Training and Events

UK data protection laws are being reformed. This essential training course will ensure you are aware of your obligations to the law and will prepare you for the future. Topics covered include - Using the lawful basis such as consent The principles of data protection including data retention Dealing with and reporting data breaches How to handle subject access requests and how to […]

Aimed at new or prospective managers, this session offers an opportunity to develop management skills and explore basic management theories. This includes anyone currently managing volunteers or part time staff and looking to move into a management role within the statutory or voluntary youth and community sector. LEARNING OUTCOMES • Explore the ethics of managing […]

A workshop for those thinking of becoming a chief executive, new or recently in post. What you should plan for. Components of success. Balancing personal and organisational demands. Manging upwards and downwards. Setting and navigating the goals for success

Business plans are essential for organisations that need a practical delivery action plan for their strategy. Business plans also ensure organisational understanding of purpose and direction and resource requirements, individual and departmental input for agreed beneficiary outcomes. A good business plan also forms the basis of future funding applications. This workshop will guide you on […]

All organisations need a clear and understandable strategy that ensures that maximises positive outcomes for beneficiaries. Additional consideration is required to ensure the organisation is prepared for future demands and requirements in an increasingly uncertain and competitive environment This workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss various strategic options and offer frameworks and tools to […]

This essential course is for all workers to understand their responsibility around professional boundaries when working directly with young people in groups. Overview To explain and understand why it’s important for staff to behave professionally and promote safety for groups. Using practical examples from a range of youth work delivery settings. Benefits and learning outcomes […]

For most managers finance and financial management remains poorly understood and unpopular. A better understanding of numbers and how to interpret them is a key management tool that benefits the individual in their career and at the same time is essential for ensuring the organisation delivers its outcomes efficiently and effectively This workshop will help […]

UK data protection laws are being reformed. This essential training course will ensure you are aware of your obligations to the law and will prepare you for the future. Topics covered include - Using the lawful basis such as consent The principles of data protection including data retention Dealing with and reporting data breaches How to handle subject access requests and how to […]

The demand for managers to develop forecasts and budgets and then to manage and report them is on the increase. This workshop will help you to construct basic forecast and understand the difference between financial forecast and cash forecasts. The importance of having robust assumptions will be explored. We will look at how budgets are […]

This is a workshop for those approaching or new to management. Using examples and discussions you will identify traits that make a good manager. You will use tools to build your own development as a manager and learn the different approaches and styles of leadership. The workshop also covers methods of improving your own motivation […]

This is a 3-hour workshop on how to make sure your organisation is fit for the future. The workshop will use discussions and tools to make it practical, relevant and engaging It will cover: horizon scanning for opportunities and storms, developing sustainable strategies, creating the learning organisation and building internal resilience and agility, and delivery […]

Governance is the glue that holds organisations together and to remain consistent to the values and purpose of a charity. We will discuss what good governance is, how it is used in practice and the implications internally and externally. The roles and responsibilities of trustees and how this can best be managed will be explored. […]