Learning, Skills and Employment

Community Matters: Reserves – What they are and how to calculate them

Reserves are a critical element when building small charity resilience. However, they are often, for very valid reasons, miscalculated. 

This session will look at Why we hold reserves, how to calculate reserves, what a good reserves policy looks like and how to report on reserves.

Online

Youth Charter: Community Campus Workshop (virtual)

Join Youth Charter for a virtual workshop led by Professor Geoff Thompson MBE FRSA DL QP JM, to discuss:

  • The Social Coach Leadership Programme
  • How to make best use of the Community Campus Portal
  • Social Coach sign up, recruitment and engagement steps 

The workshop will be held on Zoom.

If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to robert.croll@youthcharter.org by 12pm on Wednesday 11 March.

Online

Media Trust Tuesdays: Communicating in Colour

An interactive 60-minute session designed to support better communication with different personalities

Communicating in colour: A Media Trust Tuesdays workshop

Are you looking to sharpen your communication, build more meaningful connections and collaborate more effectivity?

From engaging LinkedIn posts and stand-out job applications to dynamic presenting and successful teamwork, communication skills are essential to every part of the workplace.

Online

NCVO: Better impact reporting

This practical session will build your awareness of different types of reporting and support you to tell a compelling story through your reporting

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Impact reporting should tell a great story about the difference you make. It should also provide the information your organisation needs to demonstrate the impact of your work.

This course will introduce the principles of good reporting including basic data visualisation and traditional evaluation reports.

By the end of the training, you'll: 

Online

NCVO: Safeguarding essentials in charities

All voluntary organisations have a duty to keep the people they work with safe from harm. This course introduces the basics of safeguarding within a charity context in England and highlights effective safeguarding practice

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Safeguarding is the range of measures to protect people within an organisation, or those they come into contact with, from abuse and maltreatment of any kind.

This course introduces:

Online

NCVO: Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

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A theory of change is a popular tool used to help plan and communicate what you do. It can also help support your monitoring and evaluation.

A theory of change will help you articulate the changes your organisation wants to make. It will also help connect these changes with the activities you're planning.

By the end of the training, you'll: 

Online

NCVO: Charity finance skills

This course will help people with little or no financial background to feel confident in managing day-to-day charity finance

Event details

This course will explore some basic tools to help you:

  • make better financial decisions for your organisation
  • monitor resources
  • communicate effectively with finance professionals.

By the end of the training, you'll: 

Online