Session 1: Ready… (The Vision) Monday 28th February, 10.00am – 1.00pm
• Project Research
• Risk Assessments
• Strategic Planning

Session 2: Steady… (Starting Up) Monday 7th March, 10.00am – 1.00pm
• Income Generation
• Financial Systems
• Recruitment
• Marketing

Session 3: Go… (Keeping on Track) Monday 14th March, 10.00am – 1.00pm
• Review the Plan
• Opportunities & Threats
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Changing Course?

This training is provided as part of our SUSTAIN Project

This training is provided as part of our SUSTAIN Project

This session will help take away some of the “fear” of using radio, and help groups learn, in a fun way, how to get your message across and how to write a script ready to be recorded. High Peak Radio will also be bringing some portable recording equipment along so that people can practice their technique.

Then this course is for you! The role of a learning champion is to help the organisation’s staff and / or volunteers identify and meet their training needs. It is for all voluntary and community groups, regardless of size. You don’t need to be a trainer to attend.

It runs over three days, with a small amount of additional time needed to achieve OCN accreditation (a nationally recognised credit). After the course, there will be ongoing support from the Learning & Development Consortium’s Workforce Development Team to help you in your role.

Course Content:
• The role of a ‘Learning Champion’.
• The different learning styles and training methods available.
• How to carry out training needs analysis & develop a training plan.
• How to locate training in your area.
• The importance of learning in quality.

This session is funded through a Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium, European Social Fund programme “First Steps to Social Enterprise”, designed to provide learning opportunities about social enterprise & social enterprise skills.

If so, you’ll be interested in this free training course for voluntary and community organisations.

• Learn how to assess your effectiveness
• Learn about what works, to improve your services.
• Increase morale for staff and users by showing that change is happening.
• Demonstrate to funders that you are making a difference.

The courses are offered as part of the National Outcomes Dissemination Programme, run by Charities Evaluation Services. The programme is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. This means the training, which usually costs £250, is free to participants. Places are limited, so please register your interest now.
The courses aim to equip participants to introduce an outcomes focus within their own organisation. For this reason organisations are encouraged to send two or three people from their organisation on the course, whether trustees, paid staff, volunteers or a mixture. Participants from the same organisation should all attend the same course.

To make the most of this opportunity, we ask you to commit to:

• all participants attending both days of the course
• fully engaging in the take-away task between the two training days. This involves holding a meeting in your own organisation on outcomes and on the implications of adopting an outcomes focus. The meeting should involve relevant representatives of trustees, paid staff and volunteers.
• taking further actions to introduce an appropriate outcomes focus within your organisation after Day 2 of the course.

Course includes Food Safety First Principles Handbook, Course notes and Information leaflets and upon successful completion of the two sessions attendees will receive the CIEH Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene.

This course is being offered at a discounted rate for voluntary sector organsiations.

The course will look at:
1. Your own skills and abilities
2. Knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for voluntary youth work
3. Establishing the needs of young people in a voluntary youth work setting
4. Strategies required in running a voluntary youth club
5. Planning a programme
6. Simple accounting for financial transactions

The course will be of benefit to adults wanting to work together to establish a voluntary youth club in their community. Two or three volunteers wanting to work together would have priority but individual volunteers would also be welcome

The venue will be High Peak CVS, Unit 1a Bingswood Trading Estate, Whaley Bridge, High Peak SK23 7LY. The first session will be on Thursday 24th February 2005 - 7.00 to 9.00pm.

To register or for initial enquiries please contact – Sarah Humphries on 01298 214 175
The course is supported by Connexions, High Peak CVS, the Youth Service and delivered by Adult Education.

These training sessions (which include lunch and are free) will show:
• The role of the Learner Adviser
• How to help others plan and organise their time
• How to help others gather and build evidence
• How to direct learners to sources of advice and guidance
• Features of Open College Network accreditation
• How to support and encourage others in learning

The course will gain you Open College Network accreditation at Level 3 or 2 (on completion of a portfolio). This could be put towards a University Certificate

This session has no magic answers and is not focused on writing better bids, instead here is an opportunity to think about ‘funding in the round’ – and about how organisations can sustain themselves beyond sole reliance on charitable donations and time-limited grants. It will use a combination of presentation, case studies, small group working and onward signposting -Ideas, Information (and hopefully) Inspiration on Planning, Fundraising and Earning.

Publicity Principles for your organisation
General marketing principles, writing a marketing plan, some of the thing you can do to promote yourself
Monday, 6th October, 1.00pm - 4pm,
High Peak CVS, Whaley Bridge

Using Radio to promote your organisation
Creating news releases of interest & some broadcast interview techniques - important to secure coverage on the new commercial radio station in the High Peak
Wednesday, 23rd October, 10.30am - 1.30pm,
New Mills library lecture room

Newspapers, writing a press release & getting it published
Tuesday, 4th November, 1.00pm - 4.00pm,
High Peak CVS, Whaley Bridge

Creating an effective newsletter
Some techniques, hints and tips to creating an eye-catching newsletter.
Tuesday, 18th November, 9.30am - 12.30pm,
New Mills library lecture room

Effective presentations using PowerPoint
An introduction to using PowerPoint software for visual presentations .
Friday, 28th November, 10.00am - 1.00pm,
Hope Valley College, Hope

This is a professional teaching qualification and the course requires your active participation and the completion of coursework assignments. You will need to be able to express yourself effectively both orally and in writing. You will need a qualification or experience in the subject area you intend to teach.

The course includes short assessed teaching sessions to the rest of the group.