s notice prior to the course date so we can offer your place to someone else. Failure to attend or cancel within one week will result in your business being liable for the cost of the course of your place.

AI in Office 365
2024-09-26 16:00 - 16:30
This course highlights some of the latest exciting and innovative AI developments in the suite of Office 365 packages, where to find them and how to use them to make the most of the new functionality . There are a number of demonstrations in the various packages, including Excel, Word, Teams and Outlook.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Mental Health First Aid
2024-09-25 09:00 - 2024-09-27 17:00
Mental Health First Aid
This three-day, virtual course will qualify you as a Mental Health First Aider and will provide you with an in-depth knowledge to enable you to support your co-workers. The sessions will be very interactive and there will be some pre-course learning and reading (detailed below). The course will give you:

An in-depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing.
Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues.
Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress.
Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening.
Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix.

This course is delivered online and is made up of individual learning activities and a series of four live instructor-led sessions. Individual learning will be based on a combination of videos, workbook activities and reading. This can be completed at your own pace in advance of each live session. The live sessions are led by an approved MHFA England Instructor and are interactive, involving presentation of slides, video clips, activities, discussion and case studies, which you will explore as a group to embed learning. Please see the timings of the live sessions below:
DAY 1 – 9am – 12:20 pm live session 1
DAY 2 – 9am – 12:45 pm live session 2
DAY 3 – 9am – 12:45 pm live session 3
DAY 3 – 2pm – 5pm live session 4
Before the live sessions begin you will need to do some set up online and some pre learning which will take 1 hour.
Mental Health First Aid Training is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. Check if your business is a member here.
Terms and Conditions
Whilst we are happy to offer all courses free of charge, the course provider does charge us for each place. If you wish to cancel your place, you must provide at least one week’s notice prior to the course date so we can offer your place to someone else. Failure to attend or cancel within one week will result in your business being liable for the cost of the course of your place.

Guided Meditation - The Art of Happiness
2024-09-20 09:30 - 10:00
Did you know you can rewire your brain to be happy? Join this meditation webinar to learn the art of happiness.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
2024-09-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-06 11:00 - 12:00
Gain an understanding of the aims of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and potential penalties for infringements. We give an overview of the seven key principles involved followed by processing, consent, and subject rights. Lastly you will learn about the relationship between data controller and processor and their obligations and the repercussions of Brexit.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Pilates Session
2024-09-19 12:30 - 13:30, 2024-07-25 12:30 - 13:30 | Baker Street Hub, 10 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EZ, United Kingdom
Join us for a 45 minute Mat Pilates session. The class is open level and beginner friendly.
Your instructor:
Having worked in healthcare for 10 years, Toluwa has always encouraged her patients to approach health in a holistic way, incorporating fitness as a key element in their healthy lives. As a trained mat Pilates instructor, she now connects with her clients to enable them to be their best self, building their confidence as they work on their fitness together. Toluwa believes that Pilates is the perfect workout to make anyone feel strong and long and is thrilled to guide and inspire others on their path to wellness.
If you would like to sign up to the class, we are asking for a suggested £5 donation to the Young Westminster Foundation, a local charity.
This session is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member and you would like to sign up, please email events@bakerstreetq.co.uk.

Deaf Awareness & BSL Training
2024-09-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Westminster University, 35 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS
To coincide with the International Week of the Deaf 2024, we have partnered with Deaf Unity to organise a Deaf Awareness and Basic British Sign Language workshop. This session will include:
The 1-hour session covers:

An introduction to the trainer and Deaf Unity.
Statistics on deafness and hearing loss worldwide and in the UK.
Explanation of different levels of hearing loss and the correct terminology.
Discussion of communication barriers and potential solutions.
Introduction to BSL (British Sign Language) and fingerspelling.

If you would like to know more about Deaf Unity, please click here.
The Deaf Awareness & BSL training is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member and book onto the training, email training@bakerstreetq.co.uk.

Drop-in and meet the Baker Street Quarter team
2024-09-18 12:30 - 18:30
Everyone is warmly invited to a drop-in session to meet members of the Baker Street Quarter Partnership team. This is an informal session aimed at providing the opportunity for people to come along and ask any questions they might have about our services and projects, to find out more and to get to know the team.
The meet the team sessions are taking place on Wednesday 18 September 12.30-2pm and 5-6.30pm at the Baker Street Hub, 64 Baker Street.
The session is for anyone working or living locally. The BakerStreetQ team attending will include our senior management team, operations, security and street team, community programme manager, placemaking, sustainability, events and communications.
Light refreshments will be provided so if you could email events@bakerstreetq.co.uk to let us know you are coming that would be helpful. There will also be an opportunity to win lunch at one of our Bites Street Food stalls for you and your team/family.
We hope to see you on the 18th!

