LGBT Awareness Workshop

08/01/2015

Community Works, in partnership with others, is holding a series of short workshops designed to introduce and orientate participants around key equalities considerations that relate to the areas of disability, faith, BME and LGBT.  The following LGBT Awareness Workshop Session will be delivered in partnership with LGBT Switchboard:

Date: Tuesday 27th January 2015

Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm

Fee: There is a charge for attending this course (for further information click booking link below)

Venue: Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton

Trainer: Meg Lewis, LGBT Switchboard

This 3.5 hour session will provide a safe space for people to explore and discuss the issues relating to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for LGBT people. It will start with an overview of the responsibilities as relating to LGBT people outlined within the Equality Act and from there look at terminology and language, what discrimination might look like and its impact as well as a chance to explore how to challenge LGBT discrimination in an effective way.

By the end of the workshop session members will be able to:

* Understand the main tenants of the Equalities Act as applies to LGBT people

* Be familiar with the range of terminology that applies to sexual orientation and gender identity

* Understand and identify some of the ways in which prejudice and discrimination can be directed towards people of differing sexual orientations or gender identities

* Understand how homophobia, biphobia and transphobia impacts on LGBT people

* Have a practical understanding how to challenge LGBT discrimination in an effective way

For more information and bookings please visit

http://www.bhcommunityworks.org.uk/lgbt-awareness-workshop/

 

Free training course: getting to grips with monitoring & evaluation + the Community Insight tool

19/12/2014

This half-day course (organised by Community Works)  is a back to basics for anyone who is involved in or new to monitoring and evaluation, or who wants a refresher to improve the quality of their work. It will also include a session on the Community Insight Tool, which allows you to find, explore and use a wide range of facts and figures at different geographic levels for Brighton & Hove.

Date: Tuesday 3 February 2015

Time: 12.30 – 4.00pm

or

Date: Thursday 9 April 2015

Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm

The same course will be run twice so please book on to the date that suits you best.

Fee: This is a free course (subsidised by Brighton and Hove City Council), places are prioritised to organisations who are a member of Community Works on a first-come, first serve basis.

Venue: Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton

Trainer: Paul Bramwell (pfb consultancy) and Kate Gilchrist (Public Health)

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Measure success against the aims and objectives of your organisation;
  • Set a baseline against which to monitor and evaluate future work and use the Community Insight Tool to help you do this;
  • Set and measure outputs, outcomes and milestones;
  • Use different qualitative and quantitative monitoring techniques;
  • Use the information you have gathered to critically evaluate your work;
  • Begin to convince funders and commissioners of the added value of your work.

Techniques covered will include record keeping, questionnaires / evaluation forms, focus groups, interviewing and other participatory methods of collecting information about your activities / services. There will also be an opportunity to talk about building relationships with your funders.

To book on:

For more information and booking through Eventbrite please visit: http://bhcommunityworks.org.uk/mon-and-evaluation-training/ (scroll to the links at the bottom of the page).

Any problems, please contact [email protected] or 01273 234 023.

Safety Net training, Jan-Feb 2015

16/12/2014

These courses are provided by Safety Net. Click on the title and date to book a place, or email [email protected] :

Competency Based Interview Training – Thursday 8th January 2015

9:30am – 5:00pm, Safety Net offices, Portslade. Cost £100 *Last few places available*

Appointing the right people is one of the most important ingredients in determining the effectiveness of an organisation. So investment in effective recruitment contributes directly to an organisation’s success. This one day interviewing training workshop provides comprehensive training in the techniques of best practice competency based interviewing, equipping delegates with the skills to make sound decisions and objective, evidence-based judgements.

Constructive Challenge – Tuesday 20th January 2015

10:00am – 4:00pm, Safety Net offices, Portslade. Cost – £50

This course is for anyone who has challenging conversations with families in their work – whatever this is in relation to. It is an opportunity to take time out to reflect on the nature of these conversations and how we approach them.  It will be a reflective, practical and experiential course where we consider both the dynamics present in these conversations, as well giving you some tools and strategies to help these conversations to be more effective.

Helping Teenagers to Keep Themselves Safe – Thursday 22nd January 2015

10:00am – 4:00pm, Safety Net offices, Portslade. Cost £50

This course uses the Protective Behaviours life skills, assertiveness and safety awareness programme and looks in more detail at risk taking behaviour in teenagers as a part of their transition to adulthood. The programme looks at ways of understanding our personal response to risk and safety,  helps develop tools and resources to keep ourselves safe, and how Protective Behaviours can be used to increase young people’s understanding of personal safety and emotional literacy.

Sexting Workshop – Tuesday 3rd February 2015

9:30am – 12:30pm, Safety Net offices, Portslade. Cost £25

This half day workshop aims to explore issues associated with the fairly modern phenomenon of ‘sexting’ (sending and sharing explicit sexual content via digital and social media) and the impact this has on young people’s attitudes, knowledge and safety.You will gain a greater awareness of the motivations behind sexting, the legal context and ways to educate and support young people about the associated issues.

