TTVS provides affordable quality training in all relevant areas of running an organisation. If your organisation or group would like a training workshop tailored to your needs please contact us.
Remember training can be fun and will help to equip you to face many of the challenges that appear in the day to day running of an organisation.
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Facing the Future
TTVS, in partnership with North Devon Voluntary Services (NDVS), has secured a grant from Leader 4 to provide a programme of low cost training and support to local voluntary and community organisations. Funded until April 2012, the Facing the Future project aims to help the local sector manage issues emerging from a challenging strategic and economic climate and to develop the skills of local volunteers, trustees and charity employees.
The project will offer a range of ways for groups to get the training and support they need:
- Locally delivered courses – a broad range of training courses will be run in Northern Devon at a highly subsidised rate. (Current programme below.)
- Bespoke in-house/specialist training or support – at least 70 organisations can receive between 4-8 hours of specialist or bespoke training/support that responds to individual organisational issues. These issues will be identified through an organisational health and skills assessment conducted by TTVS or NDVS development workers. This kind of support could be, for example, legal advice, help with accounts, help with strategic planning, with issues around social enterprise development or the provision of a training course put on specifically to meet the needs of the group.
All groups in the Leader Action Group area – all of Torridge and North Devon, excluding Barnstaple – are eligible for support through this programme, but for the bespoke support, we are particularly interested in hearing from groups who are facing periods of change, transition or particular challenges.
Subsidised funding for the following courses has been provided by Leader 4 Torridge and North Devon. For more information on these, booking enquiries and registering an interest please contact:
Kate Shanahan, administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or telephone 01237 420130.
Costs: Full day courses £20 (normal cost £75); Half day courses £10 (normal £50).
Effective Monitoring & Evaluation
Understand the difference between monitoring and evaluating, the methods to use in monitoring and how to disseminate evaluation results effectively.
Date: 21 February 2012
Time: 10am to 1pm
Venue: Barnstaple
Please register your interest with Kate Shanahan on administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or on 01237 420132
Ten Steps to the Perfect Funding Bid
Successful bid-writer and professional fundraiser Tamara Essex is sharing her secrets with you. This highly practical and enjoyable day will equip participants with the skills and confidence to write the “perfect” funding bid. You will also be armed an invaluable resource pack to take awayy with you. This course could be the best investment you and your organisation make this year, whether you are a novice or experienced fundraiser. “Ten Steps” is equally relevant to community workers in the statutory sector.
Date: 15 March 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: Keystone Centre, Bideford
Please register your interest with Kate Shanahan on administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or on 01237 420132
Better Bid Writing
Aimed at people who have attended “Ten Steps to the Perfect Funding Bid” or who have experience in writing fundraising applications, this one-day course includes practical sessions on your own bids, plus personalised critique and development of your own writing style. Participants need to be willing and able to provide the trainer in advance with a copy of a successful OR an unsuccessful application they have written to a charitable trust or foundation.
Date: 24th April 2012
Time: 10am – 4pm
Venue: Keystone Centre, Bideford
Please register your interest with Kate Shanahan on administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or on 01237 420132
Volunteer Management and Support
A good voluntary organisation values its volunteers by providing effective management and supervision, personal development and legal protection.
Date 22 March 2012
Time: 10am to 1pm
Venue: Bluecoat Childrens Centre, Torrington
Please register your interest with Kate Shanahan on administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or on 01237 420132
Understanding Community Leadership
This introductory session offers an opportunity to consider the essentials needed to create positive change in your community.
Date: April 2012
Venue: Exeter
Time: To Be Confirmed
Please register your interest with Kate Shanahan on administrator@torridgecvs.org.uk or on 01237 420132
