About us

Who we are and what we do

Solve Online Learning is the brainchild of our Founder and Director, Craig Pinkney, a criminologist, urban youth specialist, and visiting lecturer.

Craig is recognised as one of the UK’s leading thinkers and activists in responding to street gangs and serious youth violence. Click the link to read more about Craig and his team of experts.
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Why Choose Us?

Key features and benefits of the service

  • Cost Effective

    Our aim is to bring on-topic information to you, delivered by experts, at a low cost. We believe in cost-effective CPD, delivering budget-friendly online seminars to each and every school.

  • Trending Topics

    Each month brings a new webinar based on the hottest topic in multiple sectors, as voted by you. We understand time is precious so ensure that all sessions are informative and engaging.

  • Quick & Easy

    All training is delivered digitally and accessible at the click of a button without the need for travel and time away from the workplace. Each participant will receive a digital recording following the session.

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And get a sense of what's inside

Fast-paced essential knowledge for busy school leaders, teachers, and youth work agencies.

From page to screen, from a conference to your office, we bring the knowledge to you through the power of video and resource downloads..

  • Engaging CPD in high quality video format

  • Unrivalled expertise delivered by youth, social work, and education experts

  • Easily scalable solution to train the whole school or organisation

  • Affordable pricing plans with options for any budget

  • CPD delivered anytime, anywhere on any device saving time and money on travel and events

How it works

What does the online learning community involve?

  • It's your choice

    Choose from over 50 courses to purchase individually. Or purchase bundles of courses, perhaps based on a theme, at a discounted rate

  • Peer-to-peer networking

    Use our community forum tool to network with your peers and share experiences and best-practice.

  • Video updates

    Every month we add new content based on the latest research, legislation and guidance. Post questions in the forum and let us know what content you would like to see in the future

  • Certificated

    Auto-generated certificate on completion to evidence your CPD and support career progression

  • Live webinars

    In addition to pre-recorded content, opportunities to join live events, video conferences and webinars with industry experts

  • Activities and reflective journal

    Many courses feature download activities and reflective journal sheets to consolidate the learning

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  • Are the webinars live or recorded?

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  • How much cheaper is it to buy multiples of courses>

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  • How do I share the resources with my wider team and organisation?

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Thank You

Craig Pinkney

Founder and Chief Executive

Craig Pinkney is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist, and Chief Executive of SOLVE: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict. Craig is an experienced worker and academically holds a BA (Hons) in Youth & Community Development (JNC), Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning, Post Graduate Certificate in Research, Masters Degree in Criminology and is currently a PhD Researcher in Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. Craig has over 18 years of experience as an outreach worker, transformational speaker, international gang exit strategist, training facilitator, mediator, mentor and filmmaker.

Craig Pinkney is nationally and internationally known for working with some of the country's most challenging young people, potentially high-risk offenders, victims of gang violence and youth who are deemed most hard to reach. Craig specialises in the area of Urban Street Gangs, Youth Violence, Social Media, Race and Crime, Racism and Anti-Racist Practice. Due to his area of expertise Craig is the currently UK lead for the EU Gangs Project, an advisor for several bodies such as the National Youth Agency (UK), The Children’s Society (UK) Police and Crime Commission Office (West Midlands), Norfolk County Council (Children’s Services), Violence Reduction Unit (Birmingham and Nottingham) and the Ministry of Justice in Jamaica.

In 2021 Craig founded ‘Solve Online Learning Centre’ which is an online platform that provides remote video CPD to professionals within Education, Criminal Justice, Social Care, Youth, Community and Families. In the same year Craig also established ‘Solve Housing’ which is supported living accommodation for young people 16+ across the West Midlands.