Professional development

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

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

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

This free workshop is focused on Partnership Working. 

Topics will include: 

• Benefits of partnership work for your clients and your organisations,
• setting up partnerships appropriate to your service and your organisational goals,
• networking in spaces appropriate to your service and organisation,
• maintaining and developing relationships with partner organisations,
• developing your network

This is a free workshop focusing on Community Engagement.

Topics will include: 

• How to engage with the groups and individuals you want to work with,
• different barriers people face and how to overcome them in your service/activity,
• providing a positive client experience,
• creating an inclusive and accessible environment,
• recruiting people to attend your service/activity,
• carrying out outreach work.

This course is for professionals working with children, families or in safeguarding roles, as it enhances practitioners’ confidence and competence in recognising the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse and responding appropriately.

It offers structured guidance, evidence‑informed tools, and opportunities for reflective practice, supporting professionals to engage in sensitive conversations, examine assumptions and ensure that the child’s wellbeing remains central to all decision‑making.

Operating with the spreadsheet from hell? Worried about using AI responsibly? Looking to scale faster or release your team from the admin burden?

Technology can help you improve your reach, effectiveness and efficiency. Join us (Tech for Good Alliance) to hear real use cases about charities just like yours, understand how we can help and why really understanding your constraints is more important than figuring out what the digital solution should be. 

Bring your questions and we'll bring the answers.

Additional dates

Join Mal Minhas for a dive into AI Leadership Readiness, From Frameworks to Implementation, to cover:

AI policy workshop
We (Third Sector Lab) will work through a one-page policy template live covering approved tools & tiers, data boundaries (green/amber/red), verification requirements, and trustee visibility. Attendees leave with a draft policy they can take back to their organisation.

Join Open Data Institute’s Director of Research Professor Elena Simperl and special guest as they make sense of the noise, scrutinising the boom in AI agents, exploring the landscape of misinformation and disinformation on social media, and clarifying the risks posed by increasingly powerful models. 

They’ll outline the current trends in AI and what they think might be next on the horizon, always coming back to what is most important: what all of this means for data – and for you.

This course will introduce processes and tools to help ensure that decision-making is responsive to your environment and focused on the most important issues affecting your organisation

Whether your organisation is embarking on a new strategy as part of a regular review, or making strategic choices in response to challenges, this course will help leadership teams deal with difficult decision making.

By the end of this training, you'll: