Training and Learning

 

London Learning Consortium (LLC)

The LLC, a trading arm of the South London CVS Partnership has a website at http://www.sllc.org.uk  

Visit their site to find out more about the Consortium and information about Community Learning and VCS Workforce Development opportunities. 

The African Organisational Development Programme 2009/2010

The African Organisational Development Programme have announced there free training programme for 2009 to 2010.

The courses on offer cover

  • Fundraising
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Business Planning
  • Programme Design

To be eligible, your organisation must:

  • be an African - run community organisation or faith group
  • be working in Central or Greater London
  • have at least 80% of clients from African communities
  • be delivering, or be willing to deliver, sexual health interventions (advice etc)

organisations with an average income over the last 3 years of below £60,000 p/a will be given priority when receiving bookings.

To register and to find out more information about the courses on offer please contact Justin on 020 7 812 1727 or at Learning@tht.org.uk.

 

Joint National Pro Bono Conference November 2009

The Joint National Pro Bono Conference Organising Committee has announced its next Conference on 9th November 2009.

See flyer for more info http://probonouk.net/confflyer.pdf

 

Vetting and Barring Scheme Information Roadshows 2009

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) is running a series of Vetting & Barring Scheme Information roadshows, presented in association with the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health.

The series will demonstrate how the Crminal Records Bureau and the ISA will deliver the new scheme as laid down by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

The events will explain the scope of the scheme and impact on employers, voluntary groups and service users, and provide an opportunity for delegates to have their questions answered.

The events are FREE and open to all. Follow the link to see available locations , dates and how to book a place. www.isa-gov.org.

 

Do you have any colleagues interested in becoming a PQASSO mentor? 

  • 15 June – 1-day PQASSO: fast-track for prospective mentors (attending this course is a pre-requisite to attending the PQASSO mentor training course)
  •  30 June, 1 and 14 July – 3-day licensed PQASSO mentor training course.

PQASSO is the most widely used quality assurance system in the voluntary and community sector. As a PQASSO mentor you would be trained by Charities Evaluation Services to join a nationwide network of mentors who provide training and support to local voluntary and community organisations which have chosen to implement PQASSO. To apply follow the link  www.ces-vol.org.uk/pqassomentorprogramme

If you have any queries please contact me on deborah@ces-vol.org.uk or telephone on 020 7078 9383.

FREE Summer Networking and Training Programme For London Deaf and Disabled Peoples Organisations

Following  research into the HR / employment issues faced by Deaf or Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in London, The Building Our Futures project is organising a series of six summer training and network events for managers, management committee members and workers within DPOs.

This unique programme of events is an opportunity to gain practical knowledge and skills tailored to meet the specific management and HR needs and issues of DPO’s

Each event IS FREE for London DPOs and will take place at one of two accessible venues: NCVO in north London, London Councils in South London, and we will try and meet all your access needs, and costs. For the Chairs’ event we will pay attendees a £30 attendance allowance.

See Flyer for more information

 

Building Capacity for Consortia Training

Many learning and skills contracts are too large in scale for third sector organisations to take on - the best way to deliver can be as part of a consortium. Finding the right partners, developing necessary systems, and planning delivery can take months of preparation - and that’s before you’ve cracked the procurement process or caught up with the many funding and policy changes underway in learning and skills.

This practical third sector-led three day workshop, followed by one day of tailored consultancy support, with a unique focus on supporting your organisation to:

 • respond to changes in the learning and skills environment

 • meet the challenges of procurement

• develop delivery partnerships and consortia

See FLYER for more details and AGENDA for details of the course.

For more information please visit www.gle.co.uk/services/training

Please contact Clare Engel on 020 7940 1504 or clare.e@gle.co.uk

 

Real Help for Communities: register for regional roadshows in April, May and June 2009.

Following the publication of the £42.5 million action plan 'Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises', the Office of the Third Sector is holding 9 free regional roadshows for small and medium frontline third sector organisations to provide a practical understanding of how to access the support available.

The schemes included are the Real Help for Communities: Modernisation Fund, Real Help for Communities: Targeted Support Fund and Communitybuilders programme. The regional events will involve a combination of presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, a Q&A session and signposting to further support.

For more information please follow this link http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/news/news_stories/090330_roadshows.aspx

Premises Roadshow

An opportunity to meet premises professionals and find out how they can potentially help you and your clients. Plus shape the creation of the new London Premises Search Engine – a guide to finding answers to third sector premises-related questions.

Please see the FLYER for more information and to book a place use this BOOKING FORM

Merton Safeguarding Children Board

The new Merton Safeguarding Children Board Training Programme is now available to download at www.merton.gov.uk/lscbtraining

Ready Steady Start

Are you starting a new community group? Or has your voluntary organisation been established recently?

Ready Steady Start is a free interactive tarining course for anyone involved in setting up a new organisation.

It will equip you with the basic skills needed to set up a sustainable organisation. It will encourage you to consider whether setting up an organisations is the right path for your group.

Over 4 days you will learn about

  • setting up a sustainable organisation
  • project development
  • governance
  • fundraising basics

Participants are expected to attend the full course and will receive a certificate from LVSC.

Call 020 7700 8110 or emailkarin@lvsc.org.uk for more information on how to apply for your FREE place.

