Training
Tuesday 7th September 18.00 The Priory, Solihull
This workshop is designed for those who have a basic understanding of what a social enterprise is but want practical support to begin their social enterprise journey. It will tackle key issues such as motivation, mission, structures and governance, legal frameworks and business planning.
In addition you will gain an understanding of what support there is to enable you to develop your enterprise ideas.
Booking
Please phone Tina on 0121 711 3148 or email events@solihull-sustain.org.uk.
Whilst all events are free, if you book a place and cancel within 14 days of the event, or fail to attend / send a suitable substitute, your organisation will be charged a cancellation fee of £20.
If you have any queries, please contact Claire Milican on 0121 711 3148 or email clairem@solihull-sustain.org.uk
Skild Training
Description: Diversity – making it real Disability equality training for development workers Human rights and equalities, Equality Impact Assessments
Target Audience: Any local support and development organisations, Development Workers
Date: Available now (see website for dates)
Region: Various (see website for venues and locations)
Contact Name: Jaya Gajparia Email: jayagaj@hotmail.com Phone: 0207 324 3048
Website: www.navca.org.uk/services/learningopps/skild/training
Equality Audit guide and Equality Impact Assessments
Description: Practical step by step guide on how to conduct an EA and EIA
Target Audience: Any local support and development organisations, Development Workers, cascade to frontline
Date: Ongoing
Region: All Regions
Contact Name: Jaya Gajparia Email: jayagaj@hotmail.com Phone: 0207 324 3048
Website: www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/national_equality_partnership/default.aspx
United Nations Conventions a guide on how to access your human rights and civil liberties
Description: A guide written in partnership with the British Institute of Human Rights. United Nations Conventions a guide on how to access your human rights and civil liberties Four conference/ seminars of the guide with workshops around England, these events are in development
Target Audience: And any local, sub-regional, regional support and development organisations. Development workers
Date: July 2010 completed guide and four events scheduled in for November
Region: England wide
Contact Name: Jaya Gajparia Email: jayagaj@hotmail.com Phone: 0207 324 3048
Public Law Seminars
Description: Regional seminars delivered by NAVCA, supported with bursaries for fees and travel by NEP
Target Audience: Any local, sub-regional, regional support and development organisations and development workers
Date: September 2009 – end 2010
Region: All 9 regions (details to follow)
Contact Name: Ange Jones Email: ange@wrc.org.uk Phone: 0207 324 3034
Equality Act events
Description: Four events focusing on the Public Sector Equality Duty and specific duties legislation
Target Audience: Any local, sub-regional, regional support and development organisations. Development workers
Date and region: TBC
Contact Name: Ange Jones Email: ange@wrc.org.uk Phone: 0207 324 3034
Equality Act briefing
Description: Briefing for VCS on the Equality Act
Target Audience: Any local, sub-regional, regional support and development organisations. Available online and at events
Date: From June 2010
Region: All 9 regions
Contact Name: Ange Jones Email: ange@wrc.org.uk Phone: 0207 324 3034
Pen-equality learning events
Description: Regional events delivered in partnership with regional equality networks
Target Audience: Any organisation involved in pan-equality work
Date: September 2010 – end 2010, possibly one end July
Region: TBC
Contact Name: Ange Jones Email: ange@wrc.org.uk Phone: 0207 324 3034
Production and distribution of NEP e-news
Description: Bi-monthly equality e-news for infrastructure organisations
Target Audience: Contributions from equality strands and subscribers
Date: April 2010 – March 2011
Region: All Regions
Contact Name: Geraldine Nolan Email: geraldine@wrc.org.uk Phone: 0207 324 3052
Free support with collaboration and working together is available from BASSAC. It includes helping groups to agree aims, carry out research and develop business and fundraising plans. BASSAC also delivers skills training for development workers.
Collaboration skills for development workers
Free 2-day training courses to equip people with the knowledge and skills to improve collaborative working with organisations they support
Description: 25 x 2-day collaboration skills courses run Cascade capacity building programme rolled out throughout England; Participants will getter a better understanding of the benefits of collaboration, drivers, policy context, types of collaboration, success factors for effective partnerships, how to support joint tendering and consortium development, as well as resources they can use
Target Audience: Development workers or other workers who are in a role in which they provide support to other VCS groups
Date: Available now
Region: All Regions (Check website for dates and venues)
Contact Name: Keith Kibirango
Email: keith@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9423
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/node/151
Seminars / workshops helping to prepare organisations to take on a collaborative venture
Description: Sessions will provide insight into how to take forward a collaborative venture, with particular emphasis on collaborating for commissioning/ building consortia
Target Audience: CEOs, senior workers & development workers
Date: Available Now
Region: All Regions (Check website for dates and venues)
Contact Name: Keith Kibirango
Email: keith@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9423
Website: www.bassac.org.uk
Monthly emailing to development workers
Description: A monthly update of latest events and developments and useful information/tips and tools to influence the practice of development workers
Target Audience: Development workers mainly, though also of use to CEOs/ others
Date: Available now
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Jo Shardlow
Email: Joanna@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9452
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/collaborationbenefits by following “what’s new” link
Collaboration Benefit web resources
Description: A comprehensive online resource on collaboration good practice on main CB site, as well as other web presences
Target Audience: Development workers who either advise/sign post or can provide more in depth support for groups considering or implementing collaboration.
