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Bulletin Contents - 17 February 2010Training Events at High Peak CVS An Introduction to Social Media Artsplan Youth Arts Training in the East Midlands Essential Ingredients of Project Development (EIPD) Confusion and Information on Vetting and Barring Scheme Using Digital Media for Isolated Communities to Communicate Supporting Local Voluntary Action | ||||||||||||
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Training Events at High Peak CVSManaging Difficult Volunteer Situations Aimed at Volunteer Coordinators and Managers this training session by Claire Mitchell will look at what is a difficult volunteer situation, with real life examples. The impact difficult situations may have on your group/organisation, and potential solutions including exit strategies. Training is free to attend and includes lunch and an opportunity to network. Booking forms can be requested from High Peak Volunteering by emailing highpeakvol@gvb.org.uk or phoning 07973 338 717. For future volunteer management training please refer to www.volunteercentresderbyshire.co.uk Wednesday 10 March 2010, 9.30 am to 1.00 pm at Buxton Methodist Church
What is the Local Area Agreement (LAA)? Unravel the LAA mystery! We will look at:
A presentation will be followed by a practical ‘hands on’ group activity. Date and time: Friday 12 March 2010, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Lone Working This half day course looks at the issues related to lone working and how to find effective ways of dealing with them so that the safety of the worker and client/customer is assured. The course covers:
Date and time: Tuesday 16 March 2010, 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
Emergency First Aid at Work A popular one-day, certificated introduction to emergency first aid at work, useful for all, but especially those acting as volunteers or workers within a voluntary and community group. Book early as places go very quickly. Date and time: Thursday 18 March 2010, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, or
Fire Warden Training This course is designed to be relevant to most work places, as there are many shared fire hazards and risks, e.g. electrical appliances. Experienced fire training professionals provide an exciting training experience using the latest equipment and focus on the teaching of realistic fire management training techniques. The delegates will be taught the correct selection and use of fire extinguishers via a practical demonstration and will use a variety of extinguishers in real fire situations. Delegates receive a certificate of attendance and a Fire Training Manual. This course is suitable for employees who may be part of a first response team or have specific fire safety responsibilities to management. Topics covered:
Course objectives: By the end of the course, the delegates will have a working knowledge of fire safety procedures/policy and will have the skills necessary to provide assistance to the fire safety manager. Date and time: Thursday 22 April, 2010 9.30 am to 1.00 pm Cost of courses:
For more information on these training courses please contact Louise McNeil, Development Team Support Worker at High Peak CVS on 01663 736431 or email louise@highpeakcvs.org.uk All of High Peak CVS’s courses are advertised on www.highpeakcvs.org.uk/training |
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An Introduction to Social MediaWorkshops for third sector infrastructure organisations in East Midlands Tuesday 16 March, 10 am – 1pm, Newstead Village, Nottinghamshire Would you like to know more about social media and how it might benefit your organisation? Organised by the East Midlands Regional ICT Champion, these free workshops provide an introduction to social media and its potential uses by third sector organisations. Designed for staff, volunteers and trustees of third sector infrastructure organisations, the workshops have been organised to help organisations better understand how social media might support their work. For further information visit: www.item3.org.uk/Events To book your place, contact Jackie Donnelly at High Peak CVS: Tel 01663 736436; Email Jackie@highpeakcvs.org.uk . Places are limited - book early to secure your place. |
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Artsplan Youth Arts Training in the East MidlandsArtsplan is has a programme of exciting youth arts training courses taking place this year in partnership with Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham. Using the Arts to Develop Aspiration, Leadership and Potential The one-day course has been created as part of the legacy for the 2009 ENYAN Campaign and has been developed following a period of research conducted by ENYAN, throughout the nine English regions into how participation in cultural activities can have a significant impact on young people’s development and can give young people the chance to develop important life skills such as creativity, confidence, self discipline, effective communication and the ability to work in teams. This course is suitable for anyone, professional or voluntary, seeking to use or develop the arts in their work with young people. It looks to demonstrate how the arts can be used as a mechanism to develop young people’s leadership skills, aspiration and potential. Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts This one day course is essential training for anyone working within youth arts, but especially those using more physical art forms, such as dance and drama. Developed in conjunction with South East Dance this course compliments the Arts Council England “Keeping Arts Safe” guidelines developed with the NSPCC. The training will cover current child protection legislation in line with the requirements of the ISA and Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), within the context of delivering a youth arts project and includes a “safe touch” section, exploring how child protection guidelines can be maintained within more physical art forms. It will be of benefit to individuals and organisations looking to develop their own child protection policy and maintain standards of good practice, providing practical advice and guidelines to develop confidence and sensible structures around child protection issues within youth arts. For more information or to book a place on either course, please contact the Artsplan Team via: artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. Prices for each course, which include lunch and refreshments, range from £110 to £150, with limited bursaries available. Please also remember that ENYAN members can request a 5% discount on all Artsplan publications and training! Further details on Artsplan training courses can be found by downloading the 2010-2011 Artsplan Programme via: www2.enyan.co.uk/download/152621562 |
