Supporting Voluntary Action
To help you find the right training course, we offer our training categorised by theme and by level. Training in each theme is delivered at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels so you can choose according to your current level of experience, or work your way up.
For more information, see our guide to training themes and levels
Voice and influence
Thursday, 10 June, 2021 - 13:00 to 16:30
This course will consider different ways you can involve your community in planning, delivering and evaluating your organisation’s activities, and gain supporters for your organisation and its work.
Leading your organisation, Voice and influence
Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 - 13:30 to 17:00
Every individual, and lots of organisations’ policies and systems exhibit unconscious bias and can also – intentionally or not – reinforce and perpetuate inequalities, prejudice and discrimination. This course connects our individual responsibility to challenge inequality and prejudice to the role of organisations and wider systems that can support or impede our choices and advocacy. It’s not about adding a discrete Equality, diversity and inclusion policy (EDI) to the list of governance documents, but meaningfully applying the principles of EDI throughout.
Leading your organisation
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021 - 12:30 to 14:00
Becoming a Community Interest Company (CIC) is an exciting step forward for groups or organisations that want to be a business and have social impact. However, you will need to think about some key issues first, to make sure you're doing the right thing for you and your social enterprise. This briefing covers why and how to set up as a CIC, and how to run well once you are set up.
Leading your organisation
Tuesday, 22 June, 2021 - 09:30 to 13:00
An overview of employment law, and best practice in employing staff through the whole cycle from recruitment to exit, including healthy workplaces, practical policies and ensuring your board and staff are working together effectively.
Money matters
Thursday, 24 June, 2021 - 12:00 to 14:00
Everyone’s online these days, so crowd funding should be easy, right?
Absolutely! (So long as you’ve got an established support network, snappy marketing skills, a strategic approach, plenty of time, efficient platforms and brand recognition.) Shall I go on?
No, but thanks. I need to learn more about it …