Date: Available Now
Region: All Regions
Contact Name: Sarah Joy
Email: sarah@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9473
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/collaborationbenefits
Collaboration Benefits publications which are accessible and useful
Description: Getting Ready for Collaboration – guide to taking forward a collaboration
Success Stories – Collaboration case studies booklet
In depth collaboration support manual – a comprehensive guide/handbook designed to help development workers to provide effective support to all forms of collaborations
Target Audience: Development workers who either advise/sign post or can provide more in depth support for groups considering or implementing collaboration.
Date: Available now
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Jo Shardlow
Email: Joanna@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9452
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/collaborationbenefits
Collaboration Champions Network Days
Description: Quarterly Development days that provide updates about latest developments in collaboration support, a training input and a chance for mutual learning
Target Audience: Specialists in providing collaboration support and/or training others to do so
Date: June -December
Region: All Regions (Meetings usually held in Birmingham)
Contact Name: Keith Kibirango
Email: keith@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9423
Website: www.bassac.org.uk
Rural training and cluster programme
Description: One day training courses in collaboration support and cluster facilitation support in rural areas
Target Audience: Rural development workers
Date: Available Now (see website)
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Helen Mardell
Email: hmardell@acre.org.uk
Phone: 01285 653477 x 213
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/node/151
Cluster programme
Description: Facilitation of clusters to provide a test bed for models of support in collaborative working
Target Audience: Groups that have a collaborative venture (including partners on board) and that requires external facilitation
Date: Available now (see website)
Region: All Regions
Contact Name: Keith Kibirango
Email: keith@bassac.org.uk
Phone: 020 7336 9423
Website: www.bassac.org.uk/collaborationbenefits – follow link to “Cluster support”
SKiLD is a project of NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) that aims to deliver skills and knowledge for local development.
Social Media for development workers.
Description: Maintaining email discussion forums for development workers & developing a Twitter account
Target Audience: Development workers supporting voluntary organisations and community groups.
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Name: Carolyn Ellis Email: carolyn.ellis@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 289 3952 0114 289 3952
Support for networks
Description: Visiting networks for development workers and CB regional events
Target Audience: Development workers, network co-ordinators
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636 / 0114 278 6636
Support for liaison with network co-ordinators
Description: Convening a meeting of development worker network co-ordinators to support their work and development
Target Audience: Development workers, network co-ordinators
Date: Two meetings a year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Electronic forum for network co-ordinators
Description: Maintain and encourage new users to use navcaboodle to share information
Target Audience: Development workers, network co-ordinators
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636 / 0114 278 6636
Research project on networks
Description:Research report on maintaining & sustaining networks for development workers
Target Audience: Development worker network co-ordinators
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: Carolyn Ellis Email: carolyn.ellis@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 289 3952 0114 289 3952
SKiLD framework website
Description: Maintain and improve SKiLD framework content.
Target Audience: Development workers
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
NOS for development work
Description: Evaluate SKiLD framework in light of NOS
Target Audience: Development workers when asked for input
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Accredited learning for development workers research project
Description: Research report on the suitability of accredited learning in relation to courses for development workers.
Target Audience: Development workers when asked for input
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Research project for methods of membership for development workers
Description: Research report on the differing methods and benefits of creating a membership body for development workers.
Target Audience: Development workers when asked for input .
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636 / 0114 278 6636
SKiLDbites e-bulletin
Description: Publish one bulletin every six weeks.
Target Audience: Information from NSS workstreams for development workers
Date: Every six weeks throughout the year
Region: National
Name: Carolyn Ellis Email: carolyn.ellis@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 289 3952 / 0114 289 3952
SKiLD brochure
Description: Brochure outlining the forthcoming season’s learning offer from SKiLD and individual NSS
Target Audience: Information from SKiLD & NSS workstreams for development workers
Date: Two editions of the brochure issued throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
For more information see the SKiLD spring and summer training brochure.
Improving Support website
Description: Manage SKiLD section of website. Update with regular news, events and other communications
Target Audience: Information from SKiLD & NSS workstreams for development workers
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Name: Carolyn Ellis Email: carolyn.ellis@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 289 3952
Liaison with NSS communications leads
Description: Participate in any CB meetings and one-to-one contact with each workstream in order to get relevant information for development workers
Target Audience: Development workers to benefit from communications
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Name: Carolyn Ellis Email: carolyn.ellis@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 289 3952
Quality Marking Resources Research Project
Description: Exploring quality marking resources deemed as ‘best practice’ to support development workers in their work with voluntary organisations and community groups.
Target Audience: Development workers when asked for input.
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Annual development workers survey
Description: Undertake survey and create a report to highlight awareness and satisfaction with products & services and identify emerging needs.
Target Audience: Development workers when asked for input.
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Programme development meetings
Description: Attendance at CB leads meetings
Target Audience: Development workers to benefit from communications between workstreams
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Programme evaluation
Description: Evaluation report of the SKiLD programme using standardised NSS questions to demonstrate the changes SKiLD has made.
