Training

A key part of organisational development lies in developing your organisation through individuals, take a look a the wide range of training opportunities we offer. If your looking for something tailored to your specific needs then we're more than able to help, with an extensive range of experienced staff we can deliver a range of bespoke training opportunities, take a look at our extensive calender of events for the coming year below. For more information on training and development call 0141 941 0886 or e-mail us

ALAN Learner Passport Project: ALAN (Adult Learning Action Network) is made up of a range of organisations and groups working together in partnership to make a variety of quality lifelong learning opportunities available for people to access across the authority. ALAN wants to improve and develop local learning provision which will support personal development, active citizenship and community capacity building. All learners in West Dunbartonshire will be able to record their learning achievements through a learner passport system, operated on behalf of the partenrship by WDCVS. Download the passport form here

Final Frontiers A Business Development Opportunity Programme for Social Economy Organisations

PQASSO PQASSO has an easy to use structure and lets you go at your own pace to make the improvements that are of most value to your organisation.

Financial Awarness WDCVS has combined with Triodos Bank to present good practice guidelines on managing your money and financing future projects - For those involved with the organisation’s finances.

First Aid Appointed Person Emergency : This is a practical training programme with no prior knowledge necessary.

Volunteer Policy Workshop: The Volunteer Centre @ WDCVS is delivering another workshop on the importance of managing volunteers focusing on: Supervision - Training - Disclosures- Volunteer expectations

Our Monthly Training Diary 2007 - 2008

April 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Packing Your Case: A Fundraising course (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you to think through and build better and more successful funding applications.

Strategic Planning: A programme for social economy organisations (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide organisations with a range of techniques to help collate, understand and use strategic information.

“Get My Point”: An effective report writing course (1/2 day) £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To increase the confidence in general report writing
• To highlight the range of techniques available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of reports meets the readers needs

Roles & Responsibilities of Directors (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This will help you better understand your role if you are a director of a company limited by guarantee.

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May 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Presentation Skills: 1 day
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you to devliver better presentations. We will help you identify your audience, use resources to their best advantage and make sure your presentation is well received.

Time Management Techniques: ½ day
£15 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide you with practical hints and tips to help you identify what eats into your time and manage your time better in the future.

Good Governance (1 day)
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This will help you to better:
• Understand the role of directors and the chief officer
• Understand how the two roles complement each other
• Work together in the future

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June 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

“Wait a Minute!” – An introduction to minute taking (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• Increase knowledge of the correct procedures for minute taking;
• Focus on the skills required for effective minute taking;
• Provide participants with the opportunity to practise their minute-taking skills

Risk Management Essentials for Voluntary Organisations: 1 day
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will help you think through the range of risks which can affect your organisation and will help you develop a plan to address these for the future.
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Making Sense of the Money – An introduction to financial management for committees
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This will help you to gain a practical understanding of the financial management and information needs for committee members.

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July 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Strategic Planning: A programme for social economy organisations (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide organisations with a range of techniques to help collate, understand and use strategic information.

“Stop Press”: A newsletter development course (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To highlight the key aspects of newsletter usability
• To highlight the range of techniques and activities available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of materials meets the readers needs

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August 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Packing Your Case: A Fundraising course (1 day)
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will help you to think through and build better and more successful funding applications.

Marketing Your Organisation: 1 day
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will tell you what marketing is, what it can do for your organisation and will help you think through the way forward for your group.

Planning Strategically for Volunteer Involvement: 1 day £50 per person
• An awareness of the aims and values which underpin their work with volunteers
• An understanding of the management task and the role of volunteer management
• Knowledge of how to create a volunteer framework appropriate to their organisation
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Risk Management Essentials for Voluntary Organisations: 1 day£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people). This course will help you think through the range of risks which can affect your organisation and will help you develop a plan to address these for the future.

Making Sense of the Money: An introduction to financial management for committees
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This will help you to gain a practical understanding of the financial management and information needs for committee members.

“Get My Point”: An effective report writing course (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To increase the confidence in general report writing
• To highlight the range of techniques available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of reports meets the readers needs

Roles & Responsibilities of Directors: (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This will help you better understand your role if you are a director of a company limited by guarantee.

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Sept 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) 35 per person

Developing a Volunteer Policy: (1/2 day)
£15 per person. This will help you to think through and develop a volunteer policy that meets the needs of your organisation and its volunteers.

Presentation Skills: 1 day £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will help you to devliver better presentations. We will help you identify your audience, use resources to their best advantage and make sure your presentation is well received.

Effective Volunteer Recruitment: 1 day £50 person
• Ideas for developing motivating voluntary opportunities within their organisation
• The opportunity to examine different recruitment messages and marketing approaches
• Knowledge and ideas of how to develop an appropriate recruitment strategy for their organisation

Time Management Techniques: ½ day
£15 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide you with practical hints and tips to help you identify what eats into your time and manage your time better in the future.

