The Marriage Course has been run in over 130 countries for over 1.5 million couples and consists of two courses
The Marriage Course and The Pre-Marriage Course
Over 1.5 million couples
Meet the founders Nicky and Sila Lee
Nicky and Sila Lee met as teenagers in West Cork and married in 1976. In more than 40 years of marriage, Nicky and Sila have lived in Japan, the North East of England and central London. They have experienced the birth of four children and they have nine grandchildren.
Nicky and Sila have run The Pre-Marriage Course at HTB since 1985 and The Marriage Course since 1996, and many couples have found their marriages enriched through attending these courses. For some, the course has literally saved their marriage from separation or divorce.
For several decades, Nicky and Sila have been increasingly involved in seeking to help other marriages. They have seen hundreds of couples and have faced with them a range of diverse and difficult issues. From all of them, and from their own marriage, they have learnt that the marriage relationship is not always easy, but it is highly rewarding. These experiences, combined with their own research and plenty of advice from others in the field, enabled Nicky and Sila to develop the five-week Pre-Marriage Course for couples who are either engaged or exploring marriage and the seven-week Marriage Course for couples at any stage of their marriage. Over 1.5 million couples have now been on these courses in many different countries and languages around the world.
Developed in 1996, The Marriage Course has been run in over 117 countries for over 1.5 million couples. It is a not-for-profit offering from Alpha International, and is run globally by many organisations.
Alpha International is a charity registered in England & Wales (no. 1086179) and in Scotland (no. SC042906) and a private company limited by guarantee and registered in England & Wales (no. 4157379). The registered office is at HTB Brompton Road SW7 1JA.