Target Audience: Development workers to benefit from final findings – will be asked for input when needed
Date: Throughout the year.
Region: National
Contact Name: SKiLD team Email: skild@navca.org.uk Phone: 0114 278 6636
Run your own trustee recruitment Trustee recruitment campaigns
Description: Following research into how public/ private sectors, and other countries recruit board members, we have piloted a campaigns approach to recruiting trustees. As a result we have created a campaigns pack for infrastructure organisations to support their sector to recruit trustees, open up new supplied of trustees in local areas, as well as supporting boards so that they are able to better recruit, induct and support new board members.
Target Audience: All infrastructure organisations
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/Trusteerecruitmentcampaignspack
Trustee Recruitment Learning Forums
Description. Building on the trustee recruitment campaigns pack and the success of the Trustee Recruitment Learning Forum held in March 2010, we are holding further trustee recruitment learning forums around the country. This is your opportunity to hear about our learning from piloting, see the materials and hear the great ideas of others.
Target Audience: All infrastructure organisations
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
National Trustees’ Week
Description: We are pleased to be able to announce that the first national Trustees’ Week will be held from the 24th to the 31st October 2010. Led by the Charity Commission, this week will primarily be used to celebrate of the work of trustees across the country, and raise the profile of the great work trustees carry out in organisations across the country. This will be a great opportunity to celebrate the work of the trustees in your organisation, create greater understanding about their work role, or could even help you recruit new trustees.
Target Audience: All infrastructure organisations
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Resources for Small Organisations
Description: We recognise that trustee recruitment can be challenging for small organisations that have limited resources, and have developed a simple range of on trustee recruitment resources, specifically designed for the needs of very small organisations. Alongside a number of simple steps, there are 10 activities and templates to help organisations through the main considerations for effective trustee recruitment.
Target Audience: Development Workers
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/trusteerecruitmentforsmallorganisations
Improving Support Provider’s governance: Cracking the Code
Description: Cracking the Code is a bursary scheme for infrastructure organisations to improve their governance based on Good Governance: A Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector. We have already awarded a number of bursaries to organisations in every region in the 4 successful rounds of the scheme. A number of case studies are also available to learn from their experiences. 4 successful rounds of the scheme and are now working to publish the case studies to share this learning.
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Target Audience: Trustees and CEO’s of support providers with an income under £1 million
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/crackingthecode
Improving Support Provider’s governance: Governance health checks
Description: We continue to conduct a number of governance health checks with support providers. Further applications are welcome at this time. We will publish a high level learning report once all reviews have been completed.
Target Audience: Trustees and CEO’s of support providers
Date: Now Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/nssgovernancehealthchecks
Improving Support Provider’s governance: Governance healthchecks
Description: We have created a governance and leadership resilience pack containing a range of publications and practical information for organisations on governance and leadership in difficult times. These will be sent to infrastructure organisations who register their interest free of charge. As well as improving the governance of your own organisation this information can also be used with the groups you work with
Target Audience: All support providers
Date: July 2010 Region: All Regions
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/nssgovernancehealthchecks
Proportionate Governance
Description: Our aim is that policy makers, funders and support providers will be more aware of the need for governance systems and regulation proportionate to the size and needs of the organisation. A briefing is being prepared and will be sent to governance, policy makers and funders. We will also send you a copy so you can discuss with the funders and local authorities you work with.
Target Audience: All support providers
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Date: September 2010
Region: All Regions
Get Legal
Description: NCVO is working with Bates, Wells and Braithwaite (BWB) and Society Media to develop an innovative online tool to take organisations through the appropriate steps and information to decide what legal and organisational form they should be. This tool with be launched un July and training will be held in every region for those who advise groups on governance and legal structures.
Date: July 2010
Region: All Regions
Target Audience: Support providers, development workers, governance advisers.
Contact: Carrie Deacon Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Community Sector Leadership
Description: Liberating Leadership is a fresh perspective for the community sector that has been developed to recognise and support leadership in community groups and collective community activities. The practical three day (two days residential and one day follow up) programme provide development workers with the confidence, resources and tools to help groups to recognise and grow their leadership role. Programmes are being run in every region and adapted for conference and other workshops
Target Audience: Development Workers
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Hazel Capper
Email: Hazel@communitysectorcoalition.org.uk Phone: 0207 3369424
Website: www.communitysectorcoalition.org.uk/leadership
Investors in Leaders Bursary Scheme
Description: Through ‘Investing in Leaders’, ACEVO is striving to remove the barriers which exist for third sector leaders to access leadership development opportunities. Specifically through bursaries and by engaging with the public and private sectors, ACEVO is now able to provide various cross-sector learning opportunities. Find out more and download our free publication at www.acevo.org.uk/investinginleaders 75% Bursaries Available for Leadership Development Programmes. Bursaries of up to 75% are now available for leaders of infrastructure organisations to access a range of ACEVO courses, from one-day workshops to residential accredited courses. This is the final year of funding for this scheme and bursary places are limited.
