September 2026 | 11 The story of Slanjava Learning began in 2021, when the company was established to help organisations navigate employee training and education in an increasingly VUCA landscape. The Ayrshire-based specialist education and training provider supports organisations across Scotland and the wider UK, working with care providers, charities, community organisations, and other employers to provide both accredited and bespoke learning. Slanjava Learning’s core specialism lies in health and social care, alongside first aid, fire safety, moving and assisting, medication, clinical skills, and a growing range of Train the Trainer programmes. Its training goes beyond helping people gain a certificate, providing learners with the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence they need to make a genuine difference in their workplace. Rather than taking the traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach to education, Slanjava Learning always seeks to adapt scenarios, examples, and discussion to the client’s organisation, the people they support, and the realities its learners face in practice. Sessions are designed to be interactive and accessible, with an emphasis on translating knowledge into confident action. All training is grounded in real operational experience, connecting legislation and theory with situations actually encountered on the job. “This is particularly important in health and social care, where good training can directly influence safety, dignity, confidence, and the quality of support people receive,” Lee told us. “Our motto, “Helping others to help others”, perfectly captures this purpose: by investing in the people who support others, we help that learning create an impact well beyond the training room.” Last year, Slanjava Learning received recognition in Corporate Vision Magazine’s Education and Training Awards 2025, when it was named Scotland’s Best Health and Social Care Training Organisation 2025. The company has made significant progress since this recognition, continuing to invest in quality, recognised certification, and its network of experienced associates to further support organisations across a broad geographical area. For the last five years, Slanjava Learning has been steered by the values of integrity, quality, compassion, and collaboration. Those principles have not fundamentally changed through the years, but they have become more embedded as the organisation has grown. Its team remains committed to making learning feel relevant, inclusive, and useful, rather than something completed for compliance. Achieving this mission requires the Slanjava Learning team to listen to all clients, adapt delivery to the people in the room, and be willing to improve programmes when practice, legislation, or learner needs change. The company promotes a relationship-led approach across the entire team, ensuring that clients can engage directly with the people designing and delivering their training, allowing Slanjava Learning to respond quickly, understand their needs, and create genuinely bespoke solutions. The health and social care sector is a high-pressure environment, where every second counts. As a result, entities across the landscape are challenged with ensuring that their teams are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to successfully deliver care, from local care providers to national organisations. Enter Slanjava Learning, an Ayrshire-based training provider bringing decades of combined expertise in health and social care to deliver innovative training solutions, services, and products to support individual and business growth. We heard more from Founder Lee Johnston below, as Slanjava Learning recognised for a second consecutive year in the Education and Training Awards 2026. Best Health & Social Care Training Organisation 2026 – Scotland Slanjava Learning’s commitment to responsible business extends far beyond the classroom. The company’s partnership with JUST ONE Tree has made sustainability a key part of its ongoing journey to positive impact, with one tree planted for every course booking made. Its Mindful Employer Commitment and Disability Confident Committed status reflect precisely the type of inclusive organisation Slanjava Learning is working hard to build, underpinning its ambition to make learning inclusive, responsible, and sustainable. In just five years, Slanjava Learning has emerged to stand as a trusted partner to organisations across the health and social care sector. The company has evolved consciously, enhancing its services to meet the needs of the sector whilst ensuring that “Helping Others to Help Others” remains the driving principle behind the way it designs training, works with clients, and develops new products and services. For equipping learners with the confidence, knowledge, and tools they need to support others more effectively, Slanjava Learning has earned recognition as Scotland’s Best Health and Social Care Training Organisation 2026. “Our story is one of developing from a training company into a wider learning and development partner,” concluded Lee, “combining course delivery, Train the Trainer programmes, practical resources, products, and developing vocational qualifications. We are proud to be based in Ayrshire and to remain connected with our local business community, while increasingly supporting organisations across Scotland and the UK.” Contact: Lee Johnston Company: Slanjava Learning Ltd Web Address: www.slanjavalearning.co.uk
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