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Winter 2012 Training Programme

Please see below for details of our range of training sessions over the coming months. For more details about a course click the course title.

Date Course Delivered by Time
28/02/2012 Keeping It Legal - Increase your knowledge of legal issues involved in fundraising  09:30 - 12:00
29/02/2012  Presentation Skills (OCN Level 2) 09:30 - 16:00
06/03/2012  Managing Change 10:00 - 12:00

  Interested in a Course? Download the VCAS Booking Form or contact Audrey Thompson           0191 565 1566 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Pricing Scheme

 VCAS Members Non Members VCS Outside Tyne & Wear  Statutory   Private 
        Half Day        (2-3 hours) £10 £20 £30 £35 £40
        Full Day        (3-6 hours) £15 £30 £45 £60 £70
 
 
Other Training Opportunities 
 
Out of Hours Training Programme
VCAS are also offering Out of Hours Training to help organisations who are struggling to train their workers during office hours due to limited organisational capacity. 
 
To book onto an Out of Hours training course please download the VCAS Booking Form or contact Audrey Thompson 0191 565 1566 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
Date Course Delivered By Time
 22/02/2012  Risk Assessment    18:00 - 20:00
 10/03/2012  Introduction to Community Development    10:00 - 15:00
 20/03/2012  Time Management    18:00 - 20:00
  • Download the Specialist Support Services Training Prospectus to see what training our partners are offering across Tyne & Wear.
  • Places for Everyone are running an online course in Capital Development until March 2012 when the project comes to a close. For details please click here.
  • A Free Fire Champions Half Day Training course is available at Northmoor Fire Station or Washington Fire Station on dates between 23rd February and 3rd May. For more details please click here. 
  • Them Wifies are offering issue based training courses including Eating Disorder Training, Asylum Seekers and Mental Health Training, and Training on How to Keep Physically and Emotionally Safe on the Internet. For more details please click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This practical workshop explores the key legal issues and areas of fundraising law that funding advisers and voluntary and community sector organisations need to be aware of when seeking and securing funding from various sources. It will provide participants with knowledge of some of the legal issues related to the sector.
 
Suitable For:
  • Fundraisers
  • Staff / volunteers with fundraising responsibilities
  • Funding advice workers
Session Content:
  • Capital bids particularly where leases are involved
  • Fundraising law as it applies to specific kinds of fundraising activities
  • Legal issues around contracts
 
 
 
  
Have you ever been asked to deliver a presentation and struggled to find a starting point? Does the though of speaking in public terrify you? You are not alone...almost everyone finds themselves in this position at some point during their career. This practical, full day, accredited session will give you the tools to develop, design and deliver better presentations
 
Suitable For:
  • Public speakers
  • Those who give presentations as part of their work
Session Content:
  • Identifying concerns
  • Opening statement
  • Presentation planning & structure
  • Visual aids
  • Public speaking tips
 
 
 
 
The voluntary community sector is facing a challenging period. Dwindling resources coupled with increasing demand on services are forcing VCS organisations to revisit how services are delivered. This session will investigate how organisations manage change and will highlight some of the techniques you can use to facilitate a smooth transition.
 
Suitable For:
  • Managers
  • Chief Officers
  • Management Committee / Trustee Board / Directors
Session Content:
  • What do we mean by managing change?
  • Identifying the external factors
  • Looking inwardly at what needs to change
  • Where changes can be made
  • Effective communication

 

 

 

 

All groups and organisations are legally bound to ensure that users, volunteers and paid staff have a comfortable, safe environment in which to participate and operate in. Risk Assessment is a vital tool in ensuring that you are aware of the issues and are able to take steps to minimise harm.
 
Suitable For:
  • Health & safety representatives
  • Project staff
  • Volunteers in smaller VCS organisations
Session Content:
  • The negative impacts of not undertaking a risk assessment
  • The 5 steps to effective risk assessment
  • Identifying hazards
  • Who might be harmed & how
  • Prioritising risks
  • Noting findings & implementing

 

 

 
 
Community Development practice and principles are something we should all be aware of and consider in delivering our day to day projects.The National Occupational Standards for community development were changed recently and this session will familiarise learners with these new standards.
 
Suitable For:
  • Community Development Workers
  • Paid staff / volunteers who work in the community
  • Management Committees / Trustee Boards / Boards of Directors
Session Content:
  • What is community development
  • What do we mean by community
  • The National Occupational Standards
  • Underpinning key aims
 
 

 

 

Time management is an important skill to have. Managing your time more effectively can have positive benefits for both individuals and the organisations they work for. Making staff and volunteers more effective in their roles and reducing issues such as stress.
 
Suitable For:
  • Paid staff
  • Volunteers
  • Individual managing multiple work loads
Session Content:
  • What is time management
  • Positive benefits of effective time management
  • Individual time auditing
  • Planning around energy cycles
  • Effective to do lists (project based not task based)