Date: Now Region: All Regions
Target Audience: Leaders of support providers
Contact: Erin Mcfeely
Email: Erin.Mcfeely@acevo.org.uk Phone: 07950 178761
Website: www.acevo.org.uk/infrastructuresig
Investors in Leaders Cross Sector Learning
Description: Sharing expertise and experience is a free and effective way of enhancing skills, inspiring new thoughts and actions and working on development areas. Connecting with leaders from public and private sector organisations will also allow you to build valuable relationships, and insight into areas you may wish to influence
Target Audience: Leaders of support providers
Date: Now
Region: All Regions
Contact: Erin Mcfeely Email: Erin.Mcfeely@acevo.org.uk Phone: 07950 178761
Website: www.acevo.org.uk/infrastructuresig
Meet the Changemakers
Description: Meet the Changemakers: Expert Tips for Effective Engagement is a free resource, bringing together a collection of contributions from accomplished leaders with backgrounds in different sectors. The publication and podcasts focus on three key leadership skills necessary for effective engagement.
Date: Now
Region: Every region
Target Audience: Leaders of support providers
Contact: Erin Mcfeely Email: Erin.Mcfeely@acevo.org.uk
Phone: 07950 178761 Website: www.acevo.org.uk/infrastructuresig
Infrastructure special interest groups
Description: With the uncertain political and economic landscape also affecting infrastructure organisations, bold choices must now be made to ensure they can continue their important role of support and advocacy on behalf of front-line third sector organisations. ACEVO’s Income Generation and Leadership and Governance teams will be running Special Interest Group meetings around the country to help third sector support provider leaders to navigate some of the key strategic issues necessary for a long term sustainable future
Date: Now
Region: Every region
Target Audience: Leaders of support providers
Contact: Erin Mcfeely
Email: Erin.Mcfeely@acevo.org.uk Phone: 07950 178761 Website: www.acevo.org.uk/infrastructuresig
Get Legal
Description: For many individuals and groups wanting to establish a new organisation one of the biggest challenges is deciding on the legal form and governance structure of the organisation. Choices are often based on dominant legal forms or preconceptions rather than well informed consideration of a range of structures. Problems can also arise if organisations want to change their legal structures or governing documents. The Get Legal training is designed to help development workers and advisors help organisations to overcome these challenges.
By the end of the training delegates will:
- Have an understanding of the different legal forms
- Have an understanding of the benefits and characteristics of each legal form
- Be able to use the Get Legal website
- Know how to register a charity
- Know how to set up a company
- Network with and learn from peers
The session will also include case study exercises and hands-on practical examples to help you apply the learning to your work. There will also be opportunities to ask your questions about legal structures.
Target Audience: The training is for advisors, development workers and other workers in infrstructure and support organisations who advise individuals and organisations about their governance and legal structures.
Dates & Regions:
Contact: Carrie Deacon
Email: carrie.deacon@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 0207 5202501
Website: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/Trusteerecruitmentcampaignspack
Recession Recovery: Ensuring Success
Description: With the effects of the recession still being felt throughout the sector Social Enterprise London are running 3 facilitated workshops to help leaders ensure the continued success of their organisations. By helping leaders analyse the current status of their organisations, through a combination of financial planning and strategic review, leaders will uncover risks currently facing them and Income Generation opportunities for the future.
Target Audience: Leaders and senior management teams
Date: TBC
Region: TBC
Phone: 020 7022 1920
Community Sector Trading
Description: By offering practical learning based on the real experience of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of running a community business Community Sector Trading offers participants a unique way of understanding enterprise. Delivered through a mix of face-to-face and live online sessions combined with post course mentoring the course aims to help participants understand how voluntary and community organisations can develop their trading activities.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Date: Ongoing
Region: Various
Contact Name: Haoming Yau Email: h.yau@dta.org.uk Phone: 0207 336 9438
Developing Income Generation Capabilities
Description: This program, consisting of both coaching and consultancy, offers leaders and senior managers the space to develop an income generation activity. The coaching is aimed at organisations at the initial stage of this process. They will have the opportunity to shape and form the idea. Discovering the feasibility and starting along the often difficult first steps of diversifying their income sources.
The consultancy element is offered at those organisations whose ideas are more developed and will help them to implement and execute an idea. Combined these aim to strengthen the organisations sustainability so that they can continue to provide vital services in preparation for the economic upturn.
