Community Foundation provides expert training courses to suit your budget. We offer a range of training courses from basic to advance levels. Starting a Social Enterprise By starting your own social enterprise you can be your own boss, address a need in your community, gain skills and experience or address a social concern. This workshop will give you an introduction on where to begin, how to do it, and what to do next. Legal Structures This workshop will help you navigate the wide range of legal structures and governance arrangements that enable you to make the right decisions as you take your enterprise forward. Business Planning This workshop is designed to provide practical support on how to develop a business plan and prepare for the future. Introduction to Impact Measurement This course will provide participants with a clear understanding of what impact measurement is, what is involved and what tools can be used to implement this. To break down some of the jargon surrounding impact measurement and to help organisations get started by considering what they already do and to reflect on what else they need to do Planning Outcomes Identifying the outcomes of what you do is an important step on the way to demonstrating the impact your work is having. An outcomes approach helps to focus your work and can provide evidence of the value of your service. This course will:
Employment Law is one of the fastest changing areas of law and it is important that the Third Sector keeps abreast of these changes. Mistakes and gaps in knowledge can lead to an employment tribunal claim. Last year, the average Unfair Dismissal claim cost almost £9,000 in compensation, and £22,000 in costs, which are generally not recoverable. Apart from the financial cost, the cost in terms of management time and stress can also be substantial. Bluntly, an unsuccessful tribunal case can result in severe damage to an organisation, and even in it having to close its doors.Community Foundation's latest series of practical employment law training is designed to cover both the new areas of employment law, and the subjects which most often lead to disputes and legal claims. Termination of
Employment Volunteers and the Law Contracts, Policies and Procedures Sickness Absence, Sick pay and Disability Discrimination
Law Equality Act 2010 and Review of
Discrimination Law Maternity and paternity rights Flexible working Managing an employment tribunal
claim Downsizing and cutting employment
costs Using Social Media First steps in social mediaAn intensive, two hour session aimed at busy trustees, chief executives and senior management staff, considering investing time and money in social media for their organisation or business. Practical skills in social media A practical session aimed at organisations wanting to know how to set up Face book, YouTube, Twitter and writing to engage others. Social media: one day intensive - Strategy and Practice A full day strategic and practical training session covering the A to Z of social media, starting with a strategic overview and making the correct choices of social media for your organisation. Practical tips and hints, including what to write to engage your audience. Volunteer Management Essentials With the emergence of current legislation such as the Localism Bill volunteering is becoming the heart of the voluntary sector, and effective management of this is increasingly ever more important at a time when resources are over - stretched and over worked. It is a time for organisations to work more inventively and more effectively with less and volunteering is the way forward. This training is for those who are new to volunteer management and would benefit from receiving a formalised introduction to the field. It will take you through the requirements of recruiting volunteers, and present effective management tools to maximise the experience of volunteering for both the volunteer and your organisation. Minimum standards of Volunteer Management Covering the basic
principles of good practice in volunteer management, this workshop sets out the
minimum standards that organisations and groups should have in place when
involving volunteers.
CHAIRING, MINUTE-TAKING & “EFFECTIVE” MEETINGS SKILLS Good meetings don’t magically happen. They require careful planning and organisation. Good meetings are also the result of members understanding their roles and practising good time management. Course content includes:
Leadership Development Programme
This unique programme aims to develop leadership capacity.
The key learning outcomes sought are as follows:
• To develop and enhance participants’ core leadership capacity. • To provide an environment for participants to explore their assumptions, ideas and deepen their values and ethical framework. • To develop leadership skills to enable communities to participate in wider society. • To deepen participants’ self-awareness, self development, reflective practice and emotional intelligence. • To increase participants’ political intelligence – their abilities to understand others, their operational environments and to work effectively with complex systems. • To develop participants’ understanding of the diversity and dynamics of the community. • To increase participants’ interpersonal, political and strategic skills. |
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