Grace Academy are running a series of Community Learning courses covering Maths skills, Art, Computer for Beginners, First Aid, Salsa, Trace your Family Tree, Divorce and Separation Recovery and Information, Advice and Guidance.
Download the flyer for Learning for Life.
21 April 2010 – Birmingham
With more and more companies seeking to work with the public sector, the importance of writing winning tenders should not be underestimated.
This interactive half-day event will look at the requirements, content and composition of successful tenders, and how this can be transferred to your business. By looking closely at the specifications of public sector buyers, the workshop will guide you in how to write and submit a tender that meets these specifications.
This workshop will cover:
Clear, concise and precisely written tender responses form the cornerstone of perfect tenders… This seminar can help you to attain this goal.
Places are limited and demand will be high. Book online today!
LSCB 2010 conference. This free conference is scheduled to take place on Monday 27th September 2010 at the Bridge, Shirley
The theme of the conference is sexual abuse and will be of interest to all professionals involved in working with children and young people in Solihull.
For more information, download the flyer – LSCB Conference Flyer
Posted on Monday, February 15th, 2010
SUSTAiN has released a new programme of training for the coming months, aimed at local voluntary organisations of all sizes:
Child Safeguarding – understand the basics and consider what you need to do to ensure children involved with your group are safe.And for a full list of events, courses and workshops across the local area, see all training opportunities.
PQASSO Training is available and this two day training course has now been compressed into one day!
Training will take place at:
Family Care Trust Headquarters, 11-13 Land Lane, Marston Green, Birmingham B37 7DE
9.15am until 4.45pm
Parking available and free
Lunch provided
Pre booked sessions are:
23rd February, 10th March, 24th March, 7th April, 28th April, 18th May, 9th June, 30th June and 28th July
If you want more information about PQASSO or wish to book yourself on one of the training sessions please contact Sarah Lawrence on 0121 770 8222 or email sarahl@solihull-sustain.org.uk
The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require the provision of adequate and appropriate first-aid equipment, facilities and people so that employees and volunteers can be given immediate help if they are injured or taken ill. Workplaces with less than 25 people should have at least one “appointed person”, whose role includes looking after first-aid equipment and facilities and calling the emergency services when required. First aid training for “Appointed persons” is not mandatory, though the HSE approved one day course “Emergency First Aid at Work” is recommended to equip people to do the job.
SUSTAiN is working with an approved training provider to run an “Emergency First Aid at Work” course in April. Cost will depend upon numbers but is expected to be around £50-60 per person.
Core course contents:
Please contact us on 0121 711 3148 or via enquiries@solihull-sustain.org.uk if you are interested.
Is your organisation already involved in public sector services but you feel you miss out on some contracts?
Are you interested in having a slice of public sector funding, or are you looking at other sustainable funding streams, but not sure what to do?
Spiller and Associates Limited have over 20 years of experience in supporting businesses and Third Sector Organisations and are professional PQQ and Tender writers. They are providing 2 workshops to support groups in getting ready to respond to public sector contracting. Depending on your experience or needs you may want to attend either or both workshops. Both will be practical interactive sessions providing you with an opportunity to have a working document to use after the day.
Opportunities that involve formal tendering often require potential service deliverers to undergo “pre-qualification” to ascertain who will be invited to tender. This workshop is designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully complete a pre-qualification questionnaire. As you go through the day you will pull together information relevant for your organisation to enable you to walk away with a working document for future PQQs.
Date: Thursday 15th April
Times: 09.00 – 17.00 (lunch provided)
Venue: Renewal Family Centre, Vulcan Road, just off Lode Lane
Know your PQQs from your RFIs? For many organisations tendering processes can seem complicated and the terminology and jargon used (EOI, RFI, PQQ, VfM, ITT) can be difficult to understand. This workshop is designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully tender for contracts. The day will be used to enable you to write an example response to an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for future use by your organisation.
Date: Tuesday 27th April
Times: 09.00 – 17.00 (lunch provided)
Venue: Renewal Family Centre, Vulcan Road, just off Lode Lane
Places are limited for each workshop, don’t miss out on this rare opportunity – for more information or to book your place please call Claire Milican at SUSTAiN on 0121 711 3148 or email clairem@solihull-sustain.org.uk
Is your voluntary group/charity involved in providing services to children? Are you confused by all the messages coming out about safeguarding, vetting and barring?
SCVYS and SUSTAiN have joined forces to deliver four workshops aimed at people who want to understand the basics of safeguarding, consider what they need to do to ensure children involved in their group are safe and look at what additional support is available. Attending one of these sessions will enable you to develop your own toolkit to be used back in your organisation. These workshops are free and include a buffet at the start.
Places are limited for each workshop – for more information or to book your place please call Claire Milican at SUSTAiN on 0121 711 3148 or email clairem@solihull-sustain.org.uk
The Cancer Support Course (CSC), accredited by the Open College Network, is a qualification developed by Macmillan Cancer Support and offers training to people supporting others affected by cancer. This one-year course is offered free of charge to volunteers, health care professionals or anybody wishing to enhance their skills and knowledge when supporting people affected by cancer.
There will be an information day about the course on 25th March at BVSC, The Centre for Voluntary Action, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR
Time: 1.30pm – 4.00pm (Refreshments will be provided)
To confirm attendance contact Grace Bailey, CSC course co-ordinator, on 01763 838 522 or email jennerbailey@btinternet.com or Nick Pivot at csc@macmillan.org.uk or 020 7091 2008
Many people learn in groups that are organised by their own members. These learning clubs and ‘self-organised’ groups take many forms – from the well-known and well-established such as the University of the Third Age to small local groups set up by friends with a common interest. They may be music groups, book clubs, health or environmental groups, photographic or craft groups, motorcycle or walking clubs: what they all have in common is that people are coming together to enjoy learning new skills and activities.
NIACE has developed a toolkit to support this and is running a series of half day morning events to launch this. The events are likely to be of interest to:
The next event is in Birmingham on 26 February (Ref EVE1018WM/0210).
For more details and to book your place, contact gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk or call 0116 204 2833.
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