Our Latest Courses
The courses we are offering over the next few months are listed here in chronological order. You can also use the links at the top of this page to jump to any particular month.
You will find a brief description of each course, and clicking on the name of the trainer will take you to that person's biography.
Don't forget you can also arrange some Tailor Made Training for your organisation.
- 20 & 26 January
- Business Planning (a two-day course): Sue Webber
- This two-day course is aimed at paid staff, trustees/management committee members or those supporting groups or organisations with strategic planning issues. It will give a thorough introduction to the benefits of business planning and how to go about it in your organisation. The course is appropriate to both larger and smaller groups and organisations.
- Location: GAVCA
- 27 January
- An Introduction to the Roles and Responsibilities of Management Committees: Angela Gilbert
- Trustee, director or management committee member? Just been elected to the management committee? Part of a new developing organisation? Worried about what you need to know?
- Location: Cheltenham VCA
- 2 February
- CAF Awareness: Karen Watson
- The Children Act 2004 was introduced to ensure that all children achieved the 5 Every Child Matters outcomes. Crucial to this is identifying their needs early on and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is the tool to use. Every practitioner should be able to recognise and respond to key signs of need and know how to have a CAF completed. Every organisation offering services to children and their families should ensure at least some of its staff are equipped to complete CAFs.
- Location: GAVCA
- 3 February
- Basic Financial Management for Small Organisations: Chris Hickey
- This half day course is for paid staff or management committee members/trustees of small organisations. It will help you to understand how to manage your funds well, what is required of your organisation and what the committee or board need to be aware of. No previous experience required.
- Location: GAVCA
- 10 February
- Managing and Supporting Volunteers: Gina Butler
- This course will show participants how to create a ‘win-win’ environment by investing in getting the best out of your volunteers.
- Location: GAVCA
- 22 February *PLEASE NOTE: CHANGED DATE*
- Conflict Resolution: Christine Stockwell
- Conflict occurs when people have different needs, opinions and approaches to a situation. The outcome of such situations will depend on how these differences are handled. This course will enable participants to recognise these situations and take steps to resolve the conflict at an early stage, preventing the conflict escalating and avoiding consequent damage to relationships.
- Location: GAVCA
- 23 February & 3 March
- Practical Tools For Helping Groups Work Together (a two-day course): Camilla Hale
- This course is for you if you are working with voluntary sector groups and supporting them to collaborate, you are a Local Authority development worker, you work for a Voluntary and Community Sector infrastructure organisation and are focussing on collaboration. All participants will receive a training pack of materials and web based information collated by bassac. This course is part of a cascade of training across the country to ensure best practice in collaboration.
- Location: tba
GAVCA
75-81 Eastgate Street
Gloucester GL1 1PN
01452 332424
75-81 Eastgate Street
Gloucester GL1 1PN
01452 332424