Home > Training
Learning
Opportunities
High Peak CVS Training Programme
Courses for the Voluntary Sector


Our wide ranging programme of training, open to voluntary and community groups everywhere, has built a reputation for being of high quality. All of the sessions are delivered by qualified tutors who understand the needs of the voluntary sector locally. Our current programme gives an idea of what we offer.

Training events database
We have a comprensive searchable listing of training events throughout the High Peak and relevant to the sector on our Database. Search for the type of training you want, and in some cases even book it online! If you run training that is relevant to the voluntary sector locally and want it listing, please contact Jackie Donnelly, Training Co-ordinator: Tel 01663 736436; Email Jackie.

Can’t see what you want? If you are a voluntary or community group based in the High Peak, and cannot find what you are looking for, please let us know – we may be able to offer tailored training just for you!

Accessibility
All of our courses are held at accessible venues across the High Peak. If needed, we are able to provide resources to ensure that all can participate fully – please indicate your needs on the booking form.

Charges
The charge for HPCVS training sessions is:
  Half Day Full Day
Voluntary & Community groups without paid staff
£10
£20
Voluntary & Community groups with paid staff
£30
£60
Statutory organisations and others
£75
£150
Learning in Derbyshire
Connexions Derbyshire
Learn Direct
Learning and Development Consortium
Learning & Skills Council
Losehill
Management Matters
University of Derby College - Buxton
VCS Learning Links

Remember, if applying for grant funding, training costs can be included as a legitimate expense. If your group would like to access any training but can’t because of funding, we are able to make concessions on charging, and can work with organisations so that they can identify funding for training for the future. We aim to be inclusive, and so want to work with local groups to ensure that lack of money doesn’t become a barrier. Please contact Jackie or Nigel to discuss concessions.

Booking & confirmation
To book a place, simply complete the form on the back of the brochure or book online. Course instructions, including directions, will be sent a couple of weeks before the course date. But please be aware that if the course is full at the time of your booking then you will be notified as soon as possible.

Cancellation
We are keen to run as many courses as possible and will often run them at a low minimum number. Disappointingly, however, there is an increasing trend of people not turning up for training sessions they have booked onto. The result of this is that courses are running at a level that makes it very difficult for trainers to carry out activities they have planned, as well as sessions becoming very expensive.

We understand that there are occasions when notice cannot be given in advance but when possible we would be very grateful if you could contact us as soon as possible. There is a cancellation fee if delegates book and then don't turn up and haven't let us know with at least 24 hours notice. This fee, which will be invoiced, is £10. We don't currently have any grant funding for any of our main training programmes, and so anything you can do to help us reduce unnecessary cost would be appreciated.

For more information or to access any of this training, please contact Jackie at High Peak CVS on 01663 736436

This information is also available as a leaflet in large print and Braille
Telephone 01663 735 350 for a copy in either format

List of High Peak CVS Training Events - click the title for more details or to book online:

Food Hygeine - June 2013
Emergency First Aid at Work - July 2013
Social Networking
Emergency First Aid at Work - September 2013
Online Tools to Help Your Organisation
Mental Health Awareness
Trustees Roles and Responsibilities
What Every Chair Should Know!
Online Fundraising
Food Hygeine - December 2013
Food Hygeine - June 2013
Content:
This course offers a basic insight into the fundamentals of food hygiene that affects food safety and is designed for anyone working with food – for example luncheon clubs.
Who is it for?

The course is suitable for anyone who handles food as part of their job or works in a food production environment

Topics covered:

Food poisoning
Bacteriology
Prevention of contamination and food poisoning
Personal hygiene
Premises, equipment and pest control
Cleaning and disinfection
Legislation

Objectives:
By the end of the course the delegate will have a greater understanding of the measures required to restrict contamination and the outbreak of food poisoning

Assessment:
Delegates take a multiple-choice exam and successful delegates receive a CIEH certificate
Date & Time:
Wed 12 Jun 2013  - 9.30am to 4.30pm 
Tutor:
Nicole Grobben - Food Training Solutions
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £15 + £13.50 exam fee; VCS with paid staff £30 + £13.50 exam fee; Statutory & Others £150
Emergency First Aid at Work - July 2013
Content:
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.