Introduction to Mindfulness – Thursday 5th February 2015

9:30am – 12:30pm, Safety Net offices, Portslade. Cost £25

Mindfulness is a relaxed state of awareness that observes both our inner world of thoughts, feelings and sensations, and the outer world of constantly changing phenomena without trying to control anything. It is widely recognised as a powerful tool that can help us enhance appreciation of life and manage stress, this introduction can serve as starting point for future learning and practice.

Clare Topa

Training Administrator

01273 420973

Safety Net, Manor Offices, Drove Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2PA

What support would you like with running your organisation?

12/12/2014

Community Works are running a consultation about how they can support people in their governance roles. They would like to hear from trustees, directors, management committee members and governors.

They would like to gather people’s views about what their support needs are as leaders of their organisation and how they can help to meet these. The survey is available on-line here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/governancesupport or a version in word is available.

 

Free training: Food safety and First Aid for babies and children

14/11/2014

To book a place on any of the following courses call 01273 294 287

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Portslade

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility on this course.
Course date: Thursday 5 Feb
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Portslade Town Hall. Victoria Rd. Portslade BN41 1YF
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Level 2 Food Safety – Central Brighton

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility on this course.
Course date: Wednesday 4 March
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square. BN1 1JA
Tutor: James Aldcroft

Are you volunteering for a community group, or receiving benefits and hoping to work in catering?
This one day free course will provide you with a Level 2 Certificate in Food & Hygiene.
There is a multiple choice assessment at the end of this course.

First Aid for Babies and Children – Portslade Town Hall

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility
Course date: Wednesday 21 January
Time: 10am–1.15pm
Venue: Portslade Town Hall. Victoria Road Portslade BN41 1YF
Tutor: Agnes Munday

First Aid for Babies and Children – Brighton Town Hall

This is a one day course. There is no crèche facility
Starts: Thursday 12 March
Time: 10am–1.15pm
Venue: Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomew Square, Brighton. BN1 1JA
Tutor: Agnes Munday
You will find out about: Managing burns and scalds, how to deal with choking, the recovery position and basic life support for babies and children.

Our first aid course also runs in Children’s Centres each term. Ask your local Children’s Centre for details.

Would you like a free first aid for babies and children course for your community group? Call us on 01273 290 563 to find out more.

*Your community group will need to have members who are either: unemployed, have less than five GCSE’s or are on a low income)

Free first aid for babies and children course

10/10/2014

Brighton and Hove Councils Community Learning team offers a free one day (3h 15m) first aid for babies and children course.

The course is currently offered to both Children’s Centres and schools citywide. The course is also free to community groups who have group members who are:

  • Brighton & Hove resident
  • Unemployed (and in receipt of income related benefits)
  • Looking for work
  • On a low income
  • Have 5 or fewer GCSE’s /below Level 2

The free course covers:

  • Managing burns and scalds
  • How to deal with choking
  • The recovery position
  • Basic life support for children and babies

An optional booklet resource is also supplied at the end of the course at a subsidised cost of £2. Feedback has said that this booklet is extremely useful. Free ‘Key Notes’ handouts will also be available for those who do not buy a resource booklet.

The course runs on either Wednesdays or Thursdays (available dates change from day to day so please always double check for availability) and they aim to run the session so that it starts after drop off and completes before pick up times for school.

Community groups can get this tutor led course for free. You need to supply the venue/room and find a group of between 8 and 12 people to take part.

Call Lawrence Latham on 01273 290563 if you are interested in having a free course for this, or next term. Or call or email if you would like to discuss the course in more detail.

Free Action Learning Set for local Volunteer Coordinators and Managers

24/09/2014

The Volunteer Centre Brighton and Hove is pleased to be able host an Action Learning Set for local Volunteer Coordinators and Managers.

This Action Learning Set offers the opportunity for a group of volunteer coordinators and managers to meet regularly to find solutions and share learning on volunteer management.

The benefits include; getting support from your peers on volunteer management,  the opportunity to find solutions and reflect on your practice, gain new skills

How does my organisation benefit?

  • Peer learning is cost effective as learning is entrenched and brought back to the organisation
  • The process is about finding solutions
  • It is FREE to participate
  • The group will be facilitated by experts in the field of Action Learning, Suzanne O’ Hara and Tom Bourner

Action Learning Set is FREE to participants. All we ask in return is that you:

  • Attend taster session
  • Attend 6 Action Learning Set sessions and closing session
  • Bring along a current work issue to discuss at each meeting
  • Complete the pre and post questionnaire for evaluation

All sessions are ½ day and will take place at set intervals agreed with the group, over a 6 month period.

The taster session is Wednesday 15th October, 9.30-1pm, Venue TBC

Places are limited and restricted to one participant per organisation

To register your interest or more information, please contact Sue Shaw: [email protected]

 

Free training: supporting volunteers with mental health needs

24/09/2014

Better Futures is hosting a *free* day’s training exploring practical tools to support people with mental health needs.

