Hello!

You’ve said you’re interested in the upcoming touch typing courses near Kingston.

As you probably know, I’m running these partly in support of the Big Build fund at St Saviour’s, Sunbury.

The key facts you’ll want to know are probably:

 

Dates: Wed 25th October *OR* Sat 4th November

Venue: Hampton Court Palace Golf Club, KT1 4AD

Price: Yours to decide upon…
(from a necessary minimum of £60
… up to the full commercial price of £250…
… to suit your budget and fund-raising wishes…
…more detail about the pricing and fund-raising plans below)

 

How to book:

Read on to remind yourself, or find out more, about:

  • the course
  • the special terms for fund-raising attendees
  • the arrangements on the day (more about venue, timing, etc)

It’ll probably take you 2 or 3 minutes to read it all…

THE COURSE

My business (StarTouch) has specialised for over 10 years in training people to touch type.

I train this skill in a very surprising & innovative way.
Most people find my training style makes it easier and more fun to learn than traditional courses.
And it also makes it easier and more manageable to practise and master.
(But it still needs YOU to be the one doing the practice! I can’t do it for you… )

If you’d like to find out more, do contact me to ask.
Or check out the Course Info page.
If you’re happy to wait and find out what surprises I’ve got for you on the day, that’s fine!

Why Touch Typing?

Touch typing is a hugely valuable personal skill in the 21st century.
It’s possible to ‘get by’ without it, and many do.
But if you learn (and practise/master!) this relatively straightforward skill, it can bring you daily improvements in:

  • Efficiency (more ‘right first time’ accuracy, so less time correcting; and faster typing anyway!)
  • Mood (fewer errors = less frustration and stress!)
  • Physical comfort & health (better posture, less tension, fewer aches & pains, less chance of serious RSI injury)
  • Even perhaps self-satisfaction (it’s really quite cool to be seen to be able to type while looking around & chatting to others!)

SPECIAL TERMS

Here’s a clarification of the special terms for those planning to attend in support of the Big Build.

Why clarification?

Well… I’ve advertised this on a couple of occasions as:
“pay what you can afford”
and “2/3rds will go to the fund”

…but it is a little more complicated than that! Read on to understand exactly how I hope it will work.

Please note:

These courses will also be advertised to my normal business clients via my website.

Any such clients attending will probably be paying the full commercial price (which is £250)

(This cost covers more than just the training day itself: it also covers unlimited follow-up practice support: reminder emails, web resources, online practice app & email coaching)

NOTE: If I have enough of these full commercial bookings to cover all my venue costs, I will be able to give more to the church from my ‘special terms’ participants.

But in case I only have Big Build participants attending, may I suggest the following guidelines for you to consider:

  • Costs: Anything I charge must be above £40 (the amount the venue charges me, per person, for staging the event, including your refreshments & lunch on the day)
  • Beyond this, I’m suggesting a minimum extra of £20 ALL of this would go to St Saviours!
  • And beyond that, at least 2/3rds of what you pay will go to St Saviours. If I get enough full price commercial clients to cover the venue costs, I’ll divert more of your money to St Saviour’s.

*** Oh, and by the way, whatever you pay, you’ll have access to all the post-course follow-up resources: reminders, online practice app and as much email coaching as you’d like to ask of me! ***

KEY DETAILS

Dates:

Wednesday 25th October
or
Saturday 4th November

 

VENUE, TIMING, GETTING THERE

See this page for full details

 

THE BIG BUILD

I assume you already know what this is all in aid of, but if not here’s a summary:

  • The Big Build will help to provide new and much-needed facilities to help our community activities;
  • Ministries like our Food Bank; our weekly Community Lunches; our debt counselling and addiction support;
  • We want existing projects to continue and grow, and we want to develop new ministries too.

More information here: http://stsaviourssunbury.org.uk/big-build/

Regards

Jonathan Stevens

StarTouch
direct:              020 8288 8255
mobile:            07765 257 671
email:              jonathan.stevens@startouch.co.uk