Emergency First Aid at Work
2024-09-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Baker Street Hub, 10 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EZ, United Kingdom
This in person one-day course with Siren Training, is designed for people who want to receive training in emergency first aid and will help you meet regulatory requirements in first aid training covering emergency protocols.
Providing basic lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety regulations with topics from adult resuscitation (CPR), burns and scalds, choking adult to defibrillator prompts, defibrillator pad placement, seizures plus much more.
This course is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member and book onto the training, email training@bakerstreetq.co.uk.
Terms and Conditions
Whilst we are happy to offer all courses free of charge, the course provider does charge us for each place. If you wish to cancel your place, you must provide at least one week’s notice prior to the course date so we can offer your place to someone else. Failure to attend or cancel within one week will result in your business being liable for the cost of the course of your place.

Personal Safety & Self-Defence session
2024-09-10 10:00 - 12:30 | Baker Street Hub, 10 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EZ, United Kingdom
Empower yourself with confidence and self-defence skills.
The art of self-defence is knowing how and when to defend yourself. Our Introduction To Self-Defence course is designed to equip you with self-defence knowledge and skills, plus the confidence to allow you to be better prepared mentally for any challenging situation. It’s about being aware and knowing how to defend yourself within the confines of the law.
This course runs for 2.5 hours and is tailored for everyone, irrespective of gender, age or fitness level. It will be a combination of theory and basic practical skills. Our fully qualified and highly acclaimed Level 3 Self-Defence Instructor will delve into:
Personal Safety
The Law
Reasonable Force
Fight or Flight
Pre-Emption
Misconceptions
Arousal & Motor-Learning
Self-Defence Responses

The Self-Defence session is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member and book onto the training, email training@bakerstreetq.co.uk

Cyber Security Essentials
2024-09-03 08:00 - 09:00, 2024-07-24 14:00 - 15:00
Discover current global trends in cyber-attacks and how to recognise them, learn of their potential impact and simple measures to put in place to combat them, such as generating strong passwords, keeping firewalls and anti-viral software up-to-date and the related policies and procedures to implement to minimise vulnerabilities.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Virtual Leadership - Hints & Tips
2024-08-23 10:00 - 10:20
if you run a virtual team and need some ways to engage, ensure productivity and get the basics rights, this course with provide you suggestions.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Introduction to Management and Leadership
2024-08-14 15:30 - 16:30, 2024-07-23 12:30 - 13:30
Often used synonymously, management and leadership require many different qualities. This session will explore these, before giving you a framework to identify your personal barriers to being an effective manager and leader. By the end of this session you will understand:

The fundamental characteristics of leadership;
How these differ from management;
Barriers and challenges to effective leadership and management;
How to successfully put leadership into practice as a manager using Future – Engage – Deliver.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

PowerPoint Micro Learning
2024-08-07 14:00 - 14:20
In this short 20-minute Micro Learning session we will look at some of the most useful Tips and Tricks for Microsoft PowerPoint 365 including:

Using the Reuse Slide feature.
Formatting and animating a Chart.
Converting a bulleted list into Smart Art and animating it.
Inserting images from Stock Images including Icon sets.
The Designer Feature.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Summer in The Square - Games in The Gardens
2024-08-07 12:00 - 2024-08-11 20:00
Wednesday to Sunday, from 12:00 to 20:00.
Marylebone’s ever-popular Summer in the Square will return this summer and the BIG news is that we are extending the festivities across August too, with ‘Games In The Garden’ for the Paris Olympics! Join us between Wednesday 7 and Sunday 11 August and enjoy watching the Olympics on our big screen in the beautiful setting of Portman Square Garden.
While looking at your favourite games from one of our deck chairs, don’t forget to also get a drink or a bite from our special selection of quality street food stalls and enjoy local cuisine at our “Guest Kitchen”, where popular local restaurants will be on rotation, serving their most delicious dishes and ensuring the very best of Marylebone’s dining scene is always within arm’s length.

Excel Formulas Refresher
2024-08-06 15:30 - 16:30
This one-hour session is an essential for any Excel user that has never had formal training or is a bit rusty! In it we cover some basics like simple calculations, the Order of calculation, Absolute references, Named ranges, Outlining and if time allows VLOOKUP. Introduction level.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Delegation Skills
2024-08-02 14:00 - 15:00
For a new manager, the stresses and responsibilities can seem overwhelming. How can you balance the need for oversight, without stifling creativity and collaboration? Learn how to accept “delegating until you feel uncomfortable” and avoid micromanagement.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Top Tips for Managing Your Inbox More Efficiently
2024-07-30 16:00 - 16:20
On average a typical worker could receive up to 120 emails every day! Join this 20-minute webinar where you will learn some top tips and best practice for managing your inbox efficiently, freeing up time to complete to do list and workload!