8th October 2014 – 10-4.30pm to tie in with World Mental Health Week

On the day participants will:

Understand how mental health affects the journey of volunteering – with tips for recruitment, retaining your volunteers if they have difficulties, how to talk about mental health, manage risk and when to signpost to local specialist services.

Click here to learn more and book your place:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supporting-volunteers-with-mental-health-needs-tickets-12794752449

Learning Outcomes – By the end of the day you will be able to:

  • Explore expectations around medical diagnoses such as Schizophrenia, and Borderline Personality Disorder and how they may be a barrier to volunteering
  • Understand ways to get people talking about mental health, how to do a disclosure policy and manage personal information in your volunteer team.
  • Gain confidence in an approach that you can apply to all mental health issues, to identify helpful ways to support someone in their role.
  • Learn from direct experience about what helps and what doesn’t, from both a volunteer perspective and a volunteer supervisor.
  • Gain strategies to deal with: Welfare Benefits, Medication and some of its side effects, Risk management, and what to do when a role doesn’t work out.
  • Learn useful language and ways to approach volunteers if they are having difficulties.
  • Clearly understand the boundaries around a supervisor role and when to signpost to specialist services.

Entry level

  • Suitable for people working with volunteers, without any experience with mental health.
  • You might already be supporting volunteers with mental health and want to gain more confidence with this.
  • You may want to make your volunteer service more inclusive.
  • You might be new to a volunteer supervisor role.

*NB-* This day is not focused on any specific diagnosis, but gives strategies that can be applied to all mental health issues, when working with volunteers. Better Futures can signpost you to courses on specific issues, if you let us know

Better Futures helps people with a variety of support needs find volunteering opportunities that teach them real skills that will help them get the work they’re looking for in the future. They also provide a wide range of support both to the people volunteering, and the organisation they are volunteering for, allowing people who’ve never volunteered before to have all the help they need to make a success of volunteering. To learn more about Better Futures, please follow this link: http://www.bh-impetus.org/get-support/#better-futures

 

Safety Net training – October 2014

24/09/2014

Safety Net are pleased to offer the following courses running during October. Please click on the course title to book via Eventbrite or contact [email protected]

Supervising to Safeguard – Wednesday 8th October  

This course is suitable for all managers who, as part of their role, have responsibility for both supervision of staff and safeguarding children. This whole day programme is designed to support managers in developing their supervision practice to promote safe effective practice in a children’s service or organisation, in line with their organisation’s  supervision policy. There will be opportunities to build on existing skills and deepen understanding alongside managers from other professional backgrounds.

**New venue** Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton

10am – 4pm, Cost – £50

Sexting Workshop – Wednesday 22nd October

This new half day workshop aims to explore issues associated with the fairly modern phenomenon of ‘sexting’ (sending and sharing explicit sexual content via digital and social media) and the impact this has on young people’s attitudes, knowledge and safety. This workshop would be useful and suitable for anyone working with young people. You will gain a greater awareness of the motivations behind sexting, the legal context and ways to educate and support young people about the associated issues.

Safety Net Offices, Portslade

9:30am – 12:30pm, Cost – £25

Introduction to Safeguarding & Child Protection for Community Groups – Thursday 23rd October

This course is an introduction to safeguarding and child protection issues for those who have contact with children or young people as part of a small community project/group. You will gain a basic understanding of your role in establishing a safe environment and safe working practices in protecting children and young people from harm and abuse.

Safety Net Offices, Portslade

10am – 1pm, FREE

Listen to Us! – Friday 24th October

A one day training course for all those working with children and young people who want to learn practical and fun techniques to increase young people’s involvement in your organisation.Topics covered include: why we need to listen to young people; using art to explore views and opinions; how to make the most of affordable easy to use video equipment to increase participation; and benefits of participation to you and your organisation. The training will be co-delivered by young people who have co-designed the training session.

Safety Net Offices, Portslade

9:30am – 3:30pm, Cost – £50

Disability Awareness Workshop

24/09/2014

Date: Tuesday 11th November

Time: 10.00am – 12.30pm

Venue: Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton

Trainer: Jon Hastie from The Fed Centre for Independent Living and Ingrid Ashberry and Sarah Watson from Brighton & Hove Speakout

To book a place contact [email protected] or call 01273 234031

This session will provide an overview of the social model of disability and look at the obligations for groups and organisations under the Equality Act.  It will also present findings of recent local research highlighting the barriers faced by disabled people in Brighton & Hove.  With both increasingly challenging operational conditions and widespread national reforms, it is more important than ever that groups and individuals have the tools and the confidence to identify both needs and solutions for disabled people in the city and can use this to develop accessible services.

By the end of the workshop session members will be able to:

  •  Understand the definition and types of Disability in the Equality Act 2010;
  • Identify the barriers disabled people may experience and their impact;
  • Identify ways in which barriers can be removed or minimised to ensure disabled people may access services and employment opportunities and access channels of influence so that their views may be represented