We now offer all our training online. As we are not having to pay for venues we are passing that saving on to you, so all of these courses will cost only £8.00 per person. or £6.00 per person for those organisations that have paid a membership subscription to Community Matters.
To book places either click on the blue workshop title below, or contact admin@communitymatters.org.uk
Mon 27th January 11.30am – How to Make Your Social Media More Engaging
Do you get the most engagement from your Twitter, Facebook or your Instagram posts? Why do some posts get more clicks than others? How to increase engagement.
Tues 4th February – The Essential Trustee
This short session is designed for Trustees of charities to help understand their role, responsibilities and duties.
Tues 18th February – Legal Issues Around Managing Volunteers in England and Wales
This session introduces the key legal issues around managing volunteers. It will signpost participants to the headline information, policies and procedures which your organisation will need to be aware of, and what needs to be put in place to help you deliver your legal responsibilities to volunteers and those they support. This is not intended to replace advice from a legal professional.
Tues 4th March – Management Accounts for Small Organisations
What do management accounts look like and why should you do them? The session will look at:
- why we do them,
- how to do them,
- when to do them,
- what we do with them
This session is delivered by our colleagues at HSl Accountancy Solutions
Tues 25th March – Effective Bid Writing
Do you struggle writing successful funding bids? This session will take you through the key practical steps in describing the essential elements of your project, to tell funders what they need to know.
Tues 8th April – Operational Plans
Operational plans are often called many things, but it’s the plan that lasts for about a year and is often in-depth. This is perhaps one of the most important documents an organisation has. It should set out what you are going to do for the coming year and often forms the basis of how you report your progress to trustees and stakeholders. The workshop will look at ways to create this document to make your life easy.
Thurs 24th April – Where Are Your Next Generation of Volunteers
Volunteer numbers have been falling since 2020. Considerable changes have occurred in how the public wants to volunteer. There has also been a rise in younger people wanting to give back to their communities, contribute to their environment, and make a difference in their neighbourhoods.
It is important for any group to start thinking about how it can adapt and remove the barriers so that younger people can get involved in volunteering. This session will offer you some practical ways to make volunteering for your organisation more appealing to younger people.
Tues 20th May – Safeguarding for Trustees and Community Buildings
This session will look at the legislation, and what trustees need to know and do. It will also look at how best to apply it in a community building setting where you may be hiring space but have little direct interaction with the vulnerable people attending the activities.
Tues 27th May – GDPR and Data Security
Who is trying to access your data and what are the implications of this? Also, what can you do to make it more difficult for people to steal your data.
As you create new projects, or adapt them, how can you check whether they are making the difference that you want them to?
Trusts and givers want to know that their money makes a difference, but how do you prove it?
Mon 9th June 11.30am – How to use Canva for Social Media
Canva is the great free-to-use online graphic design tool which you can use to create great graphics as well as presentations and videos amongst other things. This is an introductory session about Canva with a few tips about using it for social media.
Tues 17th June – Introduction to Engaging with Businesses: Five Things I Wish I’d Known
Community Matters offers this basic introduction to engaging and connecting with your local business community. This session is aimed at small charities and voluntary groups, whether they are at the beginning of their journey in engaging with businesses or wish to develop stronger contacts.
Tues 8th July – Reserves – What They Are and How to Calculate Them
Reserves are a critical element when building small charity resilience. However, they are often, for very valid reasons, miscalculated. The session will look at Why we hold reserves, how to calculate reserves, what a good reserves policy looks like and how to report on reserves.