Strategic Planning: A programme for social economy organisations (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide organisations with a range of techniques to help collate, understand and use strategic information.

"Stop Press": A newsletter development course (1/2 day) £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To highlight the key aspects of newsletter usability
• To highlight the range of techniques and activities available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of materials meets the readers needs

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Oct 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

“Wait a Minute!”: An introduction to minute taking (1/2 day) £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• Increase knowledge of the correct procedures for minute taking;
• Focus on the skills required for effective minute taking;
• Provide participants with the opportunity to practise their minute-taking skills;

Matching Volunteers to Roles and Tasks: 1 day £50 per person
• Knowledge of how to create volunteer task descriptions/portfolio of volunteer opportunities
• Knowledge of different selection methods with particular reference to interviewing volunteers
• The opportunity to address issues around counselling out unsuitable volunteers
• An awareness of local and national trends affecting volunteering

Time Management Techniques: ½ day
£15 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will provide you with practical hints and tips to help you identify what eats into your time and manage your time better in the future.

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Nov 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Developing a Volunteer Policy: (1/2 day) £15 per person. This will help you to think through and develop a volunteer policy that meets the needs of your organisation and its volunteers.

Presentation Skills: 1 day £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you to devliver better presentations. We will help you identify your audience, use resources to their best advantage and make sure your presentation is well received.

Improving Volunteer Involvement: 1 day £50 per person
• Knowledge of how adults learn
• An understanding of methods used to identify training needs of volunteers
• The skills to design an effective volunteer training programmes including induction and on-going training
• The opportunity to examine different training methods and techniques
• Knowledge of how to evaluate the effectiveness of training

“Get My Point”: An effective report writing course (1/2 day) £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To increase the confidence in general report writing
• To highlight the range of techniques available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of reports meets the readers needs

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Dec 2007

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

Packing Your Case: A Fundraising course (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you to think through and build better and more successful funding applications.

Supporting and Supervising Skills: 1 day £50 per person
• An understanding of the skills necessary to become more effective at providing appropriate support and supervision for volunteers
• An awareness of how effective support and supervision strategies can enhance the volunteering experience for individuals
• Knowledge of good practice in supporting and supervising volunteers

Making Sense of the Money: An introduction to financial management for committees £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This will help you to gain a practical understanding of the financial management and information needs for committee members.

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Jan 2008

First Aid Training: (1 day) £35 per person

“Wait a Minute!”: An introduction to minute taking (1/2 day) £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• Increase knowledge of the correct procedures for minute taking;
• Focus on the skills required for effective minute taking;
• Provide participants with the opportunity to practise their minute-taking skills;

Marketing Your Organisation: 1 day £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will tell you what marketing is, what it can do for your organisation and will help you think through the way forward for your group.

Risk Management Essentials for Voluntary Organisations: 1 day £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you think through the range of risks which can affect your organisation and will help you develop a plan to address these for the future.

Strategic Planning: A programme for social economy organisations (1 day)
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will provide organisations with a range of techniques to help collate, understand and use strategic information.

Good Governance: (1 day) £65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This will help you to better:
• Understand the role of directors and the chief officer
• Understand how the two roles complement each other
• Work together in the future
*
Roles & Responsibilities of Directors: (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This will help you better understand your role if you are a director of a company limited by guarantee.

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Feb 2008

First Aid Training (1 day) £35 per person

Developing a Volunteer Policy: (1/2 day)
£15 per person. This will help you to think through and develop a volunteer policy that meets the needs of your organisation and its volunteers.

Packing Your Case: A Fundraising course (1 day)£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people) This course will help you to think through and build better and more successful funding applications.

Time Management Techniques: ½ day
£15 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will provide you with practical hints and tips to help you identify what eats into your time and manage your time better in the future.

Making Sense of the Money: An introduction to financial management for committees
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This will help you to gain a practical understanding of the financial management and information needs for committee members.

“Stop Press”: A newsletter development course (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• To highlight the key aspects of newsletter usability
• To highlight the range of techniques and activities available to generate greater impact;
• To ensure the language, style and format of materials meets the readers needs

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Mar 2008

First Aid Training: 1 day, £35 per person

“Wait a Minute!”: An introduction to minute taking 1/2 day £35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
• Increase knowledge of the correct procedures for minute taking;
• Focus on the skills required for effective minute taking;
• Provide participants with the opportunity to practise their minute-taking skills

Strategic Planning: A programme for social economy organisations (1 day)
£65 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This course will provide organisations with a range of techniques to help collate, understand and use strategic information.
*
Roles & Responsibilities of Directors: (1/2 day)
£35 per person (discount for block bookings of 10 people)
This will help you better understand your role if you are a director of a company limited by guarantee.