What is a Wedding Planner?

Ever wondered what it would be like to work in the role of a Wedding Planner? This is the ideal career choice for those who want to create a couple’s dream day!
As you can imagine, to plan and organise the best day of someone’s life can hold a lot of pressure. There are a number of aspects you can expect to be responsible for, all of which will contribute to the smooth running of the big day.

Around 9-10 am

To start your day, after completing your own personal routine in a morning (getting up, having a wash, eating breakfast etc.) you will start by checking emails, text messages, voice mails etc.

You can expect to attend meetings, venue walk-through’s, and even cake tasting sessions. You will even be involved in designing décor.

Meetings, venue walk-throughs, cake tastings to décor designing; the duties as a wedding planner do not even stop when you get home from work, finishing meeting notes to send out to that day’s clients/ vendors etc.

Noon, a wedding planner will have a break to take lunch.

2pm – You can expect start scheduling appointments for clients and complete tasks such as venue and supplier sourcing.

4pm – Later in the afternoon you can expect to check in with your clients and provide them with updates regarding their wedding plans progress.

5:30pm – the day typically ends

You may find yourself working in the evenings when you get home. The day can consist generally of working through your to do lists, working on marketing your business, and other administration duties. You will also be involved with research into entertainment, décor, flowers etc.

As a Wedding Planner you can also expect to work weekends, but if you have a passion go for it!

You are sure to find a career in Wedding Planning challenging, often quite stressful but highly rewarding.

EDUCATING enquiring minds on the deep, often dark and varied spectrum of criminal studies has been somewhat a passion of ours over recent years.

Our courses cover subject areas that will satisfy the inner Sherlock Holmes, fascinate the CSI investigators and also excite, essentially anyone who has an iron stomach when it comes to gruesome occurrences.

But who’s behind the black and white blur that brings to life the gritty underbelly of society and then place this into an educational perspective…?

Teaching a range of complex themes and specialised career paths is by no means a walk in the park and over the years many great minds have fulfilled our shelves and enlightened learners with informative insights into the nature of criminal activity.

But in recent years NCC has enquired a new mind that some of you may just be familiar with…

In a world that brings the darker side of study to life it’s only fitting that we have a criminal expert who’s up to challenge.

And although the man in question is renowned for his skills on bringing dark concepts to life, he is also known for his ability to bring the darker side of death to life…

Currently a senior lecturer in Psychology at Buckinghamshire New University, our criminal mastermind is arguably at the top of his respective field and has worked as a research associate at Université de Toulouse, and as a Psychology Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University.

Our PhD Professor has also developed a range of forensic related programmes and has contributed to a number of noteworthy publications for academia.

But aside from the conventional work of a university lecturer, our author is also immersed in a much scarier study… a study which has brought him to our TV screens!

Celebrity sceptic Ciaran O’Keeffe is the man behind the writing.

Often associated with real life ghost hunting, Ciaran is well-known for his role as the resident Parapsychologist on Living TV’s Most Haunted and he also provided the sceptical voice on TV show Jane Goldman Investigates.

For those of you who are not familiar with the programmes Ciaran featured in, here are the facts.

Most Haunted is the reality TV horror show that had people sweating in their seats with its release in 2002, as a team of paranormal investigators, equipped with scientific equipment and cameras, travelled far and wide in search of haunted locations. Ciaran’s role on the show was that of the Parapsychologist, which simply put is someone who studies the investigation of paranormal and psychic phenomena.

The programme title Jane Goldman investigates is a bit of a giveaway to what the TV show is about. Ciaran co-starred with the writer/ journalist/ actress (who is often recognised for her ruby red hair and her marriage to comedian Johnathan Ross), and the pair examined paranormal pursuits such as exorcism and speaking with the dead.

So amongst his involvement in fascinating and highly acclaimed research areas such as; police interviewing; restorative justice; internet crime and mental maps of computer criminals, its worth remembering that Ciaran and many of our other authors are often engaged a range of weird and wonderful pursuits.

OUR staff suffer with sore legs and pride as they cycle over 20 miles to raise money for The Steve Prescott Foundation.

The team of 4 made the early morning Southport trip on Saturday 9th August and peddled across the borders of Lancashire/ Merseyside before reaching our offices at Alexandra Business Park in St Helens.

Riding in hot and blustery conditions, everyone fought through the pain to conquer the challenge and help raise over £400 for the local cancer charity, with donations still to come.

And not satisfied with the initial target of the 20 miles completion, the team added extra miles to include coastal scenery and gave themselves a target time of 2 hours, which they hit with a time of 1 hour 50.

