Training for community groups
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Training for community groups
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Health and Safety Information, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information about monitoring and evaluation, Information and training about safeguarding, Information on being an employer, Information on charities and charity law, Information on legal structures, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information on managing money, Information on setting up a company, Quality Assurance System providers, Training for community groups
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Training for community groups
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A wide range of courses for people working in childcare. Courses are free to attend for staff working in Children’s Services, schools and in the Community and Voluntary sector.
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Community venues, Information on food hygiene, Information on insurance, Information on producing financial and business plans, Information on rooms for hire, Training for community groups
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Catering equipment
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Provide a range of support services for community groups who want to run activities to do with growing or cooking food.
Have a useful guide on reducing food waste at community events.
Have information on setting up and running community cafes.
They have useful information about venues in Brighton & Hove that have kitchens that can be used for community events involving food and shared meals. Contact them directly to ask for details.
They also have information about places to hire or borrow catering equipment and about training courses for groups running food projects.
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Training for community groups
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Training for community groups
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BUCFP has a volunteering project in the centre and a volunteering opportunities noticeboard, where you may be able to advertise for volunteers.
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Help with fundraising, Training for community groups
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Finding volunteers, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Help with fundraising, Information about managing volunteers, Information on funding sources, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information on running a group, Networking and finding other community groups, One to one support with managing money, Providers of example equal opportunities policies, Statistics and data, Training for community groups, Training in book-keeping
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Voting equipment
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Community Works runs the following projects for the voluntary sector in Brighton & Hove:
- A network of elected representatives, who speak on behalf of the sector at council and strategic partnership meetings.
- Six-monthly conferences and other networks where community and voluntary groups can get together and share experiences, information and views
- Volunteer Centre services:
- You can advertise volunteer opportunities on the Community Works website.
- They have a good practice guide for community groups who work with volunteers. It includes sample forms and policies for groups to adapt.
- Regular forum for volunteer managers.
- Support for trustees and management committee members
- Business skills volunteering, which brokers relationships between voluntary groups and businesses
- A programme of training courses
- A mentoring scheme
- One-to-one consultancy
- A funding bid reading service
- A bank of sample policies and procedures, to help larger organisations develop their own policies.
- Information on sources of funding
- free half-hour one-to-one advice surgeries on any topic. These run on the last Tuesday of each month, between 2pm and 4.30pm. You need to book in advance - email info@bhcommunityworks.org.uk or call 01273 234023
They have an electronic voting system which is available to hire. This consists of hand-held pads which can be used by people in a meeting to vote. The results are then displayed instantly on a laptop. They also have a wooden ballot box, which groups can borrow.
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Getting outside help with IT, Training for community groups
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Website with up to date details of places to access the internet or learn IT skills in Brighton & Hove.
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First Aid courses, Training for community groups
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Run several courses (some free) including: First Aid, Health & Safety, Food Safety.
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Advice about equality and diversity, Information and advice about accessibility, Networking and finding other community groups, Statistics and data, Training for community groups
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Accessibility equipment
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They run the Shopmobility service, which can lend a wheelchair or scooter for people who need to borrow one for a short time. Shopmobility Tel: 01273 32 32 39, email: shopmo@possabilitypeople.org.uk
Possability People also run It's Local Actually - an online tool that lets people search for services and group activities near them in Brighton & Hove. It contains details of local groups, community centres and statutory services. You can search using a map or look for a particular type of group (eg meeting people, sport, self-help).
They have an award winning Accessibility Guide which includes information about accessible services and buildings in Brighton and Hove.
They have a programme of training courses for businesses and charities, covering disability awareness, benefits, IT and group management skills.
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Information and training about safeguarding, Quality Assurance System providers, Training for community groups
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Safety Net is a charity that provides training and support for community groups around safeguarding children in collaboration with Impact Initiatives.
They run safeguarding training for community groups.
They can help organisations use the Simple Quality Protects tool to assess the quality of their work and services.
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Training for community groups
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Low cost workshops for small charities, mainly held in London.
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Cheap software for groups, Getting outside help with IT, Help with developing a website, Training for community groups
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Computers, Projectors and screens
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Laptops and data projectors to hire: People can hire an individual laptop or suite of Internet-ready PC laptops with projector for training. They are particularly keen to help small groups with no paid staff.
Will build a website for your organisation and provide a manual on how you can maintain and update it. Contact them for details of prices.
SCIP also run bespoke training in IT and social media. Check their website for more details.
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Subscription website which provides information sheets for community groups on a wide range of issues. Also provide consultancy to community organisations, including one-to-one support on becoming a company or Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), and run a Quality Assurance scheme.