COURSE LISTINGS
Please note information in the Training Users Guide. Click here.
Courses Provided by B&NES CVS - click here
See also Ladder4Learning - they have a free on-line database of courses , workshops and other learning opportunities specifically useful to the Voluntary Sector in the South West of England .
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Parents as Partners
- part of the Barnardo's TLC Programme. Designed to support Early
Years Foundation Stage standards, the course gives practical ideas to
engage parents in your setting. Attendees will learn techniques to
encourage parents to share in their child’s learning in the setting and
the home. Increase your knowledge of the principles of effective parent
partnership and learn of the barriers facing some parents. The
training will also provide evaluation methods to audit and improve your
own provision. Cost £45 including lunch and refreshments.
For more information
contact:
Liz Bennett on 0117 937 5500 Email:
tlcinfosouthwest@barnardos.org.uk
Involve more young volunteers with
training from do-it.org.uk
YouthNet, is offering bespoke training to help organisations recruit,
involve and create volunteering opportunities for 16-25 year olds. The
training is available free to charities who publicise their volunteering
opportunities on YouthNet's volunteering website. Contact Felicity
Jones: 020 7250 5724
felicity.jones@youthnet
Sexual Health Training - free to anyone working with young people in Bath & North East Somerset. Training Booklet.
Safe and Sound – an introduction to basic safeguarding. This training is designed for anyone who has contact with children within their working environment. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of how to provide a safe setting for children and how to recognise and respond to abuse. Dates in the South West throughout the year - see Barnardo's TLC Training Calendar for details.
The Sexual Exploitation of Children and the Internet - one day training course. The growth of social networking sites has provided paedophiles with previously unheard of opportunities to groom children for sexual exploitation. This training offers key information to those who work with children and have responsibilies regarding their safety.The course trainers have a background in child protection and have investigated this kind of exploitation. Dates: 30th September 2008 (Gloucester), 25th November 2008 (Tiverton), 5th March 2009 (Swindon). For more information contact: Liz Bennett 0117 937 500 tlcinfosouthwest@barnardos.org.uk
The Freedom Programme - 16th/17th September 2008 (Swindon) The Freedom Programme was devised in response to the need for an effective model to work with victims/survivors of domestic abuse. The aim is to provide an opportunity for women to develop ways of thinking and behaving to protect themselves, their children and others from harm and to provide them with the knowledge they need to achieve this goal. The Training is intended to impart knowledge and skills to participants to enable them to facilitate Freedom Programme groups or to work with women on a one-to-one basis. Details.
Is Your Club Child-Safe? Child protection seminar - Wed 17 September Child-Safe is a registered international children and young person's charity involved in travel, sport, community groups and specific school programmes. The Child-Safe initiative in Bath & NE Somerset is about empowering young people, improving care and reducing opportunities of abuse in its widest sense. Anyone attending a Child-safe seminar will receive an Information and Resource pack that will enable them to develop and implement an effective child protection scheme. The seminar will be held in the Somerdale Room at Frys Club in Keynsham from 18.30pm to 20.00pm. To book a place please contact Tara Savage on 01225 842473 or email tara.savage@avonandsomerset.police.uk.
'Working with Children, Young people and their Families.' a foundation degree offered by University of the West of England
Working With People
Who Self Injure - Bristol Crisis Service for Women Training Day
Monday 22 September/Friday 26 September 2008. Why do people
self-injure? What are their needs? What issues does self-injury raise
for workers? Responding helpfully.
Details and Booking Form.
Cost £85 for
voluntary organisations and individuals.
Helping the Young back to the Land: an opportunity to explore ways of working with teenagers on the land. This training for adults will be offered in Wiltshire (Oct 08 - April 09) by Circle of Life Rediscovery. The training, comprising three weekends and a four day module was devised by Annie Spencer who developed the programme after working in Romania with adolescents about to leave their orphanage. There she learnt how transforming time spent in nature can be for disturbed and angry young men and has since developed her work with young people both here and in the States for the past five years. Cost: £1050. This includes all teaching, accommodation and food. Details.
Managing Challenging Behaviour, 10th September, Dorset. Practical Strategies for managing Young people with ADHD and ASD. This is a free event organised by the Children’s Workforce Learning Network (CWLN). Further details. If you wish to attend please contact Claire Fairthorne on tel. 0117 9375519 or claire.faithorn@barnardos.org.uk
Advocacy Community of Practice, 15th September, Bristol, 10am-12pm. Details TBC
Involving Fathers Training, 15th September, Plymouth. Details TBC
Please also see the Interagency Safeguarding Children Programme listed under Statutory Providers.
