Online courses to suit every organisation

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Broaden your skill set with our online courses. Taking place every day, there is something for everyone. Take a look at our selection:

 

Support and Supervision of Staff - Thursday 29 April

If you manage and support staff, you'll know it can be stressful, hard work and often thankless. This course aims to take away some of the heartache by offering a ready-made template for managing well and managing effectively. Sign up for Support and Supervision of Staff here.

 

Communicating to Influence - Tuesday 18 May

Come to this course to explore what makes people tick, how to appeal to others’ communication styles and ways to give a clear and effective message that raises your chances of influence. Sign up for Communicating to Influence here.

‘An excellent addition to the project management lexicon. A very accessible and useful work that will make a difference to project management in social benefit organisations – and beyond. We will be listing this book as recommended reading in all our Appreciative Inquiry training.’

Tim Slack, Director, Appreciating People

What it's about: Practical Project Management is a realistic and easy-to-follow guide to managing projects for voluntary organisations. It will help you shape and structure the passion that drives your work in order to achieve positive results. The book leads you through the key stages of project management from inception to delivery and discusses the activities and decisions you will need to succeed. It covers:

 

• Resource management and risk control

• Budget planning and dealing with finances

• Key tools and models for project planning

• Project evaluation and assessing social benefit

 

Get your copy of Practical Project Management for voluntary organisations here.

Read what Elizabeth Gray-King has to say about the launch of Practical Project Management for voluntary organisations here.

Check out over 80 best-selling charity titles here

Essential online training dates coming up

This week – last chance to book

Filling up fast! Zoom Talk: What have charities ever done for us? – Wednesday 14 April

Business and Strategic Planning – Wednesday 14 April

April 2021

Increasing Corporate Support & Sponsorship – Thursday 15 April

Extra date added! Writing for Impact – Thursday 15 April

Impact: Understanding and Quantifying Your Social Value – Friday 16 April

 

FULLY BOOKED Managing Volunteers – Monday 19 – Tuesday 20 April

Managing for Managers – Tuesday 20 April

Filling up fast! Proposal Writing for Beginners – Wednesday 21 April

Financial Governance for Trustees – Wednesday 21 April

Advanced Practical Project Management – Part 1 – Thursday 22 April

Fundraising with Digital Marketing – Friday 23 April

 

Moving into Fundraising – Monday 26 April

Filling up Fast! Recruiting Trustees for your Charity – Monday 26 – 30 Friday April

Proposal Writing: Developing Your Skills – Wednesday 28 April

Duties of a Trustee – Wednesday 28 April

Support and Supervision of Staff – Thursday 29 April

Filling up fast! Moving into Project Management – Thursday 29 April

Mastering Time Management – Friday 30 April

The Essentials of Individual Giving – Friday 30 April

May 2021

Introduction to Impact Measurement – Wednesday 5 May

Minute Taking Skills – Thursday 6 May

 

Essential Presentation Skills – Wednesday 12 May

FREE Zoom Talk: Feminist leadership for all: a practical introduction – Wednesday 12 May

Process Mapping: How to organise your processes effectively – Thursday 13 May

Moving into Management – Friday 14 May

 

The Future of Data Protection in the UK – Monday 17 May

Duties of a Trustee – Tuesday 18 May

Communicating to Influence – Tuesday 18 May

Business Writing Skills – Thursday 20 May

 

Stress-free Remote Working – Monday 24 May

Mastering Your Inbox – Tuesday 25 May

Support and Supervision of Staff – Tuesday 25 May

Finance for Non-Finance Managers – Tuesday 25 May

Duties of a Company Secretary – Tuesday 25 May

Introduction to Trust Fundraising – Wednesday 26 May

Writing for Impact – Wednesday 26 May

Moving into Fundraising – Thursday 27 May

Tools & Techniques for Problem-Solving – Thursday 27 May

Business and Strategic Planning – Thursday 27 May

New Chief Executive – New Challenges – Friday 28 May

Further dates announced for 2021, find out more here.

Covid-19 support and advice hub

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic we have been posting and sharing a wide range of support and advice for the sector. As a result, we have collated this information into an easy-to-navigate page where you will find a roundup of helpful information regarding operating in the current pandemic.

 

This page includes our most recent Covid-19 funding update pages, as well as specific sector news and more!

 

Click here to visit the hub.

Thousands of charity shops reopen in England and Wales

Third Sector have reported that Charity shops should expect “very heavy trading” as they reopen in England and Wales, the Charity Retail Association (CRA) has said. The CRA also told shop managers that they no longer needed to isolate and clean new donations, meaning that stock can be displayed and sold more quickly. Read the article here.

 

#RespondRecoverReset survey by NCVO

NCVO are conducting the largest UK study exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector. The latest round to the survey is now open until 26 April. Complete the survey here.

Impact Fund Partners Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund

Impact Funding Partners are inviting applications to the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund 2021. Funding of up to £1,500 is available to organisations across Scotland to enable them to tackle social isolation, loneliness, wellbeing and the impact of Covid-19 on older people (aged 55+). Find out more about the fund here.

 

Central England Co-operative’s Community Dividend Fund

Grants range from £100 to £5,000 with the average grant being £2,000. Applicants must be a full member of Central England Co-operative. The deadline for applications is Friday 30 April 2021. Find out more about the fund here.

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