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• Women Take PartPublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 9th February, 2010

  A unique course aimed at women is looking for participants from the Walsall area.
  The Women Take Part course aims to get women involved in their community and to learn how to increase their level of influence over the decisions that affect their lives.
  The course will be starting in April 2010 and runs for approximately 12 […]

• An introduction to sustainable fundingPublished in Training, Featured, Funding, Opportunities, News, Local News on 3rd February, 2010

  Dudley CVS is hosting a one-day ‘Introduction to Sustainable Funding’ training course on Thursday 25th February.The course is being delivered by specialist trainers from NCVO’s Sustainable Funding Project.  Given the current climate the course will be valuable for voluntary and community organisations in helping them to explore diversifying their funding mix.
  There are 20 places available […]

• Free training for leisure providers: how to make activities deaf friendlyPublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 2nd February, 2010

  The National Deaf Children’s Society is delighted to be able to offer mainstream leisure providers with free access to training on “how to make activities deaf friendly”.Through an exciting new project called Me2, the Society are asking mainstream activity providers - from sports coaches to scout leaders, drama leaders to army cadets - anyone who […]

• Change of date for “You’re Welcome” training sessionPublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 20th January, 2010

  The National Children’s Bureau have announced a change of date for the “You’re Welcome” quality standards training session, which was announced in the latest issue of Newsline.
  The half-day event will now be held at BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR, on Tuesday 4 February,  from 9:00am - 2:00pm.  For more information and to book online, […]

• Free training on the Hear by Right standardsPublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities on 19th January, 2010

  Participation Works are holding a FREE workshop on the Hear by Right standards in Birmingham on 4 February.Hear by Right is a standards framework used by voluntary and statutory organisations to assess and improve the active involvement of children and young people in their services.  It uses measurable standards and is designed to be applied […]

• Management Development Programme to help lead youth services into the futurePublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities, News on 16th December, 2009

  Middle managers working in voluntary sector and local authority youth services could benefit from the Leadership Development Programme (LDP) - one of a series of programmes for managers and leaders in the young people’s workforce.  The LDP is fully funded by the Children’s Workforce Development Council and is designed specifically for staff with middle management […]

• Five years on: what’s changed for children and young people?Published in Featured, Consultations, Training, Opportunities on 24th November, 2009

  Participation Works, in partnership with 11 MILLION, are holding a FREE one-day conference for Directors of Children’s Services, Lead Councillors and senior managers to review the changes that have taken place since the Children Act 2004.The conference will identify what has worked well and what still needs to be done to ensure that the views […]

• Get clued up on TUPE transfersPublished in Featured, Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 6th November, 2009

  Looking for practical guidance and advice on the law governing the transfer of staff and services? Regional Action West Midlands (RAWM) now have a handy guide to the TUPE requirements on their website, which can be accessed by following the link here.
  The guide has been written by members of the National HR Group for Substance Misuse […]

• Don’t get conned in telecoms!Published in Consultations, Featured, Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 5th November, 2009

  Local voluntary organisations have the chance to find out how to get the best telecoms deal at a free seminar on Thursday 26 November.
  Sponsored by Breathing Space, Bringing Enterprise to Life and CloudNet, the seminar will explore the top ten techniques used by telecoms companies to separate local organisations from their money and give you […]

• Find the facts, not fiction about employing disabled peoplePublished in Training, Opportunities, News, Local News on 26th October, 2009

  Walsall Centre for Independent Living are marking Diversity Week 2009 with a free half-day seminar exploring the myths, misconceptions and falsehoods about disabled people and employment.
  The seminar is being held on Tuesday 17 November and is ideal for all employers, recruitment officers and HR personnel.  To find out more, please take at look at the pdf […]