For more information, or to book on to a course, please contact Sangita on 0207 851 0377 x 222 or email her at: sangita@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk
Meet The Funder Workshop
Tuesday 14 September, 2pm to 4pm
FREE
Last Round of Grass Roots Funding!! Grass Roots Grants are available for local community groups in Waltham Forest. Julian Martin of O’Regen guides you through the final application round.
Preparing Budget and Cash Flow
Forecasts
Thursday 16 September, 10am to 3pm
FREE for VAWF Members, £20 for other
not-for-profit organisations
Good financial management will ensure your organisations long term sustainability. This workshop is essential for all staff who have any financial responsibility in the organisation.
CIEH Level 2 in Food Safety in Catering
Tuesday 21 September, 10am to 4pm
Fee to be confirmed.
The knowledge you will receive from this course will ensure that you fully understand the health
and safety implications in food hygiene and prevent cases of food poising and legal litigation
against your organisation.
Introduction to Certificate of Minimum Standards Workshop
Wednesday 22 September, 10am to 1pm
FREE
LBWF Certificate of Minimum Standards (CMS) is a local quality mark for children and young
people organisations and is unique to Waltham Forest. Come along to this introduction day and we will explain to you the benefits for your organistion to work through the CMS.
The Tendering and Commissioning Process
ACCREDITED BY NOCN
28th September, 5th & 12th October (3 days)
£85 members, £120 other not-for-profit organisations
As preparations for a new round of commissioning take shape, it is essential that voluntary and community groups prepare for the processes.
This course will give you a better understanding of what tendering and commissioning is, and how you can take advantage of it.
Completion of this course adds to getting the ‘Certificate in Managing Voluntary and Community Organisations’.
Introduction to PQASSO
Wednesday 29 September, 10am-1.30pm
Free to VAWF’s members, £15 to other non for profit organisations
The local CMS can be used as a foundation for acquiring a nationally recognised quality mark such as PQASSO. Funders increasingly seek quality marks as evidence for their grant allocation and commissioning decisions.
For more information or to book these courses or to book a place, please contact Sangita on 0207 851 0377 x 222 or email:
sangita@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk
Forthcoming Training - Autumn 2010
The Tendering and Commissioning Process.
Fundraising Strategies & Bid Writing.
Meet the Funder: Grass Roots
Meet the Funder: Community Council
Meet the Funder: Trust for London
Developing a Business Plan
Setting up a Partnerships/ Consortiums
Policies, Procedures and Practice
What is Personalisation & How will it affect me or my organisation?
CIEH Level 2 in Food Safety in Catering
Emergency First Aid at Work
Recruitment and Induction of Management Committee Members
Community Accountancy Training
Preparing Budgets and cash flow forecasts.
Setting up Financial Control Procedures.
Excel spreadsheet for beginners.
Charities Act 2006 and how it affects your Charitable Organisation.
Introduction to PQASSO
LBWF Certificate of Minimum Standards (CMS) Quality Mark
Recruiting the Right volunteers
Volunteers – what can the employer expect from you & What you expect from the Employer?
Volunteers & The Law
Voluntary Action is committed to developing the skills of its members, through our Workforce Development and learning programmes.
Anyone attending non-accredited training courses will receive, upon request, a certificate of attendance.
Why Accredited Training?
Completing accredited training will give you a pathway to go on to complete full qualifications. Having fully qualified members of staff will increase your prospects of success with funding applications as funding bodies are looking more favourably at organisations with qualified staff.
We hope there is something here to suit everyone. However, if you do not find something of interest please let us know by emailing us at workforce@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk as we are continuously developing our training programme and will be happy to take on your suggestions.