The course will cover, in the accordance with HSE guidelines, every aspect of what should be done in an emergency, which are:

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Dealing with an unconscious casualty
Control of wounds & bleeding
Incident management
Accident Reporting
CPR and Airway disorders
Causes of Unconsciousness and Recovery Position
Wounds, bleeding, bandaging and shock
Other illnesses and conditions

The course also includes a demonstration of how to use a defibrillator
Date & Time:
Wed 3 Jul 2013  - 9.30am to 4.30pm 
Tutor:
Brenda Stafford - Kiss of Life Ltd
Venue:
High Peak CVS, Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £20 + £10 for certificate & book; VCS with paid staff £40 + £10 for certificate & book; Statutory & Others £150
Social Networking
Content:
This lively and interactive session helps to answer your questions about the Social Networks Facebook and Twitter
and includes:

- An overview of Facebook and Twitter.
- What happens when you post (Who can see your posts, how to change the privacy settings)
- What is and what ends up on the Timeline (The difference between your timeline/profile and feed)
- Collaborating through Facebook and Twitter, for example sharing and organising photos, albums (Tagging photo's, removing tags)
- Creating events and inviting people to events.
- Promoting your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Linking Facebook and Twitter to your website.
- Unraveling the Jargon
Date & Time:
Wed 17 Jul 2013  - 9.30am to 4.00pm 
Tutor:
Claire Mitchell - IT Development Worker & Trainer
Venue:
High Peak CVS, Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £20; VCS with paid staff £60; Statutory & Others £150
Emergency First Aid at Work - September 2013
Content:
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.

The course will cover, in the accordance with HSE guidelines, every aspect of what should be done in an emergency, which are:

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Dealing with an unconscious casualty
Control of wounds & bleeding
Incident management
Accident Reporting
CPR and Airway disorders
Causes of Unconsciousness and Recovery Position
Wounds, bleeding, bandaging and shock
Other illnesses and conditions

The course also includes a demonstration of how to use a defibrillator

Date & Time:
Fri 6 Sep 2013  - 9.30am to 4.30pm 
Tutor:
Brenda Stafford - Kiss of Life Ltd
Venue:
High Peak CVS, Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £20 + £10 for certificate & book; VCS with paid staff £40 + £10 for certificate & book; Statutory & Others £150
Online Tools to Help Your Organisation
Content:
The internet offers your organisation many free tools to help your work more effectively either alone or when collaborating.
This all day session introduces some of these tools including:

Doodle: an online scheduler to help you arrange meetings;
Eventbrite: an online event organisation tool;
Survey Monkey: an online survey creator;
Google tools including calendar and document sharing

Date & Time:
Wed 18 Sep 2013  - 9.30am to 4.00pm 
Tutor:
Claire Mitchell - IT Development Worker and Trainer
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £20; VCS with paid staff £60; Statutory & Others £150
Mental Health Awareness
Content:
People suffering from mental health problems can often be stigmatised and misunderstood. This may mean that individuals or whole groups of people are excluded from work or activities where they have a valuable contribution to make.
So we could all miss out.

This half day workshop aims to:-

- Explore some common misconceptions about mental health problems
- Look at our own knowledge and assumptions and challenge some of the myths surrounding mental health and mental illness
- Explore ways we can responsibly work with and be more inclusive with people
- Look at the ways to create and promote a mentally healthy workplace or group

NOTE : This workshop is not intended as a medical/clinical course. However, diagnoses of mental health problems will inevitably be mentioned and a glossary provided.