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Essential Ingredients of Project Development (EIPD)EIPD is a professional development programme designed specifically for workers in the Voluntary, Community and Public Sectors; including community activists and workers engaged in developing community projects. The programme will run between March and October 2010. Only 25 places will be available, and the programme will involve seven full days of attendance at the University of Derby during this period (22 March, 23 March, 20 April, 18 May, 22 June, 13 July and 19 October), backed up by directed study which will lead to each student assembling and completing a ‘real life’ project proposal for their host/employing organisation. Participants will graduate at the end of the course with a qualification at HE level 5. Entry qualifications are geared around the ability of a student to benefit from the programme and study at HE level 5. This is based upon formal qualifications and/or a wide variety of experience based skills. The programme has been designed around the principles of ‘Action Learning’and will suit a variety of learning styles and abilities from within the sector. This will include the wide range of abilities held by ‘community activists’ and other workers engaged in community development and partnership working. Students will work in ‘learning sets’ and build skills as well as accessing resources together throughout the programme. Each student will start the programme with a personal project idea agreed with the management of the organisation they are representing. During the programme each student will assemble the project towards the completion of a detailed funding bid or proposal. For further details contact: Lisa Vernon at Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium, on 01332 265960 or lisa.vernon@consortium.org.uk |
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Confusion and Information on Vetting and Barring SchemeBBC1's Panorama looked at the impact of the new Vetting and Barring Scheme, run by the new Independent Safeguarding Authority, in its programme on Monday 8 February, www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qs991 Volunteering England published survey results on the same day showing high levels of confusion amongst volunteer involving organisations on how the scheme is to operate. VE said "We still believe the Vetting and Barring Scheme can in some ways improve volunteering organisations' work with children and vulnerable adults, but the ISA must not underestimate the scale of the challenge they face in ensuring volunteering organisations understand how the scheme will affect them.” See VE news item. The Government also published a 'Vetting and barring myth buster'. It gives examples of when registration is not required, focusing on areas highlighted by the media in recent months, in particular personal and family arrangements. Vetting and Barring Scheme Information Roadshows are being held in England, Wales and NI in coming weeks, dates at www.vbsroadshow.org/DatesAndVenues.aspx And see Independent Safeguarding Authority for all further information, www.isa-gov.org.uk |
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Using Digital Media for Isolated Communities to CommunicateThe Community Voices project run by the Media Trust aims to inspire, engage and support disadvantaged and isolated communities to get their voices heard through digital media (online, video or radio). Projects in England, whether based on geographic communities or communities of interest, can apply for a number of grants (£1500, £7000 or £14000) and support from media mentors and digital professionals. Apply by 28 February, www.mediatrust.org/community-voices |
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Supporting Local Voluntary ActionUmbrella body for local sector support organisations NAVCA has launched a series of documents under the title 'Strong Independent Roots'. This highlights the value of local sector infrastructure and local voluntary action and how politicians can help. A campaigning leaflet will be backed up by a number of policy documents, www.navca.org.uk/publications/roots |
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Campaigning and Fundraising Can Work TogetherThe increasing tendency for campaigning and fundraising activities of charities to stop ignoring each other and work in a more integrated way gets a full online article from Civil Society Fundraising. 'What do we want? The rise of the campaigning-fundraising charity', www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/indepth/content/5954/ |
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NCVO Risk Management Conference9 March, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, London Attend this conference to gain practical approaches to managing your organisation's risk; helping you to identify, reduce and manage your risks. Receive advice from risk management experts and implement risk management as an integral part of planning. Book your place at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/riskconf2010, or contact Lauren on 020 7520 2597 or lauren.baker@ncvo-vol.org.uk |
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