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VAWF Training

Quality Standards

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Tue, 07/02/2012 - 09:30 - 13:00
Venue: 
The Coach House, Stainforth Road Walthamstow E17 3AG

This seminar will examine the importance of developing a quality ethos, and identify quality marks that exist in the charity and community sector. It will breakdown the key functions of organisational activity, and consider how quality performance can best be embedded in the practices of small organisations. There will be a particular focus on the PQASSO quality mark.

Trainer: Anthony Fincham, Voluntary Action’s Business Development Officer
 

Setting up your day to day accounts

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Tue, 06/03/2012 - 10:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
Queens Road Community Centre 215 Queens Road Walthamstow London E17 8PJ

The course will cover

• The basic principles and techniques of bookkeeping Including the importance of Filing documents
• Setting up a chart of account or Cost centres for analysing transactions
• Recording transactions so that it can produce all information necessary to prepare the financial statement

This record will form the basis of your legal requirement to keep proper accounting records
 

Full Cost Recovery Principles

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Wed, 01/02/2012 - 10:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
Queens Road Community Centre 215 Queens Road Walthamstow London E17 8PJ

• Understand how to identify all costs relating to your organisations activities
• Understand the processes and procedures of putting together a budget
• Understand the process of cost allocation
• Calculate the full costs of a project
• Determine the unit cost of a project/activity
• Understand the meaning of Value for Money
 

Budgeting for the New Year

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Tue, 24/01/2012 - 10:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
Queens Road Community Centre 215 Queens Road Walthamstow London E17 8PJ

• Setting budgets
• Preparing cash flow statements
• Comparing actuals with budgets
• Understanding and interpreting variances from budget

 

Preparing End of Year Accounts

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Wed, 21/03/2012 - 10:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
Queens Road Community Centre 215 Queens Road Walthamstow London E17 8PJ

• The process of preparing year end accounts
• The classification of costs by nature or function
• The balance sheet and what it means
• What can be done to reduce audit costs
• When to choose audit or independent examination
• What legal accounts you are required to submit to the Charity Commission or Companies House
• What your statutory accounts filing obligations are

 

Practical Marketing for Small Charities

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Tue, 11/10/2011 - 09:30 - 16:30
Venue: 
Jubilee Centre, 440 Cathall Road, London E11 4LA

Course Content:

There is a lot more to marketing than fliers, social networking and forwarding emails. It is the ongoing process that is critical for identifying, anticipating, and satisfying your customer’s needs.

This one day practical workshop will show you how to use analysis tools and frameworks to research, plan and implement marketing in house.

Payroll Preparation for Small Groups

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Wed, 26/10/2011 - 10:00 - 14:00
Venue: 
Priory Court Community Centre, 11 Priory Court, Walthamstow E17 5NB

This course should be of interest to small groups with few staff only. It will teach:

Writing Successful Applications

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Wed, 23/11/2011 - 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: 
Jubilee Centre 440, Cathall Rd, London, E11 4LA

This half-day course is filled with lots practical advice, information and discussion on how to write successful funding applications.

The day will take you through key areas of writing a successful application; from planning your activities, yours accounts and costs, marketing and research, monitoring and how to meeting funders outcomes.

Provided within small a group setting, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet other service providers and gain access to the wide range of supporting services at Voluntary Action.

Writing Successful Applications

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Thu, 20/10/2011 - 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: 
Jubilee Centre, 440 Cathall Road, London E11 4LA

This half-day course is filled with lots practical advice, information and discussion on how to write successful funding applications.

The day will take you through key areas of writing a successful application; from planning your activities, yours accounts and costs, marketing and research, monitoring and how to meeting funders outcomes.

Provided within small a group setting, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet other service providers and gain access to the wide range of supporting services at Voluntary Action.

Establishing a Social Enterprise in Waltham Forest

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Tue, 22/11/2011 - 10:00 - 13:00
Venue: 
The Coach House, corner of Church Hill and Stainforth Road, E17 3AG

This seminar will be of interest to anyone thinking of establishing a social enterprise in the borough. We will discuss the legal options available, and seek to identify sources of trading income.

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