Refugee Council Training Programme 2008 - Training for service providers who work with migrants and refugees. Details on the Refugee Council website.
Could You Support Someone to Speak Up for Themselves? - The Care Forum are looking for committed people to train as volunteer advocates to support for people who wish to make a complaint about local Social Services, or who use local mental health services. If you have good communication and literacy skills and the confidence to work with a wide range of people, they offer comprehensive training in advocacy skills and related subjects, support and supervision throughout your volunteer work, and expenses. For more information, please contact Jo Stokes, Volunteer Development Worker on 0117 958 9329 or email jostokes@thecareforum.org.uk
Online Training on Discrimination in Employment - The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) offers online training on discrimination on the basis of religion or belief, and on age discrimination. Visit www.acas.org.uk/elearning.
Continuing Professional Development for Faith Leaders and Workers - The overall aim of the programme is to develop the communication, negotiation, representation and other skills of faith leaders, workers and volunteers so that they can operate more effectively and confidently within their own communities. Details on the NIACE website
CIB South & West are offering a discount on OCN accredited training in giving funding advice to community and voluntary groups. The training is offered at Level 2, over two days, or at Level 3 over 3 days. Further details.
See also CIB South & West short courses for the Voluntary and Community Sector - under Regional Training Providers.
NCVO’s Sustainable
Funding Project Introductory Workshop - Tuesday 16th September 2008,
Barton Hill Settlement, Ducie Rd, Bristol, BS5 OAX, 9.30am – 4pm. Cost:
£30
A one-day interactive workshop aimed at voluntary and community sector
organisations to help them to explore sustainable funding opportunities.
Further details.
Full Cost Recovery Training - Acevo and NAVCA are running the third and final year of Full Cost Recovery training, September 2008 - February 2009. The course will give you the knowledge, skills and tools to offer sustainable support in Full Cost Recovery to smaller third sector organisations operating at local level. Only £40 per delegate and a free copy of the FCR book and CD ROM is included. Details.
Advising VCS Groups on
Funding Issues Bristol (2008)18-19 Nov & 9 Dec; Plymouth (2008)9-10 Sept
& 14 Sept; Coventry(2008) 16-17 Sept & 7 Oct; Oxford (2009) 13-14 Jan &
3
Feb.
An OCN accredited training
course for Funding Advisers. This 3-day programme provides a unique
opportunity to gain a nationally recognised qualification in giving
funding advice. It is aimed at existing funding advice workers from
voluntary/statutory organisations, umbrella agency workers, community
development workers, external funding officers and all others who give
funding advice to voluntary/community groups.
Booking form. For further information please
contact Bridie Nelson;
bridie@cibwilts.org.uk
or visit the
Charities
Information Bureau website
The Directory of
Social Change Fundraising Programme - an in-depth training covering
every aspect and type of fundraising. many courses, including the 4 day
Foundation Course in Fundraising Practice. For details etc. please the
the
DSC website
Please also see courses offered by the Institute of Fundraising South West.
ACEVO SOUTH WEST SEMINARS 2007 - 2008 - Bristol based seminars aimed at Chief Officers. Details.
Effective Voluntary Sector Management - New Online Course aimed at people who have recently joined the voluntary sector. Volunteers and trustees can also benefit from this course. The online course is run by Working for a Charity, a project within NCVO and part of the UK Workforce Hub and is accredited by Roehampton University. The 2008 course started in February and has now closed but, to find out details of the next course in 2009 click here.
Regional Leadership & Governance Forums 2008 -The Third Sector Leadership Centre is working in partnership with the Governance Hub and Regional Networks to organise a series of Regional Leadership and Governance Forums. The forums are aimed at leaders in the sector who are at Chief Officer/Director level, along with their Chairs and trustees. Find out more about the forum in your region (remaining dates in July). Details.
New Training Courses for Trustees, Boards and Senior Managers: Risk Management, Volunteers and the Law, Company Secretarial Duties, How to Run Board Appraisals, Trustees Duties and Responsibilities, Inducting New Trustees Details on the Charity Skills website.
Outcomes Training -
Voscur is running 2 free two-day courses for Voscur members on:
Wednesday 17 September and Wednesday 8 October (9.30am - 4.00pm)
Windmill Hill City Farm,
Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4EA
Thursday 18 September and Thursday 9 October (9.30am - 4.00pm)
The Gatehouse Centre, Hareclive Road, Bristol BS13 9JN.