Professional Volunteer IT Support through iT4 Communities

iT4Communities (iT4C), the lead national IT Volunteering programme, introduces Volunteer IT Professionals to charities and voluntary organisations needing any type of IT help.

We have a diverse pool of over 5,500 IT professionals registered with us who can help with almost any IT project that you have. You don't even need any technical knowledge because once you register iT4C will:

 - Discuss your IT needs with you in plain english

 - Create a professional IT project definition for your volunteer opportunity for potential volunteers

 - Be on hand throughout the project to offer support, advice and guidance

 - Provide regular newsletters, annual awards and information on IT

What Kinds of Projects Can IT Volunteers Do?

Our IT Volunteers have a huge range of skills and can tackle most IT projects such as developing your accessible website, building a complex database, helping you plan your IT Strategy, advising you on buying and installing new equipment, and even training you in all things IT.

There is an £85 admin fee which gives you 1 year of support and as many IT project requests as you need, including all the help already mentioned.

Find more information and to register your organisation please visit http://www.it4communities.org.uk <http://www.it4communities.org.uk/>, email info@it4communities.org.uk or call us on 020 7796 2144.

COULD YOUR ORGANISATION SURVIVE A FLU PANDEMIC?

The local Primary Care Trusts and local authorities are holding conferences for voluntary and community organisations on this theme

on 30th March.  The programme will cover the following areas:

§         To understand ‘flu and how it may affect you and others.

§         To understand ‘flu pandemic and what this means for you and others in the community.

§         To understand how we can work together to make the community able to cope during a flu pandemic.

§         To share information on how to look after yourself and others in the community.

More details and a booking form are in the attached flier

Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives

Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives, a cross-government strategy for England (January 2008) is a recent policy document which outlined the government’s approach to promoting healthy weight in children across England. One part of the HWHL strategy is ‘Building Local Capabilities’. That is, to train individuals “to ensure that all those working at a local level, both health and non-health professionals, are aware of their role in promoting the benefits of a healthy weight”.  

As you may be aware the HLA and the London Teaching Public Health Network has been working in partnership to deliver a series of free training to those working or volunteering with young children and families in London.

Please find attached information about a series of training days taking place across London as well as the programme content.

Please note: you do not have to be working in these locations to attend. All training is free and all expenses will be paid to those working or volunteering in the voluntary sector.

- LTPHN PROGRAMME

- EALING EVENT

- EALING TRAINING

- WESTMINSTER EVENT

- CROYDON EVENT

- HARROW EVENT

 

 

LSC Building Capacity for Consortia Training

Developing systems and planning delivery. Please see attached flyer for details.

MVSC

Training programme for Children, Young people and families organisations. Please see attached flyer for details.

 

Clinks Training Programme 2009 

Clinks' National Training Programme supports the voluntary sector working with offenders, their families and vulnerable people. All of our courses are Criminal Justice specific and have been very well received by almost 500 people last year!  Our training aims to improve the ways in which you work; by increasing your attractiveness to funders and commissioners, enabling you to evidence and demonstrate the effectiveness of your work and ensuring your staff and volunteers are well-informed and safe whilst working in high-risk environments. 

Upcoming Courses

Outcomes Focus (2 day course)

Equip yourself to introduce an outcomes focus within your own organisation, exploring simple ways to monitor and gather information, ways of reporting outcomes and how to use outcomes for planning.

London, 12th & 26th February, Taunton, 4th & 25th March, York, 5th & 19th May, London, 30th April & 13th May, Bodmin, 9th & 23rd June

Essentials of Quality (1 day course)

Practice, discussion, and evaluation of what you will need to have in place to produce evidence for a quality mark or as a 'quality organisation'.

London, 5th March, York, 28th May

Volunteering in Prison (1 day course)

A “Train the Trainers” course designed to support and train staff and volunteers working in prisons.

London, March 10th

Volunteering with Offenders in the Community (2 day course)A “Train the Trainers” course designed to train staff or volunteers working with offenders in the community.

London, 21st & 22nd April

Please consult http://www.clinks.org.uk/ for booking information.

Macpro

Macpro Ltd delivers a wide range of sports and social development services for young people, basketball involvement sessions, teams, leagues and coaching services. Macpro also offers accredited training and offers sports courses and capacity building workshops, team building, conflict management, youth forum management and event management and delivery for indoor and outdoor events and special occasions. 

Address:P.O.Box 27476 London SW9 8TS

Tel: +44 0790 3317 888

Email: macpro@talk21.com

Website: www.macpro-uk.co.uk  

 See the flyer for the workshops available.

Skild Learning Programme (Skills and Knowledge for Local Development)

See the Skild Websitefor training opportunities for development workers (those whom provide support frontline third sector organisations, from children's workers to funding advisors).


London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC)

LVSC run a wide range of short courses to help develop the knowledge and skills of London's voluntary and community sector's workforce and details are available on the LVSC website or click onto the Calendar of course dates September 08 - February 09. Click onto the new price grid for courses September 2008 - July 2009


London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC)


Click here to download project highlight training and training infrastructure needs of community development workers in Greater London.

London Voluntary Sector Council (LVSC) Community Development

Developing the Infrastructure for Community Development Learning and Qualifications in London. Click here to download the 2007-08 report highlighting training and training infrastructure needs of community development workers in Greater London. and click here for supporting documents.