Target Audience: Leaders and senior management teams
Date: Application process for coaching open till 4th June
Region: Various
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Cascading Asset Transfer
Description: Asset transfer has the capability of transforming spaces into vibrant community spaces. To help organisations who provide support in this area this course will offer participants the chance to gain a thorough understanding of all aspects of asset transfer and the wider asset development process.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Date: TBC
Region: TBC
Contact Name: Sarah Eustace Email: s.eustace@dta.org.uk Phone: 0845 345 4564
Community Assets Matter
Description: Covering the myriad of legal, technical and regulatory aspects of asset management participants of this course will, by the end of the course, be better able to advise and support frontline organisations with asset management The Community Assets Matter project consists of a publication and learning events on legal, technical and regulatory and operational aspects of asset management for community anchors and local infrastructure organisations.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Date: Various TBC
Region: Various TBC
Contact Name: Annie Jenkins Email: annie.jenkins@communitymatters.org.uk Phone: 020 7837 7887
Winning a Bigger Buck for the Bang
Description: This training develops the crucial role that second tier infrastructure organisations play in expanding the capacity for the frontline to win government contracts and secure sub-contracts, with larger organisations. The programme comprises five different training topics, delivered by experts with the aim of giving these organisations the skills they need to support the groups they work with and to help them develop opportunities and to win the contracts they need to continue delivering their vital work.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Dates & Regions:
How to successfully approach commissioning and procurement processes
2nd September 2010 (Taunton), 21st September 2010 (Manchester), 7th October 2010 (Lincolnshire), 14th October 2010 (Newcastle)
How big is your bang? Setting targets and measuring benefit
5th October 2010 (Taunton), 12th October 2010 (Manchester), 4th November 2010 (Lincolnshire), 11th November 2010 (Newcastle)
Influencing commissioning processes
2nd November 2010 (Taunton), 9th November 2010 (Manchester), 2nd December 2010 (Lincolnshire), 9th December 2010 (Newcastle)
How to negotiate during commissioning processes
7th December 2010 (Taunton), 14th December 2010 (Manchester), 13th January 2011(Lincolnshire), 20th January 2011 (Newcastle)
Financial planning and budgeting to win
11th January 2011 (Taunton), 18th January 2011 (Manchester), 3rd February 2011(Lincolnshire)
10th February 2011 (Newcastle)
Contact Name: Nick McAllister Email: nick.mcallister@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4937
Procurement Champions Network
Description: The procurement champions are those people who play the crucial role in helping third sector organisations provide their services to the public as public sector commissioners. This event facilitates the sharing of knowledge and skills between commissioners and procurement champions with a particular focus on raising skills and connecting infrastructure. It aims to provide an opportunity for the professional development of the champions by creating opportunities for strategic leadership, networking and peer support.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Dates:
- Carbon footprint of public services – 15th September
- The continuing development of personalisation – 15th December
- Consortia – 15th March
Region: Various
Contact Name: Nick McAllister Email: nick.mcallister@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4937
Capacity Manager
Description: The online tool enables you to evaluate whether your internal support services are working effectively. By examining all the main types of overhead costs it can help judge the effectiveness of spending in different areas of business. It can assist organisations in benchmarking their spending against similar businesses, as well as make a case to funding and commissioning bodies to support investment.
Target Audience: Leaders, senior management teams and development workers .
Date: Available now
Region: All Regions
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Individual Budgets Core Package Training
Description: Following the production of 5 guides covering the key topics organisations will have to address with the introduction of individual budgets we are offering 5 organisations the chance to use the reference guides to design their own locally tailored individual budgets training package to be used in their locality.
Target Audience: Development workers and senior managers
Date: TBC
Region: TBC
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Building Capacity for Personalisation
Description:Under this project support provider leaders will be given a ‘personal budget’ to spend on the services/training that they believe would build their capacity to prepare for the introduction of personalisation in the fields of health and social care. Leaders will be expected to match their leveraged funds and design their own capacity building needs in the fields of health and social care.
Target Audience: Leaders and senior management teams
Date: TBC
Region: TBC
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Trading Consultancy
Description: Under this project Social Enterprise London are providing bespoke consultancy to 10 organisations to assist infrastructure providers to support them in the identification, exploration, and realisation of enterprising ideas to generate income.
Target Audience: Leaders, senior management teams and development workers
Date: Application process open
Region: Various
Contact Name: Catriona Rust Email: catriona@sel.org.uk Phone: 020 7022 1920
Strategic Support Group for Infrastructure Leaders
Description: ACEVO’s Income Generation and Leadership and Governance workstream teams will be running 5 Strategic Support Group meetings around the country that will help third sector support provider leaders to navigate some of the key strategic issues necessary for a long term sustainable future. Delegates will hear from some of the top thinkers from within and beyond the sector on crucial aspects of developing effective income generation functions and leadership skills, as well as benefiting from networking and peer support from other leaders in the sector.
Target Audience: Leaders and senior management teams
Date & Regions: Topic TBC 9 September (London), 12 October (Liverpool), 28 October (Birmingham), 23 November (Sheffield), 1 December(Durham)
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Supporting Infrastructure Consortia
Description: In order to support the development of third sector consortium ACEVO, in partnership with the Social Investment Business and Voluntary Action Sheffield is offering a number of packages of business development support, valued at over £5000 to third sector infra-structure support providers who wish to work with the groups they support to develop consortia approaches aimed at securing contracts from local or national public sector bodies to deliver public service contracts. Aimed at supporting both the establishment of brand new consortia and to help newly formed consortia find their feet and bid for their first contracts. In tandem to this offer two Consortium Development Training seminars will also be run on how to go about setting up third sector consortium.
