Voluntary Action Training

Using Social Media
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: An introduction to using social media such as blogging, Twitter and Facebook to raise your profile, communicate your social mission and generate business for your organisation Trainer: David Floyd, Managing Director of Social Spider...
Excel spreadsheet for beginners
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: Excel spreadsheets are a versatile tool for accounting and financial analysis. Come and learn how to use it. This is a comprehensive course designed to enable you to use spreadsheets for accounting and finance information analysis up to...
Health & Safety in the Work Place Level 2
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: The CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace is suitable as an introduction to employees. There are no entry requirements, although all experience gained within a variety of workplace settings is relevant to the course and...
How to computerise manual accounting records using QuickBooks
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: This course will be useful for those organisations wishing to computerise their manual accounting records. Do not attend this course unless you have good manual records to computerise. Trainer: Alex Davies, Voluntary Action’s...
Managing your Volunteers - Day 2: Effective Management of your volunteers
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: For people who are managing volunteers or are planning to in the near future. • Principles of effective volunteer management• Role descriptions• Induction and training• Supervision and mentoring• Managing the...
Setting financial control procedures
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: All organisations must have financial procedures that provide some security for their assets and liabilities. This course tells you how to set up financial procedures for your organisation.   Trainer: Alex Davies, Voluntary Action...
Writing Successful Applications
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 13:00
Course Content: This half-day course is filled with lots practical advice, information and discussion on how to write successful funding applications. It will take you through the key areas of: planning your activities; your accounts and costs; marketing...
Food Safety CIEH Level 2
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: The CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering is also suitable for any personnel who have responsibility for Food Preparation. The course is 6 hours in duration and is completed by a 30 question multiple choice paper which is marked...
Let’s look at the Charities Act 2006
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: For those responsible for preparing financial accounting statements and reporting to the Charity Commission. This course Includes: The various legal structures available   Your filing obligations   Compliance with SORO...
Effective campaigning
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - 10:00
Course Content: Campaign planning: How to get your campaign off the ground, make good use of limited resources and assembled as a structured programme of work Leveraging change: How to make the best use of supporters, help beneficiaries and influence...