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Seated Office Yoga for Stress Reduction
2024-07-25 14:00 - 14:30, 2024-07-23 09:30 - 10:00
Seated Office Yoga for Stress Reduction is a course for anyone who wants to use movement and the breath to help to de stress and release tension. This chair yoga course can help to relieve stress in the mind and body, helping to improve your mood, confidence, energy levels and concentration, as well as relieving depression and anxiety. A short 20-minute session to help you reset your mind and body and get the most out of your day.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Introduction to Excel Tables
2024-07-23 09:30 - 10:30
Because of Excel’s tabular format a lot of people believe that they are already familiar with tables, but they were only introduced in Excel 2010 – prior to this a crude version existed as a List. Excel Tables use a new type of cell referencing, called Structured Referencing, and have a lot of amazing new features, one of the main benefits being that their dynamic behaviour allows the data to grow over time. In this one-hour session we look at tables and structured referencing in detail. Introduction level, no experience necessary.

This course is part of our free online learning platform, SEEDL, accessible to all business member employees. Create your account at Seedl and save your spot here.
If you are not able to join the training on this specific day you can always access the sessions on demand in your own time!

Please reach out to training@bakerstreetq.co.uk if you would like to check if your business is a member, or if you have any other queries.

Mental Health First Aid Networking Session
2024-07-19 12:00 - 13:00
This is a 60-minute virtual session for members who are trained mental health first aiders. The session gives Mental Health First Aiders the opportunity to share challenges and build confidence in their role in a safe and supportive environment. The session will allow people to explore real-life experiences and look at how to bring key tools and techniques into action. It is a chance to reflect, share ideas and learn together.
Mental Health First Aid Networking Session is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses, and people who have completed the Mental health First Aiders training course. To check if your business is a member, email training@bakerstreetq.co.uk.

Women's Night Safety Charter - Tender
2024-07-16 12:00 - 13:00
Tender are proud to be signatories of the London Women’s Night Safety Charter, and are looking forward to sharing more about their work. The interactive session will explore how Tender navigates challenging, but vital, conversations surrounding relationships, abuse and our rights in a responsible and age-appropriate way.
Jake Saunders, Head of School & Youth Setting Programmes, will explore how Tender works with whole communities, including young people, school staff and parents, to ensure that our children are growing up in healthy, supportive environments.
Susie McDonald, CEO of Tender will share details about Tender’s work with businesses across the country to promote healthy workplace cultures, inclusive leadership and support employees who are victim/survivors of domestic abuse.
In the session, there will also be details about how you can get involved with Tender’s work and actively promote the values and aims of the charter.
Book your free ticket here.

Summer In The Square
2024-07-09 12:00 - 2024-07-14 20:00
Marylebone’s ever-popular Summer in the Square returns this summer with a fresh roster of exciting outdoor activity that will help see the final week of the Wimbledon tournament out in style!
Tuesday to Sunday, from 12:00 to 20:00.
This year we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Summer in the Square, which takes place in Portman Square Garden, attracting local workers, visitors, families and members of the local community to come together and enjoy one of the most special private squares in London.
Entry is free and there is so much to do! Enjoy a drink or a bite from our special selection of quality street food stalls and enjoy local cuisine at our “Guest Kitchen”, where popular local restaurants will be on rotation, serving their most delicious dishes and ensuring the very best of Marylebone’s dining scene is always within arm’s length.
Learn more here.

Emergency First Aid at Work
2024-07-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Baker Street Hub, 10 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EZ, United Kingdom
This in person one-day course with Siren Training, is designed for people who want to receive training in emergency first aid and will help you meet regulatory requirements in first aid training covering emergency protocols.
Providing basic lifesaving first aid skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety regulations with topics from adult resuscitation (CPR), burns and scalds, choking adult to defibrillator prompts, defibrillator pad placement, seizures plus much more. Email us to book.
Emergency First Aid at Work is exclusive to employees of Baker Street Quarter Partnership member businesses. To check if your business is a member, email info@bakerstreetq.co.uk.
Terms and Conditions
Whilst we are happy to offer all courses free of charge, the course provider does charge us for each place. If you wish to cancel your place, you must provide at least one week’s notice prior to the course date so we can offer your place to someone else. Failure to attend or cancel within one week will result in your business being liable for the cost of the course of your place.