Target Audience: Leaders, senior management teams and development workers
Dates & Regions: Application process open
Contact Name: Nick McAllister Email: nick.mcallister@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4937
The Future of Infrastructure Consortia
Description: Research on how the markets for support may develop. To include local authorities’ views on how they wish to support infrastructure in the future and how support providers can assist local authorities to add value to local communities
Target Audience: TBC
Date: TBC
Region: TBC
Contact Name: Daniel Hooper Email: daniel.hooper@acevo.org.uk Phone: 020 7280 4929
Improving access to quality ICT information and resources NAVCA
Description: NAVCA will provide and market information about the services provided by the ICT Champions for local support providers. NAVCA will work with others in the sector to increase the number of online and offline places linking to the ICT Champions website. NAVCA will provide support to all ICT Champions to maintain the ICT Champions website and will investigate ‘legacy home’ for website (NAVCA, Improving Support or other)
Target Audience: All in Local Support and Development Organisations
Date: Throughout the year
Region: National
Contact Name: Paul Webster Phone: 0114 289 3977 Email: paul.webster@navca.org.uk
Improving access to quality ICT information and resources Task Group 1
Description: Task Group 1 will work in collaboration with SKiLD NPP to produce the ‘ICT for Development Workers’ workshop with reviewed and refreshed content.
Target Audience: Development workers
Date: 4 workshops to be delivered as part of the formal SKiLD programme
Region: National
Contact Name: Miles Maier Phone: 020 7426 4496 Email: mmaier@lasa.org.uk
Improving access to quality ICT information and resources Task Group 1
Description: Review of existing briefing sheets and where there are gaps, review and critique, with case studies where appropriate. Task Group 1 will produce a number of ‘briefing documents’ and ‘key website links’ which organisations can overprint with own logo or link to about relevant topics
Target Audience: Development workers and others in local support and development organisations
Date: First 10 produced by Q2, further 10 by Q4
Region: National
Contact Name: Steve Webster Phone: 01663 735350 Email: steve@highpeakcvs.org.uk
Improving access to quality ICT information and resources Task Group 1
Description: Each ICT Champion will collect & publish contact details on their website or newsletter of local ICT support providers and will ensure website is linked from the websites of regional infrastructure bodies. Each ICT Champion will continue to promote Z-cards and ICT answers in a box
Target Audience: All staff in local support and development organisations
Date: For Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Paul Webster Phone: 0114 289 3977 Email: paul.webster@navca.org.uk
Collect and share good practice examples of LSDO ICT support services and digital mentoring and share with other national sector providers
RCs will also be looking for further examples of new projects working well and adding value to local ICT support e.g. Digital Mentor projects, circuit rider projects
Description: Produce and publish (minimum electronically) a report mapping and outlining ICT support services working from within LSDOs – include good practice case studies.
Target Audience: Existing third sector organisations looking for ICT support, LSDOs working in support of third sector delivery of ICT support for themselves and for their members, existing social enterprises looking for ways to improve their support and services in ICT to third sector
Date: Q1 and Q2
Region: National
Contact Name: Andrew Samuel Phone: 0191 233 2000 Email: Andrew.samuel@vonne.org.uk
Produce a standard technology health check template
Description: Collect all examples of existing health checks, post best compilation of existing materials onto collaborative document online and achieve agreed standard template. Promote the health check template as a tool for use within the sector – website, blogs and workshops.
Target Audience: LSDOs working in support of third sector delivery of ICT support for themselves and for their members, Circuit Riders and ther LSDO Development Workers
Region: National
Date: Q3
Contact Name: Paul Ruskin Phone: 01223 861760 Email: Paul.ruskin@i-trust.org.uk
Produce guidelines and other training resources which cover how to become established as a sustainable social enterprise support provider to the sector
Description: Build on report published April 2008 “Sustainable ICT support for the Third Sector – is Social Enterprise the Answer?” – Review and update with new examples and sector developments. Improved understanding of support for new-start ICT support and a new training package or workshop designed to introduce people to setting up an ICT social enterprise for third sector (dependant on further time allocation and funding)
Target Audience: Existing third sector organisations looking to develop social enterprise delivery in ICT support, LSDOs working in support of third sector delivery of ICT support for themselves and for their members, existing social enterprises looking for ways to improve their support and services in ICT to third sector Social Enterprise support agencies (local, regional, national)
Date: Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Julie Harris Phone: 01404 813226 Email: Julie@cosmic.org.uk
Produce guidelines and other training resources which cover how to become established as a sustainable social enterprise support provider to the sector
Description: Investigate range of database / CRM / outcome recording and reporting systems and in-use by local third sector support and development organisations. Briefing sheets and article about range of database, CRM solutions and outcomes management products in the sector and ways to select appropriately. Review existing guides to databases / CRMs. Where gaps, review and update. (E.G. report by Lewis Atkinson – ICT Hub 2008 which looked at this area).
Target Audience: Support staff and others in local support and development organisations
Date: Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Peter Dunn Phone: 01254 879966 Email: pdunn@theitzone.org.uk
Each ICT Champion will collect and maintain national and regional preferred suppliers lists showing local providers
Description: All RCs to support local suppliers providing encouragement and advice to be listed in the Suppliers Directory
Target Audience: Support staff and others in local support and development organisations
Region: National
Contact Name: Paul Webster Phone: 0114 289 3977 Email: paul.webster@navca.org.uk
Making the most of Social Media
Description: NAVCA will work with Media Trust (Media and Communications NSS) to update “New Media” booklet and other resources. Include examples relevant to LSDOs and Volunteer Centres in the Media Trust “New Media” booklet.