Details
Free Starting in
Social Enterprise Workshops - If you are in the early stages of
setting up social enterprise business, or if you have an idea that could
benefit your community and don't know where to start, this series of
workshops are designed to help you explore how this could happen. The
workshops will provide the opportunity to understand how to set up a
social enterprise and you will be able to create an action plan to help
you get started.
Dates in the
region to 22 September.
Booking Form
Please also see links to training programmes offered by regional VCS organisations under Regional Training Providers.
Arthritis Care Challenging Pain Course - Arthritis Care is a national charity with local links. They can offer a new intervention for any people who have long term pain. It is a two session workshop delivered over two consecutive weeks. They have evidence from their research that shows that even 12 months after attending the course people are still finding what they learnt is helping them. This new course is called “Challenging Pain”, and Arthritis Care runs these courses locally. They are free to the people who attend. If you know someone who you feel might benefit from attending such a course, or you work with people who might benefit or if you have long term pain, then please contact the local organiser, and ask to be put on the waiting list. Ring Veena on 0117 962 3786 mobile: 07960495211email: veenab@arthritiscare.org.uk
Could You Support Someone to Speak Up for Themselves? - The Care Forum are looking for committed people to train as volunteer advocates to support for people who wish to make a complaint about local Social Services, or who use local mental health services. If you have good communication and literacy skills and the confidence to work with a wide range of people, they offer comprehensive training in advocacy skills and related subjects, support and supervision throughout your volunteer work, and expenses. For more information, please contact Jo Stokes, Volunteer Development Worker on 0117 958 9329 or email jostokes@thecareforum.org.uk
Deaf Awareness Training - A customised course for organisations in contact with deaf people. Details.
Healing Abuse - Training - Healing Abuse is a training workshop particularly designed for people whose work takes them into contact with people who have been through abuse. Healing Abuse Training is part of the work of The Rainbow Programme, a Bristol based charity, which is now a leading service for recovery from abuse in the South West. For further details contact:info@therainbowprogramme.org.UK
Sexual Health Training - free to anyone working with young people in Bath & North East Somerset. Training Booklet.
The Freedom Programme - 16th/17th September 2008 (Swindon) The Freedom Programme was devised in response to the need for an effective model to work with victims/survivors of domestic abuse. The aim is to provide an opportunity for women to develop ways of thinking and behaving to protect themselves, their children and others from harm and to provide them with the knowledge they need to achieve this goal. The Training is intended to impart knowledge and skills to participants to enable them to facilitate Freedom Programme groups or to work with women on a one-to-one basis. Details.
Time for Action – Elder Abuse Training A cascade training course developed by Action on Elder Abuse which helps organisations to acquire the skills and materials needed to train all their own staff and volunteers in awareness and understanding of elder abuse. Delegates are sent briefing notes before the course to help them prepare. Comic Relief has provided a bursary fund so that voluntary organisations can receive the full day training from as little as £25. Regional dates through the year. Details on AEA website.
Understanding Health Improvement (Royal Institute of Public Health Level 2) - The Health Improvement Team (Public Health Workforce Development) are introducing regular training to allow staff to motivate and support individuals to adopt a healthier lifestyle. The RIPH Level 2 award provides an introduction to the fundamentals of health and well-being, of barriers to making a change to lifestyle and of how to help people to make changes to improve their health. Dates to March 2009. More details
Working With People
Who Self Injure - Bristol Crisis Service for Women Training Day
Monday 22 September/Friday 26 September 2008. Why do people
self-injure? What are their needs? What issues does self-injury raise
for workers? Responding helpfully.
Details and Booking Form.
Cost £85 for
voluntary organisations and individuals.
Please also see the Health & Social Care Programme listed under Statutory Providers
Free advice and information about learning and work with iPoint. i-point gives a simple one-step route through the maze of information on the internet. It links to free tools and information including a CV builder, a course finder, and information on hundreds of types of jobs. Details.
ICT Training - COSMIC in Devon and Future Learning CIC in Bristol have joined forces to deliver net:gain to third sector organisations in the SW net.gain gives you all the tools you need to improve your service delivery using ICT and has been developed specifically for not for profit organisations. Details on the Future Learning website.
Writhlington ICT Programme - Free or low cost ICT training to anyone in B&NES. Click here.
Please also see courses offered by The Learning Curve
Summer Training for
Development Workers - see the latest edition of SKILDbites.
