The aim of this course is to enable managers to become effective coaches in order to help improve the performance of their team.

This course explores the use and effects of drugs and the reasons people use them. Participants will learn how to identify substance misuse, how to make users aware of safety practices associated with drug use and will become familiar with the professional support that is available for both staff and service users.

This course is designed to guide and help those new to fundraising to 'Get Grant Ready'.

This masterclass will focus on income diversification for voluntary and community sector support organisations and infrastructure organisations.

This 3 day training programme is designed to provide knowledge, information and assist in the development of new skills required to create, develop and manage a profitable and sustainable social and ethically minded business.

This half-day sustainable funding seminar is for organisations that work with women in Brent.

This half-day briefing is for people from voluntary run community groups who need to fundraise to sustain or develop their activities.

This workshop is designed to help delegates improve their bid writing skills.

This interactive course provides a full introduction to all the main valuation techniques. Understanding and measuring value can inform the design of services and be an important step in attaining funding.

This event offers practical tools for those wishing to secure grant income in competitive times.

The course is designed to provide participants with a step by step guide on how to put together a compelling strategic business plan to realize the vision and mission of their organisation.  The course includes all aspects of business planning as well as introduction to financial forecasting (i.e. profit and loss forecast, balance sheet forecast and cashflow forecast).   

The SROI Network International Conference will explore how Social Return on Investment and its principles can help address the question – “how much social value are we creating?” and the interest behind this.

Designed to support work with groups and individuals exhibiting challenging and aggressive behaviour. For professionals working with young people in a range of settings.

This course is aimed at volunteer managers, coordinators and organisations who need to recruit volunteers to support their work.

This is a six week course, with a certificate offering a structured introduction to fundraising practice, enabling delegates to develop their own fundraising literature as part of the course.

Successful people know how to express their feelings and needs with confidence and self belief; this course will look at how to improve assertive behaviour in the workplace.

This course takes a practical hands on and straightforward approach to budget making and will provide delegates with invaluable tools and techniques to develop and control their budgets. The trainer is a qualified and experienced finance expert with a strong understanding of financial management systems and tools.

This one-day course explores ways to develop effective marketing techniques for your youth arts project.

Designed to focus on participants social enterprise ideas and provide practical advice on how to get it set up, this course will enable delegates to understand their current situation and examine ways to turn ideas into a fully functioning social enterprise. Suitable for people thinking of setting up a new organisation or taking an existing one to the next level.

This course will examine what makes effective communication and the specific skills required to be an excellent communicator.

This training course explores the benefits of meaningful evaluation of youth arts projects.

The Village SOS National Conference is a FREE event where delegates will get the chance to meet like-minded communities and discuss their ideas with some of the UK’s experts on rural community enterprise.

This one day course is for those who currently manage volunteers, or those who will be implementing a new volunteer strategy. The focus of the day will be to comprehensively review and improve current practices to increase the quality of a volunteering strategy.

Our European Funding Explained training course provides an introduction to European funding. It is intended to help organisations decide whether to pursue European funding and to recognise the types of project that may be supported.

This practical workshop for people who have some experience of fundraising, will take delegates through the process of writing appeals and funding applications.

A workshop to help participants move theory into action when building a funding plan.

This training course is for women’s organisations that are new to developing business plans.

This workshop is designed to help delegates improve their bid writing skills.

With year two of the public funding cuts close approaching we will be looking at how we can help the sector move forward by providing delegates with practical skills, resources and support to help their organisation to continue to move forward in an uncertain future. 

A course for those wishing to develop their communication skills and effectively convey their message.

Aimed at individuals or organisations who want to find out more about social enterprise legal structures, this course is particularly useful for people wanting to set up their own social enterprise but is also appropriate for existing organisations looking at becoming a social enterprise.

This free seminar will offer the opportunity for voluntary and community Arts and cultural organisations to reinforce their commitment to safeguarding, to give them tools to develop their own processes for continuous improvement and to support them in the development of this.

A series of masterclasses on income diversification for voluntary and community sector support organisations. 

Intensive 7 day online Fundraising Course based on the three pillars of fundraising practice; creative bid writing, grants research, strategy and planning.

A course on the advantages and implementation of a diverse workforce.

This training course is for women’s organisations that already have a partnership in mind and want to learn how to put it into practice.

This free seminar will offer the opportunity for voluntary and community Arts and cultural organisations to reinforce their commitment to safeguarding, to give them tools to develop their own processes for continuous improvement and to support them in the development of this.

Current responses to global challenges like climate change, global poverty and well-being appear inadequate. This conference will bring together individuals and organisations to illustrate why we need a new integrated approach to achieve a deeper social change for sustainability.

This free seminar will offer the opportunity for voluntary and community Arts and cultural organisations to reinforce their commitment to safeguarding, to give them tools to develop their own processes for continuous improvement and to support them in the development of this.

Short course examining how to access and bid for public sector contracts.

This course offers essential training for anyone working within youth arts, especially those who are working directly with young people at risk.

This event offers a practical approach to researching funding opportunities from grantmaking foundations in the USA.

This one day course is suitable for individuals and/or organisations that need to write a realistic, functional and useful business plan. Participants should be at a stage where they have relevant financial information prepared and are ready to write a business plan for their project or organisation.

This course covers bid writing and fundraising techniques for voluntary organisations.

This workshop will introduce delegates to the key fundraising principles connected to legacy and In Memoriam funding.

An introduction to E-marketing and maximising its potential for gaining new support.

This course provides an introduction to a creative approach to group facilitation.

The course looks to demonstrate how the arts can be used as a mechanism to develop young people’s leadership skills, aspiration and potential.

This course explores the benefits of meaningful evaluation of youth arts projects.