VCI training

24 January 2009 – Action Deafness and Leicester City Council -Aiming high for deaf and hard of hearing children and young people     
“Aiming High” is a forum event organised in conjunction with Action Deafness, Leicester City Council and Deaf Parenting UK to discuss opportunities for D/deaf and hard of hearing families.

Who should attend?

• Deaf and hard of hearing parents with deaf, hard of hearing or hearing children
• Hearing parents with D/deaf or hard of hearing children
• Carers for D/deaf and hard of hearing children and young people
• Deaf or hard of hearing children and young people who have deaf, hard of hearing or hearing parents
• Hearing children who have D/deaf or hard of hearing parents.

For further information or to book a place contact:

Catherine White
Head of Services
Telephone 0116 257 4800
Textphone 0116 257 4850
Fax 0116 257 4846
email catherinewhite@actiondeafness.org.uk

29 January 2009 – National Children’s Bureau - BAMER/Faith Strand Mini-Seminar Series on Collaborative Working - Nottingham
National Children’s Bureau are currently running a series of free seminars for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) and faith-based voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations on the theme of collaboration and partnership.

Free places can be booked online at www.vcsengage.org.uk (opens in a new window) for further details email info@vcsengage.org.uk or call 0207 843 6085.

2 February 2009 – Children’s Links - Community Matters – Recruitment and play for the children’s workforce - London
The Community Matters Events are being organised and run by Children's Links a national Children's Charity and are funded through Children's Workforce Development Council.

Their aim is to work with Children's voluntary, private and community sector organisations in developing their understanding of the benefits of a diverse workforce and to share recruitment best practice, in order to market and develop a career structure that is appealing to all sections of the community. This is in recognition of the under-represented groups such as men, Black/Minority Ethnic and disabled people working in childcare.

These events will be focussing on the development opportunities through deeper understanding of the equality and diversity issues and their direct implications in recruitment practices and activities carried out in the setting/children's organisation.

For further information contact:

Lisa Halliday
Children’s Links
Admail 4060
London
NW1 1ZE

Telephone: 07946 815 195
email: lisa.halliday@childrenslinks.org.uk

4 February 2009 – Mental Health and Adult Learning and Skills: Introductory Awareness Training - Derby
A one day course.
For further information please visit www.niace.org.uk (opens in a new window).
 
Training For All (ARC)
ARC has been awarded funding from Capacity Builders ‘Improving Reach 2008 -11’ investment programme to address this issue by working with BME VCS learning disabilities organisations and training sector organisations to develop protocols to improve access to and knowledge of the training needs of the BME VCS learning disability sector.

The development of these protocols will ensure more small BME VCS learning disability organisations in England receive high-quality support services which are appropriate for them.

The protocols will enable them to access nationally recognised training that takes account of their cultural needs, thereby ensuring such organisations are fully able to maximise their potential and increase their day to day focus on services that they deliver to BME people with learning disabilities.

For further details contact: Bridget Fisher (01246 555043) or Sid Jeewa (01604 765661)

December 2008 to March 2009 – Derbyshire Dales CVS training programme
To view the training programme visit www.ddcvs.org.uk/training (opens in a new window).

January to December 2009 - CLES Training Courses and Seminars
To book places and see details of all courses visit www.cles.org.uk/events. (opens in a new window)

December 2008 to March 2009 – High Peak CVS Learning opportunities and workshops
To view the training programme or make a booking visit www.highpeakcvs.org.uk/training/index.asp (opens in a new window).

BOOM! 2009 – Miss it Miss Out
Do you work with young people aged 16 – 25?

Got a great idea for a film?

Want to raise interest in a local issue? BOOM!

A partnership between Clubs for Young People, V the youth volunteering charity, MTV are giving young people the opportunity to make a film or video about what’s happening in their area – their opinions, their concerns, and their lives. They film it. We’ll show it. Each film will go in the running to be broadcast across the nation on MTV.

BOOM! is a development project that enables young people (aged 16-25) to learn and put into practice film production and creative media skills that open up volunteering and vocational opportunities.

Through BOOM!, young people are challenged to make short films and videos that reflect their opinions, concerns, interests and passions – from video diaries to news bulletins and reports and reportage-style mini-documentaries.  You don’t need to be Steven Spielberg to start.

