Voscur 2010 Training and Learning Programme
*Learn New Skills*
Voscur's Training Programme provides low cost, high quality training to enable you to gain the skills to help you run your organisation with more confidence. Our training is accessible and we can offer bursary placements for low income organisations.
"Voscur training never fails to deliver. The reason for this is simple; it always focuses on the needs of each particular group of participants" Justin Parsons, Voluntary Action North Somerset.
On this page you will find information on Voscur's Spring learning 2010; how you can attend our courses for free; what expenses we can cover; our cancellation policy; how to register your interest in future courses and how many people can book on.
Spring Learning 2010
Click on the training course title to find out more about each course and to book online. Please note we have bursary places for all of our courses, see below for more details. If you would like to book over the phone please contact Voscur Admin Team on 0117 909 9949.
Taking minutes of meetings *New*
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 9:30am - 4:30pm at the Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN
Recruitment of Volunteers *Full*
Friday 12 February 2010, 9:30am - 3:30pm at @ Symes Community Building, Peterson Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol, BS13 0BE
This course is now full. If you are interested in being on a waiting list for this course, please email lucy@voscur.org
Finance Forum Meeting: Getting Your Annual Accounts Right
Tuesday 2 March 2010, 09:30 - 11:30 at Windmill Hill City Farm, Phillip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA
Introduction to Communications and the Media *New*
Thursday 4 March 2010 9:30am - 4:30pm at The St Werburghs Centre, Horley Street, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9TJ
Retention and Support of Volunteers *Full*
Tuesday 9 March 2010 9:30am - 3:30pm at Black Development Agency, 5 Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9LT
This course is now full. If you are interested in being on a waiting list for this course, please email lucy@voscur.org
Identifying and Managing Risk Effectively *New* *Free*
Thursday 11 March 2010 9:30am - 3:30pm at The Park Centre, Daventry Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1DQ
Skilling up your Staff *New* *Free*
Tuesday 16 March 2010 9:30am - 1:00pm at the Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Bristol, BS3 1QG
Prove it! Convincing funders your project is needed
Thursday 18 March 2010 9:30am - 1:30pm at Barton Hill Settlement, 41-43 Ducie Road, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
Volunteers and the Law
Tuesday 23 March 2010 9:30am - 1:00pm Windmill Hill City Farm, Phillip Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA
How to deal with difficult issues in volunteer management
Thursday 1 April 2010 9:30am - 1:00pm at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5PY
Trustee Series 1: Why am I on the committee?
Wednesday 21 April 2010 6:30pm - 9:30pm at Barton Hill Settlement, 41-43 Ducie Road, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
Trustee Series 2: Good Governance - How to be a better Trustee
Wednesday 28 April 2010 6:30pm - 21:30pm at Barton Hill Settlement, 41-43 Ducie Road, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0AX
Financial Management for the Non-Financially Minded
Thursday 6 May 2010 9:30am - 3:30pm at Withywood Centre, Queens Road, Withywood, Bristol, BS13 8QA
Green ICT Surgeries *Free*
The CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN
Second Low Cost Action Learning set for Volunteer Managers *New*
As part of the Volunteer Management Project, Volunteering Bristol and Voscur are offering those who manage volunteers as part of their role the opportunity to take part in an Action Learning set between April and September 2010. This is open to those working in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Bristol.
Action Learning helps you make sense of current issues that are affecting you at work in an energetic, action-focused way of learning and development.
Click here for more details and to request an information pack
Free Places
Please note that we can offer FREE places on courses to those organisations who meet our bursary criteria. Contact Sophie Bayley 0117 909 9949 to find out more.
Bursary criteria - your organisation must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be a member of Voscur or willing to join
- Have an annual turnover of less than £150,000
- Your organisation is supporting people/groups in the recession or experiencing change in the recession
- Your organisation has a governing document
Please contact Sophie Bayley to find out more on 0117 909 9949 or sophieb@voscur.org
Expenses we can cover
We can cover childcare (up to £5 per hour), carers' costs, transport and other access costs you may incur in attending our training. Please contact Voscur Admin Team on 0117 909 9949 for more information.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations: If you cancel your place on a training session, you will need to give at least 2 weeks' notice to receive a full refund. Anything less than 2 weeks' notice, no refund can be given.
How many people can book on?
Please note we can only take 3 people per organisation on each course and a maximum of 2 people per organisation per course on our free courses. Full members receive priority on our free courses
Register your interest by clicking on the title for courses we hope to run in the future
Supporting your Volunteer Board
Monitoring and Evaluation - an Introduction
Human Rights and your Work
Be better at what you do - Small Groups
How to Make Money and Promote your Organisation Online
Developing an Equalities & Diversity Policy
Making Outcomes Work For You
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