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przy najblizszej okazji zapytam Constantina czy VAC bedzie mogl wystawic nam zwolnienie do pracy, ze idziemy na trening.

Ponizsze treningi sa zaproponowane przez Constantina.

Prosze sobie zapisac kto na jaki i kiedy, przy najblizszym spotkaniu porownamy, grupy musza byc przynajmniej 3 osobowe

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Roles of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer - powinni isc wszyscy (5d - Roles of Honorary Officers) Facilitators: Deb Evans (VAC Training Officer) Margaret McLaughlin (VAC Director) Date & Time: Tuesday 5th February 2008, 10.00am - 1.00pm Venue: VAC, 3rd Floor Shand House, 2 Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0BE Cost: A: free B: £20 C: £40 D: £80 E: £120 For management committee members, trustees and staff who work with them. This course will help participants to understand the roles of Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer and their importance, their functions and responsibilities, and the knowledge and skills required to undertake them.

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What Funders Want - Demystifying Funding Applications Facilitators: Deb Evans (VAC Training Officer) Vina Patel (VAC Development Officer for BME Communities) Dates & Time: Friday 16th November 2007, 10.00am - 1.30pm OR Tuesday 18th March 2008, 10.00am - 1.30pm Venue: VAC, 3rd Floor Shand House, 2 Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0BE Cost: A: free B: £10 C: £20 D: £60 E: £60 For management committee members, trustees and staff. The information requested by funders in their funding application forms and processes tends to be very similar. This practical workshop looks at the questions commonly found in applications and gives you pointers about what to include in your response. Participants will learn to recognise the common elements in applications, look at them in detail and understand what’s required by funders.

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Get Fat on Welsh Funding - An Introduction to the Sustainable Funding Mix Facilitators: Julie Maldoom (VAC Communities First Officer); Vina Patel (VAC Development Officer for BME Communities) Dates & Time: Thursday 22nd November 2007, 10.00am - 1.30pm Or Tuesday 4th March, 10.00am - 1.30pm Venue: VAC, 3rd Floor Shand House, 2 Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0BE Cost: A: free B: £10 C: £20 D: £60 E: £60 For anyone interested in developing long term sustainable funding for their organisation. This practical workshop aims to encourage a broad and active approach to sustainable funding for your organisation. This course allows you to gain an overview of funding in Wales, to become aware of different ways voluntary organisations can fund themselves and to begin to think about how to become sustainable in the long term.

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Producing an Action Plan for Voluntary - nie wszyscy byli na tym, prosze uzupelnic szkolenie Organisations and Community Groups (1d — Organising Your Work) This course is for VAC member organisations only. Facilitators: Deb Evans (VAC Training Officer) Ravi Vedi (VAC Development Team Manager) Constantino Dumangane (VAC Development Officer) Vina Patel (VAC Development Officer for BME Communities) Dates & Time: Thursday 20th September 2007, 10.00am - 3.30pm OR Thursday 29th November 2007, 10.00am - 3.30pm OR Tuesday 11th March 2008, 10.00am - 3.30pm Venue: STAR Centre, Splott Road, Splott, Cardiff, CF24 2BZ Cost: A: free + refundable deposit of £20* B: £20 (*Fees are per organisation, not per person. Organisations with an income of less than £20,000 per year will be asked to pay a deposit of £20 which will be refunded when the organisation attend the training.) This course is essential for organisations who request VAC’s support to write a Business Plan. To participate, your organisation must send between 2 and 6 people on this course. Planning ahead is essential to the successful development of any organisation – if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re bound to end up somewhere else! This course will help your organisation to establish shared values and visions; to identify clear long term aims; to review the organisation; and to write an action plan. You’ll analyse your organisation’s strengths and weaknesses, be more clear about how well you’re doing and identify realistic steps you can take in a definitive Action Plan to take your organisation confidently forward for the next 6 months to a year. VAC’s Development Team also offer support sessions after this training.

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How Well Are You Doing? An Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation (2e - Monitoring and Evaluation) Facilitator: Tess Astbury (VAC Development Officer) Dates & Time: Wednesday 26th September 2007, 9.30am - 1.00pm OR Thursday 6th March, 9.30am - 1.00pm Venue: VAC, 3rd Floor Shand House, 2 Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0BE Cost: A: free B: £10 C: £20 D: £60 E: £60 For committee members, trustees and staff. Monitoring and evaluation are crucial to verify, both internally and to the outside world that the work of your organisation is worthwhile. This practical course explores the meaning of monitoring, evaluation and other commonly associated terms. It then guides participants through the process of developing SMART outputs, outcomes and indicators and looks at some monitoring and evaluation techniques.

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Child Protection Awareness Training - dla osob prowadzacych szkolke This course is only open to voluntary organisations. Facilitator: Danielle Lock (Involve Volunteering Project Training and Assessment Officer, Swansea County Voluntary Service.) Dates & Time: Tuesday 13th November 2007, 10.00am - 3.00pm OR Tuesday 4th March 2008, 10.00am - 3.00pm Venue: The Welsh Institute of Sport, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9SW Cost: A: free B: free C: free D: free E: N/A For anyone working with children or having contact with children in general. The course will introduce participants to legislation relevant to child protection, look at “best practice” and participants’ responsibility for reporting child abuse, help them to identify signs of abuse and know how to deal with disclosure, and examine the essential elements of a child protection policy for the participants’ organisation.

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Writing Your Equal Opportunities Policy Facilitator: Vina Patel (VAC Development Officer for BME Communities) Date & Time: Monday 22nd October 2007, 10.00am - 1.30pm OR Thursday 13th March 2008, 10.00am - 1.30pm Venue: VAC, 3rd Floor Shand House, 2 Fitzalan Place, Cardiff, CF24 0BE Cost: A: free B: £10 C: £20 D: £60 E: £60 For trustees, committee members or staff of any voluntary organisation in need of an up-to-date Equal Opportunities policy. It is considered best practice for voluntary organisations to have an Equal Opportunities Policy and it’s one of the policies that funders often require you to have prior to offering a grant. This workshop will equip you with the skills to develop your own user friendly Equal Opportunities Policy. Participants will understand the purpose of EO policies, look at some model examples, and be aware of the essential elements for a good policy.