TrainingTraining
last updated 22.02.12
Charity Law and how it effects your group Thursday 23 February
GOING FOR GROWTH Wednesdays - 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21, 28 March 2012
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Tues 6 Mar, Wed 7 Mar
Derby City Council Child Poverty Workshop Thursday 8 March
Befriending and Home from Hospital Thursdays 8 Mar, 15 Mar, 22 Mar, 29 Mar
Buildings for Mission Tuesday 20 March
Listening Skills Week at St John’s Nottingham Mon 26 - Fri 30 March
Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Volunteer Management
A Free Course of Eight 2.5 Hour Sessions About Getting the Best From Your Teenagers
Free Everyday First Aid Sessions from the British Red Cross
Parish based Mission and Evangelism
Working with Children and Families
Free Workshops: Working Together For Positive End of Life Care various dates
Befriending and home from hospital various dates
2012 dates for Engaging vulnerable young people: what works?
Church Urban Fund Online Training
Free Disability Inclusion Training
Bridges of Faith Project - The Forum of Faiths for Derby
Listening Skills Week at St John’s Nottingham Mon 26 - Fri 30 March
Led by Michael Grandey. A skills based course which also provides the basic counselling theory necessary to understand what constitutes good practice in listening in pastoral care. The aim of the course is to improve your performance as a listener. Led by Michael Grandey who is an ordained priest in the Church of England, having previously been a medical doctor. He is particularly interested in pastoral care and healing, and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Pastoral Counselling. Cost for week: £280 (includes meals and overnight accommodation). To book contact David Hilton 0115 968 3224 or email
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or follow this link: http://stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/listening-skills-2/
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Tues 6 Mar, Wed 7 Mar 1.00 - 4.00
Both sessions must be attended to complete the course. Does your group have or work with vulnerable adults? These sessions will provide information on Derbyshire’s multi-agency definition of vulnerable adults, and the categories of abuse covered within Derbyshire’s agreed policies and procedures.
Befriending and Home from Hospital Thursdays 8 Mar, 15 Mar, 22 Mar, 29 Mar 5.00 - 7.00
This four week course provides you with the basic skills needed to become a befriender. Each session is two hours long and will concentrate on a different aspect of befriending such as listening, communication skills, advice on health and safety and lone working. (To complete this course, all sessions must be attended)
Committee Skills Wed 14 Mar 9.30 - 12.30
This training session will help you to gain the skills and knowledge to form and run a committee and hold effective meetings. This is ideal for committee members for new or existing groups.
More information on any of the above courses can be found at http://www.avcvs.org/training.htm. If you would like to book on any of the above training sessions please contact Jo Glossop on 01773 512076 or email
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. Please feel free to contact if you wish to discuss any details of the AVCVS training programme eg. Costs, venues, times etc.
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Charity Law and how it affects your group Thursday 23 February 10am -1pm
Trustees often worry about what might happen if their voluntary organisation got into serious difficulties. Is being on the committee something you could lose your house over? How real are the dangers and what can be done to minimise them? Nick Meakin is highly experienced in this field, and those who attend can expect to find the morning both interesting and informative. Venue: The Granville Centre, Granville Ave, Long Eaton, NG10 4HD. To book your place tel Lee on 0115 9466740 or email
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GOING FOR GROWTH Wednesdays 2pm to 5pm - 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21, 28 March 2012
The Venerable Bob Jackson at St John's College, Chilwell Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham NG9 3DS. This course about how churches grow today is for all clergy and other lay leaders who wish to see their churches flourish and grow numerically and spiritually. Each session will focus on a different aspect of the general road to church growth, but will also give time for your own particular concerns and situation. Price: £85 + lunch or supper as required. Booking deadline: Friday 21 January 2012. Places MUST be booked and paid for in advance. To book: contact Helen Taylor on 0115 968 3221 or 0115 925 1114 or email
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for a booking form or download from http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/assets/PDFs-FORMS-for-download/St-Johns-Nottingham-Going-for-Growth-2012-Booking-Form.pdf. Tel: 0115 968 3221; Email:
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; Website: http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/
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Derby City Council Child Poverty Workshop Thursday 8 March 10am - 2 pm The Quad, Derby
Information / booking contact Jacky Chan, Policy Officer at Derby City Council:
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. Telephone: 01332 643476, Minicom: 01332 25666.