BOOM provides training for young volunteers to do this and each group get the very latest cameras and iMacs to get the budding film makers started, as well as covering all travel costs to the two training sessions.

There will be a training session in Derby on Sunday 1 March 2009 and places are still available.

For more information go to www.boomnation.net (opens in a new window) or call Becky on 0116 2755676.

September 2008 to March 2009 – Chesterfield Law Centre - Equality and Human Rights Training Courses East Midlands
For a brochure on all courses available email clc@chesterfieldlawcentre.org.uk.

They are also able to offer FREE discrimination training, aimed at advisors, HR workers, trade unionists, community workers, voluntary and private sector organisations and individuals who experience discrimination in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.

September 2008 to July 2009 - LVCS Short Courses
The LVSC short course brochure is now available to download visit www.lvsc.org.uk (opens in a new window).

LVSC operate a sliding scale of course fees to encourage participation from a wide range of VCS organisations.

For further information call 020 7700 8113.

Social Enterprise Development Workshops
Social Enterprise East Midlands (SEEM) is delivering a programme of specialist business support for social enterprise in the east midlands in partnership with emda and Business Link.

The programme is focussed on supporting the start up of new social enterprises and growing existing businesses.

As part of the programme they are running a series of ‘First Steps in Social Enterprise’ seminars to introduce individuals and organisations to the social enterprise business model.

Alongside the seminars they are running a programme of workshops for established third sector organisations exploring key business development issues including ‘Understanding and Accessing Markets’, ‘Growth and Development Models’, ‘Selling to the Public and Private Sectors’ and ‘Social Accounting and Audit’.

For details of these events, which are available across the region, and for booking information please the SEEM (opens in a new window) website.

FREE Training for Voluntary, Community and other Third Sector organisations
National Childrens Bureau and The Participation Works consortium - Various Locations

Are you looking to increase children and young people participation in your organisation?

The Participation Works consortium has a range of training courses and a consultancy package, ranging from introducing a selection of training methods and tools, through to organisational change and strategic planning.

The courses are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of staff including managers and trustees as well as young people themselves and will include accredited training. £85 for statutory organisations.

To find out more and to book online please visit www.participationworks.org.uk (opens in a new window) or call the Participation Works Enquiry Line on 0845 603 6725.

Youth Homelessness in Derbyshire Pre CAF/CAF Training/Information Sessions
Short sessions will take place across Derbyshire during January and early February 2009 (please refer to the Derbyshire Youth Homelessness CAF Training Events document) at the foot of this page for venues and dates).

The sessions are designed for practitioners (Voluntary and Statutory) working with Youth Homelessness in Derbyshire to continue to develop working together to assess needs, monitor and reduce safeguarding risks as well as to accurately record levels of homeless young people district by district and will be carried out using the common assessment framework and pre-CAF to reduce homelessness through Homeless data monitoring and early intervention/Preventative strategies.

For further information please see the Derbyshire Youth Homelessness CAF document and Pre-CAF homelessness document at the foot of this page.

Saying Power
Would you like some training and support to help your Youth Organisation to become youth led?

The attachments in the related documents section of this page give information about a course called Saying Power which could really help you.

Please take a look and let us know how you get on.

Global Youth Work Trainer Course
Earlier this year, Global Education Derby (GED) was successful in securing funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) in order to bring about an expansion in the scope and quality of global youth work carried out in the East Midlands region.

The Global Youth Work Project East Midlands is a first attempt to produce a coherent regional approach to global youth work, making use of the specific expertise and strengths of the voluntary sector and Local Authority youth services along with higher education providers. As such the project has potential national significance.

One of the key objectives of the project is to develop and support a group of global youth work trainers drawn from across the nine local authority areas in the region, both voluntary sector and local authority employed.

The first stage in developing this group is to recruit participants to attend training delivered by De Montfort University which will be accredited for 15 credits at Masters Level. There are 15 places available on this course, at least six of which are dedicated to the voluntary sector.

Following the completion of the course the newly accredited global youth trainers will be expected to get involved in the wider outcomes of the project, and will be supported by one of the project agencies in developing the global dimension within their own training practice and within the wider training development of your organisation.

The course fees have been covered by the funding from DFID, however, each candidate will need to fund their own transport to the venue along with accommodation if required. Should additional support with these costs be required please let me know as soon as possible. Additional support may be available if funding within the budget can be identified.

