We are delighted to bring you a broad-ranging programme of training for 2022/23, including many new courses – all still free to RedbridgeCVS members! Our training is designed to increase your skills and awareness – whether you’re a volunteer or an employee, while enhancing organisational resilience. In addition to our planned programme, we can deliver training specially for your group at just £180 for our courses under 4 hours or £360 for 4+ hours.
We have themed our 2022/23 training programme as follows, with a suggested learning order within each group. Some will be in-venue, others virtual; all include comfort/lunch breaks. Check out our exciting programme here, then click on the title for full course details and to book. There’s also a helpful ‘at a glance’ calendar below.
Click here to download our new brochure!
Please check our Training Calendar for up-to-date training dates, as some of these may have changed.
Governance:
- NEW! How to set up a community group
- NEW! Getting trustees on board
- NEW! Introduction to trusteeship
- Charity governance – trustee roles & responsibilities
- NEW! Running your charity
- NEW! Finance made easy
Volunteer involvement:
- NEW! Good practice in volunteer management
- NEW! Volunteering and the law
Fundraising:
- How to raise funds for your organisation
- NEW! Data essentials – using data to evidence local need
- Diversifying your income – how to write a fundraising strategy
Monitoring & evaluation:
- Demonstrating the impact of your work
- NEW! Enhance your project through participatory evaluation
Safeguarding – children & young people:
- Safeguarding children & young people
- Child sexual abuse & criminal exploitation
Safeguarding – adults:
- Safeguarding adults
- NEW! Protect your clients against loan sharks
- NEW! Tech abuse
- Domestic abuse awareness
Future-planning:
- Developing a theory of change
- Get started on your business plan
- NEW! Decision making tools & techniques
Digital skills:
- NEW! Cyber security for small charities & community organisations
- Developing an effective IT strategy for your organisation
Management:
- Managing a team
- Handling conflict effectively
- Quick guide to project management
- NEW! Managing a team – practice-sharing
- NEW! Safeguarding & wellbeing essentials
- Chairing meetings with confidence
- NEW! Nurturing a happy workforce
Guiding principles:
- NEW! Equality, diversity & inclusion
- GDPR (data protection) refresher
- Introduction to information, advice & guidance
Employability:
- Volunteering, a pathway to employment
- NEW! Interview preparation & practice
Trauma-informed:
- NEW! Introduction to a trauma-informed approach
- NEW! Senior Leadership trauma training – embedding trauma-informed principles & values
Wellbeing:
- NEW! Mental health awareness
- Boosting wellbeing & resilience
- Confidence & assertiveness skills
Marketing & publicity:
- NEW! Creating publicity with free digital tools
- NEW! Planning & scheduling social media content
Booking a course
All our courses are free for our member organisations’ staff and volunteers. You must be 19+ and provide your London home address. You’ll also need to email a photo of one of the following IDs to comply with funder requirements, with your first booking from this brochure. You’ll only need to do this once and it will be destroyed straight away:
- Bank Card
- Bank Statement
- Birth Certificate
- Driving License
- ID Card
- NHS Card
- NI Card
- Passport
- Resident Permit
- Utility Bill.
Please help us reduce non-attendance by only booking courses you’re sure you can attend, and noting the details on your calendar. Although our enrolment form is quite comprehensive in order to meet funder requirements, the next time you book you’ll only need your email and password.
Training fees per person for non RedbridgeCVS members (paid in full at the point of enrolment):
Organisation type | Full-day | Half-day |
Voluntary and community sector organisation, income under £50,000 | £36 | £18 |
Voluntary and community sector organisation, income between £50,000 and £100,000 | £52 | £26 |
Voluntary and community sector organisation, income over £100,000 | £68 | £34 |
Public sector organisation | £120 | £60 |
Private sector organisation | £200 | £100 |
If your organisation is not already a member of RedbridgeCVS, you can apply for Membership or Supporter Status here.
Non‐attendance and cancellation
If a participant/organisation is unable to attend booked training, RedbridgeCVS should be informed by email 10 working days before the course starts.
Cancellations received 10 working days before the course starts will be refunded in full. For cancellations received between 10 and 7 working days before the course starts, the participant/organisation will receive a 50% refund. For cancellations received less than 7 working days before the course starts, the participant/organisation will be charged in full.
*RedbridgeCVS reserves the right to charge members a non-attendance fee of £20 for cancellations received less than 10 working days before the course starts.
Participants may change the named person attending the course or transfer their payment to a different course at no additional charge once within a six month period. In the event that RedbridgeCVS cancels a training course, participants/organisations will be entitled to a full refund.
