The Rural Training Centre Team

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The Rural Training Centre offers a range of courses and services. Specialist trainers, experts in their field, are brought in to run many of the training courses.

The permanent staff members responsible for the day to day running of the centre are:

Richard Harvey Director	Richard Harvey has farmed in Owston for 30 years at Manor Farm, a 310 acre mixed holding which acts as a demonstration farm for good environmental and farming practices. Richard is a director of The Rural Training Centre as well as Manor Farm Feeds and Rural Energy which are also based on the site. For services to agriculture in the East Midlands, Richard received an MBE in the 2005 New Years Honours List.
Andrew Pennill Manager	Andrew is a teacher, an agricultural science graduate and a former crop production specialist. Andrew is responsible for the overall management of the training centre as well as being the main instructor for IT topics. Andrew brings a fresh approach to IT training; he is particularly keen to help those that are new to computing and delivers most of the entry courses.
Juliana Graham Assistant Manager	Juliana is a graduate of English and a qualified teacher. As Assistant Manager, she is responsible for the day to day administration at the Training Centre and helps learners decide which course is best for them when they first get in touch. Juliana also writes many of the course materials for the IT courses offered at the centre and is the friendly voice at the end of the phone if anyone calls with an enquiry.
Nicola Pennill Project Officer	Nicola was previously a management consultant working with large global organisations implementing business change programmes. She has qualifications in management and marketing, and fifteen years of business experience. Nicola runs a number of training courses in business topics and web design, and is also employed as project officer, administering the training programmes for small businesses.
email: enquiries@ruraltrainingcentre.co.uk

History in brief
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1986 Diversification project started at Manor Farm by Richard Harvey.

2002 Rural Training Centre opened as an ICT training facility, supported by funding from Rural Enterprise and Vocational Training Schemes.

2003 Additional courses added and range expanded to include business training programmes. Andrew appointed as manager, Juliana joins as assistant manager.

2004 In response to demand, additional conference room built to accommodate further training.

2005 Richard Harvey awarded MBE for services to agriculture, partly in recognition of the success of the Rural Training Centre

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