Professional development

ACAS: Managing a fair disciplinary procedure

Embedding a fair disciplinary process is an important consideration for organisations. It can help reduce risk, create better working relationships and improve operational performance. 

This webinar will provide you and your managers with a valuable opportunity to see some of the key elements that go into creating a fair disciplinary process. We will include guidance on suspension, investigations, hearings, the right to be accompanied and appeals. 

Online

Charity Digital: From spreadsheets to strategy – How charity finance teams are getting out of the weeds

Charity finance teams are under increasing pressure to deliver accurate reporting, manage complex funding structures, support strategic decision-making, and meet growing governance expectations, often with limited resources and heavily manual processes.

Our (Charity Digital) upcoming webinar from finance experts, AccountsIQ, explores how charities can reduce operational complexity, improve financial visibility, and move from reactive reporting to more strategic finance leadership.

Online

Project 17: Section 17 – Exclusions, risks & barriers

As part of Project 17's training series in collaboration with United Impact, we are excited to invite you to our upcoming free session.

This training is ideal for professionals who regularly make Section 17 referrals or work with individuals receiving Section 17 support. Please note, there will be only a brief overview of Section 17, so it’s best suited for those already familiar with the topic.

The session will explore:

Online

Apollo Fundraising: Through a Funder's Eyes – The Interactive Grant-Making Experience for Fundraisers

Have you ever wondered what happens to your funding proposals after you click ‘submit’? Or mused on what conversations actually take place behind the closed doors of a grant-maker’s trustee meeting?

​This is your chance to see for yourself!

Based on interviews with trustees and grant managers from a wide range of funders, this interactive workshop has been carefully designed to give you as accurate and realistic an experience of a grant-making meeting as possible.

Manchester Art Gallery, M2 3JL

Community Matters: Governance – What's the Right Structure?

There is a wide range of not-for-profit structures ranging from registered charities to community interest companies. They all have specific benefits, and some drawbacks. This session will look at the main structures, and explain the benefits and issues associated with each of them.

Online

Get Grants: Stronger Bid Writing Masterclass

Turn funding rejections into success. Learn why bids fail, refine your writing, and create stronger, compelling grant applications.

Fundraisers across the sector are dealing with more rejections than usual. But even in this landscape, charities are still having fundraising success.

So how can fundraisers turn their rejections into successes?

Focussing on what you can control in your bid writing and making it as strong and compelling as possible is crucial.

Online

Evaluating and Continuously Improving Projects workshop

This free workshop will cover the following topics:

  • Importance of evaluating,
  • different ways to evaluate and deciding which way is best suited for your project,
  • deciding what questions to ask and the data you need both for your organisation and for measuring impact for your funders
Gorton Library, 27 Garratt Way, Manchester, M18 8HE

Volunteer Recruitment, Management and Support workshop

This free workshop will cover the following topics: 

  • Recruiting well to get the right volunteers for your service/activity,
  • efficient and effective volunteer inductions/training,
  • leading your volunteer team well - to support their satisfaction in their role and a smooth running service,
  • having constructive conversations, rewarding volunteering and acknowledging their time and energy,
  • how to provide personal and professional development for your volunteers
Mount Road Sure Start, 18 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7BG

Signposting and Referrals workshop to provide longer term solutions and support for clients

This free workshop will cover the following topics:

  • What is signposting and what are referrals,
  • what are the benefits of signposting and referrals for your clients and your organisation,
  • setting up referral and signposting pathways,
  • having effective and sensitive conversations to create signposting opportunities,
  • accessing and setting up resources to signpost/refer and manage capacity
Gorton Library, 27 Garratt Way, Manchester, M18 8HE