The Foundation for Social Improvement is running a one day programme of fundraising courses for small charities and community groups. Full day, half day and workshops are available so that local small charities can access the skills they need to become self sustaining.

Venue: Ralli Hall, 81 Denmark Villas, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3TH
Date: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm (registration from 9.15am)

To book, you will first need to be registered as a member. Membership is free for charities with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million. You will need to have access to details about your group, including information about annual income and expenditure in order to complete the membership form.

The cost of the workshops is £15 for members; a deposit of £50 is required.

Visit www.thefsi.org/services/training/brighton-february-2017/ for more information, and to book.

Safety Net have spaces on the following courses running in January:

• Introduction to Safeguarding & Child Protection – Tuesday 10th January, 10:00am – 1:00pm. Cost £15 / £25
• Introduction to Mindfulness – Thursday 19th January, half or full day sessions available from 9:30am. Cost £40 / £70
• Online Safety for Parents – Friday 20th January, 10:00 – 12:30. Cost £10.

You can find out more about all of the above sessions and book your place via the training pages on their website: https://www.safety-net.org.uk/training/ , or by contacting Clare Topa at [email protected]

All sessions are running in Safety Net’s beautifully refurbished training room at the Emmaus complex in Portslade.

Do you help clients with their benefits but find the system difficult to use?

BHT’s one-day Benefits for Beginners training course will give new and less experienced staff a solid overview of the benefits system.

It will bring you up-to-date with recent reforms, including the brutal benefits cap reduction – the stark reality of which was reported in this week’s Guardian. You will learn how to work out what someone needs to live on each week, and how that amount can be achieved or improved.

The course will be delivered by Jayne Knights, and will also cover:

• Universal Credit and who is eligible
• Housing Benefit and who is affected by issues such as the bedroom tax
• Benefits related to disability, such as Employment and Support Allowance, and the new Personal Independence Payment

The course costs:

• £80 for registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £200,000, or fewer than ten employed staff
• £120 for other charitable organisations
• £160 for local authority, housing associations, solicitors and other private bodies.

For further assistance please contact the Training Team on [email protected]