Target Audience: Development workers & others in local support and development organisations
Date: Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Simon Duncan Phone: 01924 488725 Email: simonduncan@electroville.org.uk
Making the most of Social Media
Description: In collaboration with Red Foundation (as part of Modernising Volunteering NSS) develop and deliver a ‘Social Media for Support Providers’ workshop in each region. Will comprise of a Social Media Game, Explanation of tools, Case Studies and Social Media Surgery
Target Audience: Development workers in local support and development organisations workers in local Volunteer Centres.
Date: Q2 and Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Pete Read Phone: 024 7664 2022 Email: pete@illuminateict.org.uk
Making the most of Social Media
Description: Task Group 3 will produce guidelines, resources and case studies which cover: Social Media Guidelines / Policy ‘How local support providers can communicate efficiency using social media’ How third sector organisations can be more effective using social media’
Target Audience: All third sector organisations seeking to find out about social media
Date: Q2 and Q3
Region: National
Contact Name: Simon Duncan Phone: 01924 488725 Email: simonduncan@electroville.org.uk
Training for support providers
Description: Open and in house training delivered across England. Courses are designed to give people the knowledge and confidence to offer better support to the frontline
Target Audience: Any support provider.
Date: Open training is scheduled throughout the year. We can deliver in-house training when convenient to the host.
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Peter Norgate Email: peter@ces-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7078 9394
E-bulletin
Description: Monthly e-bulletin going to over 2,000 contacts.
Target Audience: We invite stories from readers
Date: Monthly (usually at start of month)
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Nicky Coward Email: nicky@ces-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7078 9381
Mentoring support
Description: Face-to-face, online and/or telephone mentoring to any support provider who is getting to grips with outcomes, impact, quality, strategy etc
Target Audience: Any support provider
Date: Flexible service based around client needs
Region: All regions
Contact Names: Shafiq Meghani or Anastasia Mihailidou Email: Shafiq@ces-vol.org.uk or Anastasia@ces-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7078 9393 or 020 7078 9380
1 to 1 communication consultations
Description: Your opportunity to have a one to one two hour session with a top communications consultant free of charge.
Date & Region: Birmingham: 30th September 2010 & 1st October
Target Audience: Any support provider
Contact Name: Cherry Russell Email: trainingandevents@mediatrust.org Phone: 020 7217 3780
Weblink: www.mediatrust.org/get-support/improving-support-1/
Community Newswire
Description: Get your story written up by professional journalists and sent directly to 1,000s of newsdesks for free
Date: Until March 2011
Region: National
Target Audience: Any support provider
Contact Name: Joanna Inskip Email: joannai@mediatrust.org
Weblink: www.mediatrust.org/get-support/community-newswire-1/
Broadcasting
Description: Get your videos, campaigns and messages on the only TV channel dedicated to communities, The Community Channel showing 24/7
Date: Ongoing
Region: National
Target Audience: Any support provider
Contact Name: James Stittle Email: jamess@mediatrust.org Phone: 0207 217 3646
Weblink: www.mediatrust.org/community-channel-1/
Media matching
Description: Speedmatch around a series of different media professionals to see if they can help you to achieve your goals. If you are matched then your details will be swapped for further support. Perfect if you are looking for any kind of media support or advise, best of all it’s completely free to support providers.
Date & Region: Birmingham: 30th September 2010
Target Audience: Any support provider
Contact Name: Daniel Solle Email: daniels@mediatrust.org Phone: 020 7217 3771
Weblink: www.mediatrust.org/get-support/one-to-one-support/media-matching/
Further support: www.mediatrust.org/get-support/training/events/marketing-essentials/648096474/
Support with social change is delivered by NCVO
Third Sector Foresight Website: Looking Out, an online strategy guide
Description: We have developed Looking Out, an online strategy guide, which examines strategic analysis in detail, gives advice on how to approach each step of the process, and signposts users to popular tools and sources of support. Looking Out also includes a video case study and a step-by-step guide to identifying and sorting drivers.
Target Audience: All voluntary and community sector organisations. These tools can also be used by both the public and private sectors.
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions. This guide is also being used by civil society organisations all over the world, including those based in the USA and Australia.
Contact Name: Kathryn Cook Email: kathryn.cook@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2510 / 020 7520 2510
Website: www.3s4.org.uk/looking-out
Third Sector Foresight Website: Online database of 100+ drivers
Description: We have built a comprehensive database of over 100 drivers (forces or trends) that could have a positive or negative impact on your organisation’s future. Our bank of drivers specific to the interests of civil society organisations.
sing and adapting our drivers helps organisations be more sustainable and resilient in the face of future changes in the external environment. U Foresight members can also comment on drivers and add new intelligence.
Target Audience: All voluntary and community sector organisations. These drivers can also be used by both the public and private sectors.
Date: Continuously updated
Region: All regions. Our drivers are also used by civil society organisations from around the world.
Contact Name: Kathryn Cook Email: kathryn.cook@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2510 / 020 7520 2510
Website: www.3s4.org.uk/looking-out
Third Sector Foresight Bulletins
Regular updates to our members
Description: Our bulletins signpost members to articles and events designed to help the sector plan ahead for change. We send out two bulletins each month: Insights, dedicated to giving frontline network members the tools to adapt to a changing environment. Insights for Infrastructure, designed to support our infrastructure network members support the frontline in a fast-changing world.