This course can work particularly well delivered on site to an organisation giving the opportunity to consider issues from an organisational view.
Date & Time:
Mon 7 Oct 2013  - 10.00am to 1.00pm 
Tutor:
Liz Fletcher - Small Group Development Co-ordinator - High Peak CVS
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Half Day: VCS £10; VCS with paid staff £30; Statutory & Others £75
Trustees Roles and Responsibilities
Content:
Do your Trustees know what their roles and responsibilities are?

This course will introduce you to all the major points you should be aware of when managing your voluntary organisation including:-

Legal status
Financial Management
Managing staff and volunteers
Accountability
Date & Time:
Wed 16 Oct 2013  - 10.00am to 1.00pm 
Tutor:
Nigel Caldwell - General Manager - High Peak CVS
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Half Day: VCS £10; VCS with paid staff £30; Statutory & Others £75
What Every Chair Should Know!
Content:
Have you just been elected to chair an organisation and are unsure just what a “chair” is? Are you a chair of an organisation - do you want to brush up on your skills and know how? Do you want to chair an organisation but are nervous ab
This short course will cover all the basic roles and responsibilities of a chair in a voluntary of community group. It will be a mix of presentation and interactive workshops aimed to make you a more effective and better informed chair.
Date & Time:
Thu 14 Nov 2013  - 10.00am to 1.00pm 
Tutor:
Nigel Caldwell - General Manager - High Peak CVS
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Half Day: VCS £10; VCS with paid staff £30; Statutory & Others £75
Online Fundraising
Content:
There are more tools than ever to help you use Information Communication Technology for fundraising but do you know where to start and what the advantages and pitfalls of online fundraising include?

This full day workshop for beginners will help answer these questions by covering an introduction to:

Fundraising tools to have on your website
Social Media as a fundraising tool
Mobile Phones and fundraising tools
Accessing existing online fundraising services
Using EBay to sell goods
Becoming a Nominated Charity
Using internet resources to improve your existing fundraising strategy and bid writing
Date & Time:
Wed 27 Nov 2013  - 9.30am to 4.00pm 
Tutor:
Claire Mitchell - IT Development Worker & Trainer
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £20; VCS with paid staff £60; Statutory & Others £150
Food Hygeine - December 2013
Content:
This course offers a basic insight into the fundamentals of food hygiene that affects food safety and is designed for anyone working with food – for example luncheon clubs.

Who is it for?

The course is suitable for anyone who handles food as part of their job or works in a food production environment

Topics covered:

Food poisoning
Bacteriology
Prevention of contamination and food poisoning
Personal hygiene
Premises, equipment and pest control
Cleaning and disinfection
Legislation

Objectives:

By the end of the course the delegate will have a greater understanding of the measures required to restrict contamination and the outbreak of food poisoning

Assessment:

Delegates take a multiple-choice exam and successful delegates receive a CIEH certificate
Date & Time:
Tue 3 Dec 2013  - 9.30am to 4.30pm 
Tutor:
Nicole Grobben - Food Training Solutions
Venue:
High Peak CVS , Whaley Bridge
Charging:
Full Day: VCS £15 + £13.50 exam fee; VCS with paid staff £30 + £13.50 exam fee; Statutory & Others £150
Other High Peak CVS training opportunities
In addition to our main training programme that we have detailed here, High Peak CVS has funding to resource training around Equal Opportunities, and for voluntary and community groups that work in New Mills or Gamesley.
 
External Training
 
Community Energy Advisor
If you are part of a Community Group in the High Peak, call your Community Energy Advisor Adrian Burton (01298 28410) for an informal and entertaining talk tailored to suit your group.
  • How to reduce fuel bills in the home
  • Finding grants
  • Making homes healthier
  • Protecting the environment
  •  

    TOP
    Search Website
    Partnership Impact Evaluation
    Developments
    Events
    News
    Video HPCVS Logo shimContact Us

    Office Opening Times

    The Office is open from
    9.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
    Monday to Friday.

    The Development team may be available outside of these times, please use the contact link above.