RedbridgeCVS 2022/23 at-a-glance training calendar
Please check our Training Calendar for up-to-date training dates, as some of these may have changed.
BZA1480 NEW! How to set up a community group | Zoom, 2pm-5pm | Wed 28 Sep |
BZA1481 NEW! Getting trustees on board | Zoom, 11.00am-1.00pm | Tue 4 Oct |
BZA1482 How to raise funds for your organisation | In person, 9.30am-1.00pm | Mon 10 Oct |
BZA1483 NEW! Cyber security for small charities & community organisations | Zoom, 9.30am-12.30pm | Wed 12 Oct |
BZA1485 NEW! Introduction to trusteeship | Zoom, 5.30pm-7.30pm | Tue 18 Oct |
BZA1486 Safeguarding adults | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Wed 19 Oct |
BZA1487 NEW! Protect your clients against loan sharks | Zoom, 10.00am-12.00pm | Tue 8 Nov |
BZA1488 NEW! Tech abuse | Zoom, 10.00am-12.00pm | Wed 8 March |
BZA1489 Charity governance – trustee roles & responsibilities | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Tue 15 Nov |
BZA1490 Demonstrating the impact of your work | In person, 9.30am-2.30pm | Wed 26 April |
BZA1491 Domestic abuse awareness | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Tue 22 Nov |
BZA1492 NEW! Running your charity | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Tue 25 April |
BZA1493 NEW! Finance made easy | In person, 9.30am-1.00pm | Tue 14 March |
BZA1494 NEW! Enhance your project through participatory evaluation | Zoom, 10.00am-1.00pm | Wed 30 Nov |
BZA1495 NEW! Mental health awareness | Zoom, 9.30am-12.45pm | Mon 5 Dec |
BZA1496 NEW! Introduction to a trauma-informed approach |
Zoom, 9.30am-3.30pm | Thu 12 Jan |
BZA1497 Developing an effective IT strategy for your organisation | Zoom, 9.30am-12.30pm | Wed 11 Jan |
BZA1498 Managing a team | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Mon 31 Jan |
BZA1499 Boosting wellbeing & resilience | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Wed 8 Feb |
BZA1500 Handling conflict effectively | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Tue 24 Jan |
BZA1501 NEW! Data essentials – using data to evidence local need | Zoom, 9.30am-12.30pm | Wed 25 Jan |
BZA1502 Quick guide to project management | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Tue 7 Feb |
BZA1503 Diversifying your income – how to write a fundraising strategy | In person, 9.30am-1.00pm | Wed 22 Feb |
BZA1504 NEW! Managing a team – practice-sharing | Zoom, 10.00am-12.00pm | Mon 27 February |
BZA1505 Safeguarding children & young people | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Tue 7 March |
BZA1506 Volunteering, a pathway to employment |
In person, 10.00am-1.00pm | Wed 15 March |
BZA1507 NEW! Safeguarding & wellbeing essentials |
Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Mon 20 March |
BZA1508 Confidence & assertiveness skills | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Wed 22 March |
BZA1509 NEW! Senior Leadership trauma training – embedding trauma-informed principles and values |
Zoom, 9.30am-3.30pm | Mon 27 March |
BZA1510 NEW! Interview preparation & practice | In person, 10.00am-1.00pm | Tue 13 June |
BZA1511 Quick guide to developing a theory of change | In person, 9.30am-2.30pm | Wed 10 May |
BZA1512 Chairing meetings with confidence | Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Mon 15 May |
BZA1513 Child sexual abuse & criminal exploitation |
Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Wed 17 May |
BZA1514 Get started on your business plan |
Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Mon 22 May |
BZA1515 NEW! Creating publicity with free digital tools | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Wed 24 May |
BZA1516 NEW! Good practice in volunteer management | In person, 10.00am-2.30pm | Wed 14 June |
BZA1517 NEW! Decision making tools & techniques | In person, 9.30am-1.00pm | Tue 20 June |
BZA1518 NEW! Volunteering and the law | In person, 10.00am-2.30pm | Wed 21 June |
BZA1519 NEW! Equality, diversity & inclusion |
Zoom, 9.30am-2.45pm | Tue 27 June |
BZA1520 NEW! Planning & scheduling social media content | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Wed 28 June |
BZA1521 GDPR (data protection) refresher | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm | Mon 3 July |
BZA1522 Introduction to information, advice & guidance | Zoom, 9.30am-1.00pm |
Mon 10 July |
BZA1523 NEW! Nurturing a happy workforce | In person, 10.00am-1.00pm | Tue 11 July |