Community Development Workshops in January
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- Tuesday, 07 January 2025 11:10
- Lynn Dougal
Durham Community Action run Community Development Workshops to assist voluntary and community groups to manage their organisations effectively,
All workshops take place online (except Community Engagement session) and are fully funded; attendance is free although booking in advance is required to secure places.
Click on the links below for full details
Understanding Trustee Responsibilities and Good Governance
Thursday 9 January 10.00 - 11.30am
This workshop is for new trustees explaining your responsibilities within the organisation and how to develop an action plan to ensure best practice. It will cover understanding the importance of good governance, identifying trustee responsibilities and establishing best practice.
Monday 13 January 2.00 - 4.00pm
Through a live online Zoom event, Andy Bailey, Lead Officer for Safe Durham Partnership, Economic Partnership and Prevent will deliver a workshop to provide awareness of Prevent.
The training will support and update your knowledge in:
- Protecting people from radicalising influences
- Supporting you to build resilience to extremist narratives
- Identifying any vulnerabilities or worrying changes in behaviour
- Knowing what to do if you have concerns
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Workshop
Tuesday 14 January 10.00 - 11.30am
This workshop will cover the benefits of DBS and you (employer or voluntary organisation) working together, the different levels of DBS check and when an employee is eligible for a check and what ‘regulated activity’ is.
It will be delivered by Julia Mitchinson from the Disclosure and Barring Service
Completing a Funding Application - Bring your Project to Life
Thursday 23 January 10.00 - 11.30am
This workshop is aimed at volunteer led organisations and community groups. It will support you to complete a funding application, and will cover understanding the basics of applying for grant funding, how to link your project to a funders’ criteria and a demonstration of the Durham4Community grant finder programme.
Tuesday 28 January 10.00 - 11.30am
This workshop is aimed at volunteer coordinators or staff responsible for managing volunteers. It will cover understanding what volunteer boundaries are, identifying the need for clear boundaries, using boundaries to support people and best practice ways to ensure volunteers understand their responsibilities
Thursday 30th January 10.00 - 11.30am
This workshop is aimed at volunteer led organisations and community groups.
It will look at why it is important to engage with your community, the best ways to complete research, using social media to promote your organisation and having an engagement strategy.
This event will take place at the Durham Community Action offices in Low Willington