The Certificate in Interpersonal Skills for Volunteers, This free distance learning training course run by the University of Wales, Lampeter has helped hundreds of people over the years improve their interpersonal skills. At the moment the course is available free of charge for UK and EU residents who do not hold (and are not currently studying for) a degree or higher qualification. The course is part-time distance learning with no exams. There are monthly start dates and tutor support. The course is fully accredited by the University of Wales and can lead to a BA Degree in Voluntary Sector Studies. If you would like to know more then please visit the website at http://www.volstudy.ac.uk. or Tel: 01570 424785.
Third Sector Peer Coaching Programme for Learning and Skills - This is a new free programme running from March 2008 to March 2009 for Third Sector providers of learning and skills and Third Sector organisations about to become providers. Details.
Healing Abuse - Training - Healing Abuse is a training workshop particularly designed for people whose work takes them into contact with people who have been through abuse. Healing Abuse Training is part of the work of The Rainbow Programme, a Bristol based charity, which is now a leading service for recovery from abuse in the South West. For further details contact: info@therainbowprogramme.org.uk
Working With People
Who Self Injure - Bristol Crisis Service for Women Training Day
Monday 22 September/Friday 26 September 2008. Why do people
self-injure? What are their needs? What issues does self-injury raise
for workers? Responding helpfully.
Details and Booking Form.
Cost £85 for
voluntary organisations and individuals.
Understanding Yourself
& Other People – Friday 25th July in Taunton. Part of the Cascade
Summer Programme. For those who would like to improve relationships in
the workplace and those in any kind of supervisory role. Acquire tried
and tested psychological techniques! Tutor – Jean Atkinson. What makes
you ‘you’ - and others ‘them’?! Why do some people ‘push your buttons’?
Dealing with difficult people - avoiding manipulation and power games.
What motivates you - and are you achieving what you want? How do you
handle anger in yourself and other people?
BOOKING AND FULL PAYMENT FOR THIS COURSE MUST BE RECEIVED BY 26th June.
Booking Form.
Working For A
Charity's Effective Voluntary Sector Management - online course
starting Oct 2008. This course is aimed at people who have recently
joined the voluntary sector or who wish to make a career move into it.
Volunteers and trustees can also benefit. The course covers seven units:
Introduction to the voluntary sector, Marketing and communications,
Fundraising, Employment, Volunteering, Financial management and
Governance. The course is accredited by Roehampton University and the
online element will provide 10 credits at HE level 1. For those who wish
to achieve a Certificate of Professional Practice a project module can
be completed after the online course. For more information or to
register for the course, go to
www.workingforacharity.org.uk
Advising VCS Groups on Funding Issues Bristol (2008)18-19 Nov & 9 Dec; Plymouth (2008)9-10 Sept & 14 Sept; Coventry(2008) 16-17 Sept & 7 Oct; Oxford (2009) 13-14 Jan & 3 Feb. An OCN accredited training course for Funding Advisers. This 3-day programme provides a unique opportunity to gain a nationally recognised qualification in giving funding advice. It is aimed at existing funding advice workers from voluntary/statutory organisations, umbrella agency workers, community development workers, external funding officers and all others who give funding advice to voluntary/community groups. Booking form. For further information please contact Bridie Nelson; bridie@cibwilts.org.uk or visit the Charities Information Bureau website
The Freedom Programme - 16th/17th September 2008 (Swindon) The Freedom Programme was devised in response to the need for an effective model to work with victims/survivors of domestic abuse. The aim is to provide an opportunity for women to develop ways of thinking and behaving to protect themselves, their children and others from harm and to provide them with the knowledge they need to achieve this goal. The Training is intended to impart knowledge and skills to participants to enable them to facilitate Freedom Programme groups or to work with women on a one-to-one basis. Details.
Outcomes Training -
Voscur is running 2 free two-day courses for Voscur members on:
Wednesday 17 September and Wednesday 8 October (9.30am - 4.00pm)
Windmill Hill City Farm,
Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4EA
Thursday 18 September and Thursday 9 October (9.30am - 4.00pm)
The Gatehouse Centre, Hareclive Road, Bristol BS13 9JN.
Details
Could You Support Someone to Speak Up for Themselves? - The Care Forum are looking for committed people to train as volunteer advocates to support for people who wish to make a complaint about local Social Services, or who use local mental health services. If you have good communication and literacy skills and the confidence to work with a wide range of people, they offer comprehensive training in advocacy skills and related subjects, support and supervision throughout your volunteer work, and expenses. For more information, please contact Jo Stokes, Volunteer Development Worker on 0117 958 9329 or email jostokes@thecareforum.org.uk
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Please also see links to training programmes offered by regional VCS organisations under Regional Training Providers.
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