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: 

1. NEW! How to set up a community group
2. NEW! Getting trustees on board 
3. NEW! Introduction to trusteeship
4. Charity governance – trustee roles & responsibilities 
5. NEW! Running your charity
6. NEW! Finance made easy

Volunteer involvement: 

1. NEW! Good practice in volunteer management
2. NEW! Volunteering and the law

Fundraising: 

1. How to raise funds for your organisation
2. NEW! Data essentials – using data to evidence local need
3. Diversifying your income – how to write a fundraising strategy

Monitoring & evaluation: 

1. Demonstrating the impact of your work
2. NEW! Enhance your project through participatory evaluation

Safeguarding – children & young people: 

1. Safeguarding children & young people
2. Child sexual abuse & criminal exploitation

Safeguarding – adults: 

1. Safeguarding adults 
2. NEW! Protect your clients against loan sharks
3. NEW! Tech abuse
4. Domestic abuse awareness 

Future-planning: 

1. Developing a theory of change
2. Get started on your business plan
3. NEW! Decision making tools & techniques

Digital skills: 

1. NEW! Cyber security for small charities & community organisations
2. Developing an effective IT strategy for your organisation

Management: 

1. Managing a team
2. Handling conflict effectively
3. Quick guide to project management
4. NEW! Managing a team – practice-sharing 
5. NEW! Safeguarding & wellbeing essentials
6. Chairing meetings with confidence
7. NEW! Nurturing a happy workforce

Guiding principles: 

1. NEW! Equality, diversity & inclusion 
2. GDPR (data protection) refresher 
3. Introduction to information, advice & guidance

Employability: 

1. Volunteering, a pathway to employment
2. NEW! Interview preparation & practice 

Trauma-informed:

1. NEW! Introduction to a trauma-informed approach
2. NEW! Senior Leadership trauma training – embedding trauma-informed principles & values

Wellbeing: 

1. NEW! Mental health awareness
2. Boosting wellbeing & resilience  
3. Confidence & assertiveness skills

Marketing & publicity: 

1. NEW! Creating publicity with free digital tools 
2. 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