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Buildings for Mission - A Practical Training Day - York, Tuesday 20 March
“Buildings for Mission?” is a practical training day for Clergy, Lay Leaders, DAC Members, Church Architects, Conservation Officers. It’s being organised by the Diocese of York, Christianity & Culture, English Heritage and the Cathedral & Church Buildings Division. The event will take place at St Mary’s, Church Fenton in North Yorkshire. Enquiries
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(01904 328095) Booking
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(01904 699504) Cost £10. Cheques payable to York DBF and send to Training Administration, Diocesan Office, Aviator Court, Clifton Moor, York. YO30 4WJ
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Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Volunteer Management
Do you manage volunteers? Would you like to gain a new nationally recognised qualification - Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management? Areas covered include encouraging and motivating volunteers; managing risk; managing volunteer agreements; promoting volunteering; supporting and supervising volunteers; partnership working; system development to support volunteering and much more!
At present you need to be employed in the sector and have a level 3 qualification (A Levels) or lower to be eligible for this qualification free of charge. Other qualifications are also available including Business Admin, Customer Service, Retail and Health and Social Care. If you are interested or want to know more then please email
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or tel 01332 227717.
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A Free Course of Eight 2.5 Hour Sessions About Getting the Best From Your Teenagers
Meet with other parents/carers to look at the ups and downs of living with teenagers? think about ways of tackling situations at home. Topics include: Building Self Esteem Expectations & Challenges, Listening & Problem Solving Discipline, Drugs, Sex & Relationships. Do you need some extra support and/or ideas about building positive relationships and developing new parenting skills? Any parent/carer living or working in Derbyshire can access one of these FREE courses. If you are interested in attending a course or in referring a client, or if you simply require more information, please contact the Living With Children/Teenagers Team, Derbyshire Community Health Services on 01246 514977 or 514978.
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Free Everyday First Aid Sessions from the British Red Cross
The sessions are a maximum of two hours long and focus on overcoming fears and concerns people may have about delivering first aid as well as teaching them first aid skills which are easy to do, easy to learn and easy to remember. In just a couple of hours, learners can become life-savers. Sessions can be delivered to groups ranging in size from about 8 to 20 people. Sessions are free of charge; although if groups wish to make a donation to support the work of the Red Cross, that is most welcome. (When groups have asked for guidance on this, we’ve suggested £5 to £15 per participant; however it is neither mandatory nor expected.) For more information, please contact, Deborah Webster on (01629) 593335 or email:
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Inside Out
A brand new six-session course produced by Evangelical Alliance, Livability and Tearfund designed to help transform your church and equip you to love your community. It consists of a DVD and free materials. http://www.communitymission.org.uk/insideout/default.aspx The first five people who email
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offering to be Inside Out 'guinea pigs' will get a copy of the DVD free. This involves being committed to testing the resource, feeding back on the website and running the course early in 2012.
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Living With Children/Living With Teenagers Parenting Skills Course programme and Training Opportunities Jan – Mar 2012
Do you work with Children and Families? If so, you may be interested in attending one of the taster days? Or would you be interested in training to become a facilitator and deliver courses to parents/carers in your locality as part of our co-ordinated service?
Living with Teenagers Taster Day:
Tuesday 6 March @ Pinxton Village Hall or Tuesday 20 March (Belper area – venue TBC)
Living With Teenagers (8-week courses for parents with children aged 9-15 years)
• Dronfield Children’s Centre: Thursday 19 January (5.00-7.30pm)
• Shirebrook Children’s Centre: Wednesday 25 January (12.30-3.00pm)
• Hasland Support Centre: Wednesday 1 February (5.30-8.00)
• New Mills Children’s Centre: Wednesday 25 January (6.00-8.30pm)
Living With Children (6-week courses for parents with children aged 0-8 years)
• Matlock Children’s Centre: Thursday 19 January (9.30-11.30am)
• Bolsover Bainbridge Hall: Monday 30 January (12.45-2.45pm)
• Long Eaton Family Support Centre: Tuesday 21 February (12.45-2.45pm)
• Somercotes Parish Hall: Wednesday 22 February (12.45-2.45pm)
If you are interested in attending a course or in referring a client, or if you simply require more information, please contact the LWC/T Team on 01246 514977 or 514978, Email:
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or visit: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/your_health_useful_info/living_with_children_andor_teenagers
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2012 dates for Engaging vulnerable young people: what works?
• The course was developed in response to recommendations from various case reviews and is based on the experiences of colleagues in Safe and Sound Derby and other expert practitioners from around the UK.
Half-day training course and will run twice on each date, in the mornings and afternoons.