As part of our plans to raise money for the local cause, we have partaken in numerous activities which also include a sports themed activity day and a world cup sweepstake, and are now well of achieving our target of £500.

We embarked on our fundraising challenge earlier this year and our goal is to take part in as many sporting events as possible to help raise money for the charity of local sports hero Steve Prescott, who sadly passed away after a 7 year battle with cancer.

As funds for the great cause still flood in it’s not too late to make a difference… You can still make a donation by visiting https://www.justgiving.com/NCCHomeLearning/

Eager to smash our original target, we now look to plan another event and will be auctioning off a rare piece of rugby league memorabilia in October, to coincide with this year’s Rugby League Grand Final. More details on this will be posted on our website in the near future.

If you have a great idea on what we can do next, we’d love to hear from you! Tweet us your suggestions at https://twitter.com/NCCHomeLearning or send us a message on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NCCHomeLearning?fref=ts

NCC Home Learning offer a range of over 350 distance learning courses from Teaching Assistant to Criminal Psychology and have been operating from their St Helens base since 2008.

What is an Event Planner?

Ever fancied pursuing a career as an Event Planner? Whether you see yourself organising social or corporate events, you are sure to find this a challenging but highly rewarding career. There are a number of personal qualities that you should possess to be a successful event planner. As an event planner you can find yourself organising celebrations (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries etc.), Commemorations (memorial events) and much more! As you can see the opportunities are endless. There are a number of occasions which client’s may require an Event Planner.

Successful planners should develop and possess the following skills:

• Marketing and public relations
• Verbal and written communication
• Excellent organisation skills
• Negotiation
• Time management and work well under pressure
• Deadline oriented
• Excellent at multitasking
• Teamworking

Responsibilities

As an event planner it is your duty to ensure that a clients’ event runs as smoothly as possible. It is your responsibility to oversee all aspects of the event. Other areas you can expect to be involved in include:

• Conducting research
• Creating an event plan
• Finding a suitable venue
• Arranging catering, décor
• Entertainment
• Planning transportation
• Organising accommodation if required
• The sending of invitations
• Supervising at the event
• Conduct evaluations of the event

People who wish to pursue a career in event planning come from a wide range of academic backgrounds. It can be an appealing career path for many. Often employers will seek candidates who possess a bachelor’s degree in business, management, hospitality, marketing, communications etc.

Salary

The salary of an Event Planner can typically range from £18,000 – £25,000. Please take these figures as a guideline only. Salary can be determined by a range of factors. Experience is important, for example if you are working for another company, generally, the more experience you have, the more money you will earn. Salary is also determined on demand, meaning the more events you plan the more income you will receive.

Career Prospects

This is a great career path for individuals who would like to turn a client’s idea into reality. You may choose to specialise in an area for example become a wedding planner, or simply an event planner who organises an array of occasions. This is ideal for those who would like to plan and organise an event to remember!

NCC Home Learning offer an Event Management programme, which is reasonably priced from £272. For more information please visit:

https://www.ncchomelearning.co.uk/eventmanagementdiplomaonline-product-411.html?cat

TUTORING OPPORTUNITY: We are currently looking for new tutors to tutor our Criminology and Forensic faculty!  If you, or someone you know would be interested in this position or have any expertise in this field, please send your CV to [email protected] for consideration!

NCC staff gear up for their biggest challenge yet as they look to complete a 20 mile cycle for The Steve Prescott Foundation.

Having staged a series of fun fundraising activities to raise money for the great local cause, our focus now becomes rather serious, as 6 brave souls prepare to sweat it out!

Our journey starts at Southport on Saturday 9th August and will take us across the borders of Lancashire/ Merseyside until we reach our offices at Alexandra Business Park in St Helens.

Having raised over £100 so far in events which have included a sports themed activity day and a world cup sweepstake, we now hope to drum up funds as we strive to reach our target of £500.

As training time ticks away, here are some of the images which sum up our stories of blood, sweat and tears so far.

We embarked on our fundraising challenge earlier this year and our goal is to take part in as many sporting events as possible to help raise money for the charity of local sports hero Steve Prescott, who sadly passed away after a 7 year battle with cancer.

For more details on the event or to make a donation to this great cause please visit https://www.justgiving.com/NCCHomeLearning/

In earlier updates, we also detailed our plans to take on a 10k run challenge. However unfortunately this will no longer take place. Due to unforeseen circumstances surrounding injury and illness, our competitors had to withdraw from the event. But individuals can be rest assured that we will be thinking of other great ways to raise money instead.

If you have a great idea on what we can do next, we’d love to hear from you! Tweet us your suggestions at https://twitter.com/NCCHomeLearning or send us a message on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NCCHomeLearning?fref=ts