Further information about the course, including dates and venue, can be found in the related documents section of this page together with a course booking form. Please return the form no later than Tuesday 25 November to the East Midlands Regional Youth Work Unit. If you wish to submit more than one application, please indicate a 1st and 2nd choice candidate on the respective forms.

Should you require further information about this course or the project, please do not hesitate to call 01332 298185 or email greg@globaleducationderby.org.uk.

Alternatively you can contact Clare Meakin at the Regional Youth Work Unit on 0115 8402012 or email clare@emrywu.co.uk.

Volunteer Management Training
Volunteer Centre Derbyshire is providing ‘Introduction to Volunteer Management’ training workshops across Derbyshire from September to November.

This three hour workshop aims to broaden participants understanding of volunteering and will cover the benefits of volunteering to both the volunteer and the involving organization. Participants will also discuss the correct step by step process of volunteer management, including basic do's and don'ts.

The course is aimed at those from within both Voluntary, Community and Statutory sector organisations and departments who have a responsibility to manage volunteers, either in a paid or voluntary capacity themselves. It will provide an overview of basic good practice regarding volunteer management, policies and procedures.

The courses are being delivered by Volunteer Centres Derbyshire and are funded by Derbyshire’s Children’s Trust. Please call the appropriate centre for more details or to book a place.

Please see the related documents section at the bottom of this page for booking contact details and dates.

East Midlands Funders’ Forum – Funding Training Programme 2008
This series of workshops and training courses is aimed at the following groups and individuals:

Drawing on the knowledge and experience of professionals in the field each workshop gives practical help and advice.

Every workshop and training course allows time for discussion and questions with the opportunity to compare practice with other organisations and reflect on one's own.

East Midlands Funders' Forum Network Events 2008 - To find out more please contact Jason Pegg - Funding Executive on 0870 240 4459

All course information - summaries, dates, venues and costs can be found on: www.regenerationem.co.uk (opens in a new window).

Workforce Development Self-Assessment Framework
Self assessments have been compiled as recommended by the National Youth Agency around the workforce and skills required to meet the needs of the workforce when working with young people in a statutory or voluntary environment.

Please see the Workforce Development document in the related documents section of this page.

Regeneration East Midlands Autumn Training Programme 2008
Regeneration East Midlands (REM) leads the way in developing skills, improving knowledge, sharing good practice and promoting innovation in all aspects of social and physical regeneration.
 
This programme promotes the wide range of training that will be delivered by REM in Autumn 2008. The quickest and easiest way to book onto courses detailed below is by visiting: www.regenerationem.co.uk (opens in a new window) - please note that you will need to register first as a member to the site before you can register for any courses.

To find out more information please go to the related cocuments section on this page.

Aids Resource Team Training
The AIDS Resource team is based in Ripley but covers the whole of the county and offers training on sexual health, teenage pregnancy, substance use, HIV and young boys sexual health.

The Team also offers consultation, information, advice updates and specific support for staff, carers and young people.

Training for 2008/0 showing places that are left for these course and training for 2009/10 can be viewed in the related documents section on this page.

CAF Training – November/December 08
CAF refresher/full day training commences 3 November 2008 through to 8 December 2008 at several locations throughout the county.

To book your place please contact the Making Links Team quoting the course reference on 01629 532234.

The courses can be viewed in the CAF training document in the related documents section of this page.

Learning news - clarifying qualifications for trainers and teachers
Last year, Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) developed a new framework for trainers.  There has been some confusion over what these qualifications mean. Here’s a quick overview.

There will be three different qualifications for trainers and a distinction between Associate and Full teacher.

1. PTTLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector). This is the first stage for full teachers.

2. CTTL (Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector). This is for Associate Teachers.

3. DTTLS (Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sctor). This is the second stage for Full teachers.

All teachers are required to register with the Institute for Learning and carry out CPD (Continuous Professional Development).

Why is this important?
Providers receiving funding fro the Learning Skills Council have a contractual obligation to comply with the regulations. In the future this may include organisations that receive public funds.

What about existing teachers?
Qualifications can be transferred to the new framework. Qualified teachers who are already teaching will not be required to carry out training courses or become licensed. However, this is encouraged, and over time may be increasingly expected. 

Useful websites:

• Learning and Skills Council (opens in a new window)

• Train to Gain (opens in a new window)