• Manchester – Wednesday 29 February
• Nottingham – Wednesday 7 March
• Leeds - Wednesday 15 March
The price per delegate is £99+VAT including refreshments on arrival and break time. To book your place, please click on the link: www.justwhistle.org.uk/events.php.
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Church Urban Fund Online Training
CUF Online Training gives you ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to high quality web-based training and resources - and that includes your staff and volunteer teams or entire management committee. Training resources include an introduction to fundraising, effective governance, time management, health & safety, first aid, safeguarding adults, manual handling, and many more. Register now for a free trial http://www.cufacademy.org.uk/Security/LandingPage.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx&dm_i=5DF,K0UL,POEAP,1MVLP,1
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Lay training opportunities
Starting this autumn there will be three 10 week courses available.
Developing Pastoral Care – run by Joy Bates, Community Action Officer
Parish based Mission and Evangelism run by Lakshmi Jefferies, Mission Officer
Working with Children and Families run by Diocesan Board of Education
For more information or to book contact Esther Elliott (Lay Ministry Officer) 01332 388674,
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or Amy Rees 01332 388670,
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Developing Pastoral Care 10 week course
Tues 11 October St John’s, Walton
Setting the scene – theology and motivation
Tues 8 November St John’s, Walton
Good Practice
Tues 13 December Derby Church House
Context and models of pastoral care
Tues 10 Jan 2012 St John’s, Walton
You as carer / skills
Tues 21 February St John’s, Walton
Skills continued
Tues 13 March Derby Church House
Use of Bible, ritual and prayer
Tues 17 April Derby Church House
Care and loss
Tues 8 May Derby Church House
Care and elderly people
Tues 15 May Derby Church House
Care and Families
Tues 12 June Derby Church House
Cascading Learning through Church
For further details and to book please contact Joy Bates at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 01332 388686. Venues: St John's, Back Lane, Walton, S42 7LT or Derby Church House, Full Street, Derby, DE1 3DR. There is a minimum donation of £4 per session or £35 for the whole course.
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Community Mission Training
Community Mission events calendar for all training on offer.
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Bridges of Faith Project - The Forum of Faiths for Derby
Would you like to learn about different Faiths? Do you have questions you would like to ask about our many faiths? Does your group want to explore how faiths work together? A special session can be created that is just right for your group that everyone can enjoy! Provide the venue and the refreshments and we will come totally free of charge! If you want to know more, or book a session for your group, please call us on 01332 604066 or email us
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. For more information on the Forum of Faiths for Derby and the work they do please see their website www.ffderby.org.uk
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Free DISABILITY INCLUSION TRAINING offered by Umbrella, DASG, Fairplay and Buxton Volunteer Centre
Do you want to learn more about Disability? / Would you like to learn more about including disabled children and young people in your group?
Venue and time to suit. If you would like more information contact Umbrella Volunteer Services tel: 01332 204434 and speak to Joanne or Christine / email:
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Free Social Enterprise master classes
See: http://sdcvs.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/social-enterprise-master-classes/ or tel: 0115 871 4760 or email:
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ICT regional project for third sector
For full details see: http://www.item3.org.uk/Regional_ICT_Project
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Free Moving and Handling Training for Carers
Learn safe moving and handling techniques to protect you from injury. More information contact Stella Moore, tel: 01629 531825.
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Suicide Awareness
This training is open to anyone but targets those whose work (paid or unpaid) is likely to bring them into contact with people who are vulnerable to suicide or self harm. Suicide is a problem for society as a whole. To increase awareness - and to help remove the stigma which can be a barrier for those in need of help - this free half-day training seminar will cover
o The myths and attitudes of suicide
o Find out (and challenge) common assumptions that surround suicide
o Discover the likely suicide risk factors and warning signs
o Find out how you might help someone at risk of suicide and self harm
For details of courses local to you or to be put on the waiting list for future events contact Sharon Lovell tel: 01629 821921 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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High Peak CVS training
Address: 1a Bingswood Industrial Estate, Bingswood Avenue, Whaley Bridge, SK23 7LY. Tel: 01663 735350. See website or contact High Peak CVS for further details and pricing. www.highpeakcvs.org.uk/training/events.asp
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Amber Valley CVS Training Courses www.ambervalleycvs.org.uk/
Tel: 01773 512076, address: 33 Market Place, Ripley, DE5 3HA.
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Derbyshire Dales CVS www.ddcvs.org.uk/training
Address: Agricultural Business Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, DE45 1AH. Tel: 01629 812154