Target Audience: All Third Sector Foresight members.
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions. We also have many global members who receive and appreciate our updates.
Contact Name: Jessica Farr Email: jess.farr@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2578 / 020 7520 2578
Website: foresight@ncvo-vol.org.uk, or become a network member online. You can register here: www.3s4.org.uk/join
Third Sector Foresight Network
Membership-based network for those interested in or involved in planning for change
Description: We facilitate a network of over 2,100 people who are involved in strategic analysis and future planning. Membership to our network is free, and allows full access to our website, where they can:
- create a profile page, and network with others in the sector
- access discussion forums
- annotate and collect drivers on our website
- ask NCVO Foresight for help and information
We are also planning an event to bring those we’ve worked with together for mutual learning and debate. We will follow this with a document that summarises the information and experiences gained through our work together. This work will be made available on our website, alongside an analysis of what the future may hold for the sector, based on discussions had on this day
Target Audience: All Third Sector Foresight members.
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Jessica Farr Email: jess.farr@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2578 020 7520 2578
Website: foresight@ncvo-vol.org.uk, or become a network member online. You can register here: www.3s4.org.uk/join
Third Sector Foresight Partner Work
Specialist subsector projects
Description: We are working in partnership with sub sector infrastructure organisations to map drivers that are specific to their future environment, and use this information to help plan ahead for change.
Those so far worked with include:
- Help the Hospices
- Age Concern
- National Union of Students
- Voice 4 Change England
- Mind
- Disability LIB
- National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
- Central Council of Physical Recreation
As part of these projects we ran bespoke events for specialist infrastructure organisation leaders, and engaged with specialist sectors beyond the immediate reach of our partner organisations. We also published our analysis on the website, and publicised it through our bulletins. We are also planning to build on our intelligence and support tools for membership organisations through specialist membership research and drivers
Target Audience: Sub sector infrastructure organisations
Date: Ongoing: Organisations and individuals can get involved by adding their comments to drivers already made public on our website.
Region: This project covers all regions, and those working at a national level.
Contact Name: Sarah Coombes Email: Sarah.coombes@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2437 / 020 7520 2437
Website: www.3s4.org.uk
Third Sector Foresight Partnerships
Tailored training and detailed online analysis of regional drivers
Description: We are delivering training workshops for infrastructure leaders and development workers in partnership with 8 regional organisations and 1 community groups infrastructure organisation. These workshops train people to understand the external environment and plan ahead of change.
Our partners include:
- Yorkshire and Humber Regional Forum
- Regional Action and Involvement South East
- London Voluntary Service Council
- One East Midlands
- South West Forum
- Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East
- Voluntary Sector North West
- Community and Voluntary Forum: Eastern Region
- Community Matters
In addition to delivering our training, each partner develops and publishes drivers and news specific to their area. This increases regional futures intelligence.
Target Audience: Regional infrastructure organisations. Leaders and development workers of local or specialist infrastructure organisations.
Date: Ongoing (see website)
Region: All Regions (except West Midlands)
Contact Name: Sarah Coombes Email: Sarah.coombes@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2437 / 020 7520 2437
Website: www.3s4.org.uk
Third Sector Foresight Publications
Future Focus series (free Future Focus bulk order offer)
Description: We have researched and published a series of 8 bite-sized publications to help small to medium-sized organisations think about likely changes in their external environment, and how these changes could affect them.
Topics include Funding, Volunteers, New technologies, Local democracy, Social trends, Population, Campaigning and Membership
To help these guides reach as many front line organisations as possible, we also offer infrastructure organisations free multiple copies of the guides to distribute to their networks
Target Audience: Aimed at small to medium-sized organisations, but also popular with infrastructure and umbrella organisations. Infrastructure organisations
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Jessica Farr Email: jess.farr@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2578 / 020 7520 2578
Website: You can order copies or download free PDFs online at: www.3s4.org.uk/about/publications/future-focus
Third Sector Foresight Events: Leading Lights seminar series
Description: We have offered a series of seminars held through the year. These seminars provide new analysis about social change and give our network members, and beyond, the chance to meet, plan and discuss. Previous seminar themes include:
- ICT, Citizenship, Migration
- Economic slowdown, Workforce, Climate change
- The future of membership and The future of campaigning
Target Audience: All Third Sector Foresight members, and other interested parties.
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Jessica Farr Email: jess.farr@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2578 / 020 7520 2578
Third Sector Foresight Events
Leading and presenting at futures events by invitation
Description: We have also been regularly providing infrastructure organisations with support by facilitating away days, speaking at conferences and leading workshops by invitation.
Organisations who have requested us to speak or lead a workshop include COVER (Annual Conference), NCVO (Annual Conference), European Civil Society Network, Women’s Resource Centre and the Yorkshire and Humber BME Network
Target Audience: Infrastructure organisations
Date: Ongoing
Region: All regions
Contact Name: Nick Wilson Young Email: nick.wilsonyoung@ncvo-vol.org.uk Phone: 020 7520 2578 / 020 7520 2578
