The Founder’s Story

I’ve long had an interest in personal development—reading trusted books, attending conferences and exploring practical ways people can grow and improve their everyday lives

Much of my working life involved training others. I valued the interaction in the training room & found it rewarding to help people build confidence, develop skills and make progress

After taking early retirement around ten years ago, I began helping on a course supporting people with job applications, interviews and finding work. While this was valuable, I became increasingly aware that many challenges that people faced weren’t being addressed

These included handling rejection and criticism, building motivation, setting and achieving goals and understanding relationships

Drawing on what I had learned over the years, I decided to design a course to fill these gaps.

I invited attendees from the recruitment course to take part and the response was encouraging. It became clear that this kind of practical, discussion-based approach connected with people

Over time, that initial course grew into a set of courses, each shaped and refined through delivery and honest feedback. What PLC offers today is the result of years of testing & gradual development

I am so pleased with how PLC has developed: creating eight courses and then equipping others to run them locally, so more people can access support within their own communities

Nick Waters
Founder of PLC

May 2026