1968 Courses in Coventry

This half day course is designed for new treasurers, general trustees and management committee members or staff who work in smaller organisations to understand the basics of how to manage the finances within a voluntary or community organisation. It covers all the essential issues ranging from drawing up a budget to ensuring that the organisation has sound financial procedures.

This half day course is designed to help staff working in statutory agencies, and local representatives, understand the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), how the management of European funding for Social Inclusion is changing and requiring more partnership working, and the opportunities and issues that arise in working in partnership with the VCS.

This half day course is designed to help participants in the voluntary and community sector to monitor and evaluate the work of their organisation effectively and ensure that their working practices are robust and fit for purpose. It can also be relevant to those staff in statutory agencies who work on community projects.

This half day course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to write a simple but effective business plan for their organisation. It considers aspects of why business planning is important, what background research is needed, what subject areas to include and how to monitor progress against the business plan. For in-house courses the session could be extended to a whole day with participants spending the afternoon working on a first draft of a business plan.

For all staff members.

For all staff who are responsible for delivering the appraisal process - typically team leaders, supervisors and managers.

For all staff members involved in the recruitment and interviewing process.

For anyone wishing to improve their time management at work.

For many people, giving a presentation is a daunting prospect - sleep is lost and nails are bitten. Delivering a presentation has been rated as the thing business people most dread. In a survey, people placed death as number 7 on the list!

For all staff members who use the telephone as part of their normal duties.