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November 20 2008 (select) |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
£110/165 + VAT London | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED The aim of this lively event is to provide an introduction to project management for people working in small to medium sized organisations. The event is designed to help both people who are completely new to project management and also people who are already busy managing projects and looking to acquire some tools and techniques to help them manage more effectively. The main aim of the day is to help you plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate your projects systematically, in order to measure your success, and to maximise learning. The style of the day will be participative and fun. | ||
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November 25 2008 (select) |
GETTING LOCAL PEOPLE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED
£110/165 + VAT Birmingham | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED How can we genuinely involve local people in our work? How can we make sure people have a good time and want to do more? How can we make sure their involvement works for us too? This interactive and very popular event will provide you with methods for increasing the involvement of local people in environmental projects. Using lessons from our own work, the day begins by looking at what encourages people to get involved and ends by designing involvement opportunities in your own projects and activities. The event will be of interest to staff working in environmental and countryside situations who work with communities as part of their job, including community forest staff, rangers, rights of way and access staff, project managers, field and project officers, woodland officers, rural community councils and local authority staff. It is also suitable for volunteers and members of voluntary groups who want to increase their membership. It will be most suitable for people at project officer level who have some experience, but those new in post who would like to gain insight and ideas for working with communities will find plenty to inspire them. | ||
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November 26 2008 (select) |
DESIGNING YOUR OWN EVALUATION TOOLS
£110/165 + VAT Birmingham | |
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New Course This event is aimed at people and organisations that have experience of planning and have already developed organisational or project objectives, and are now looking at monitoring success towards achieving those objectives. The day will cover setting performance indicators, and designing and implementing systems and tools for monitoring and evaluation. It will build on participants' knowledge and experience of their organisation or project, and in order to get the most out of the day you need to come with clearly defined objectives that you could work on as a case study. You should be ready to set indicators and happy to start designing systems and tools for monitoring and evaluation. The trainer will provide sufficient examples and relevant guidance to make this a very worthwhile practical session for everyone. | ||
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November 27 2008 (select) |
EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
£110/165 + VAT Doncaster | |
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Launched in November 2006, the ‘Learning Outside the Classroom’ Manifesto aims to set out a shared vision for out of the classroom learning that schools, youth groups, local authorities and other providers can sign up to, underpinned by practical actions. This new event will explore the scope of Learning Outside the Classroom and the benefits to children and young people. It will look at the barriers to out of classroom learning, including Child Welfare and Safety issues and how these might be overcome. It will also look at the opportunities for partnerships between schools, youth groups and other providers to support Learning Outside the Classroom and links with other initiatives, including Extended Schools, Every Child Matters, Youth Matters and the DCSF Sustainable Schools Action Plan. This event will be of interest to teachers, youth workers, and organisations working with schools to encourage out of the classroom learning. | ||
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December 2 2008 (select) |
ENERGY EDUCATION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
£110/165 + VAT Manchester | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED A practical, participative workshop to show how learning about energy efficiency can be made fun and exciting for all ages. You will explore and experience a wide range of ideas and tools, games and interactive activities suitable for both inside and outside the school environment, in both formal and informal settings, to educate and encourage young people in how to use energy more wisely. This event is ideal for anyone wanting to work in energy efficiency with young people, or working with young people on environmental issues who wishes to add an energy efficiency dimension. | ||
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December 3 2008 (select) |
TEN STEP APPROACH TO A CAMPAIGN STRATERGY
£110/165 + VAT Bristol | |
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New Course Many organisations grapple with the idea of becoming a campaigning organisation, complementing their programme work on the ground with lobbying activities, popular campaigning or media work. But planning a campaign can be a daunting and complex undertaking, which is why we have broken it up into ten steps that you almost always have to follow to design a robust campaign strategy. The event first of all takes you through the analysis phase of issue identification, setting the goal, PEST analysis, power analysis, influence maps, SWOT analysis and routes to influence. The second part of the day is focused on the steps needed to set SMART objectives, plan the activities that make up the campaign, be it a media campaign, lobbying campaign or public campaign, or a mix of these. This event is aimed at people and organisations that are either already running a campaign and wish to sharpen it up, or those who are designing a campaigns programme from scratch. You will be provided with sufficient examples and relevant guidance to bring the ten steps to life and lay a solid foundation for you to get involved in or lead campaign development in your organisation. | ||
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December 4 2008 (select) |
INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING
£110/165 + VAT London | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED Are you new to fundraising? Or do you need to take a fresh look at your fundraising practices? This event is essential to give you a sound introduction to the principles of fundraising from statutory and non-statutory sources, the tools for understanding key donors, and what you need to develop a successful fundraising strategy. The event will be suitable for beginners and anyone involved in fundraising as part of their role. It provides an excellent grounding before attending our ever popular ‘Preparing effective funding applications’ held on 28 January 2009 event by the same trainer. | ||
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December 9 2008 (select) |
INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION SKILLS
£110/165 + VAT Doncaster | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED This enjoyable and fun event will provide the opportunity and supportive atmosphere in which to develop your skills and confidence in making presentations. The event is aimed at those who want to develop their presentation style or who are nervous at giving presentations. It will look at managing nerves, boosting self-confidence and dealing with difficult questions. You will be able to plan, prepare and practise delivery techniques and learn how to use and make the best of the visual aids commonly used in giving presentations - such as flip charts, overhead projectors and data projectors (e.g. for using PowerPoint). | ||
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December 10 2008 (select) |
IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS
£110/165 + VAT Doncaster | |
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND This enjoyable and fun event will look at managing nerves, boosting self-confidence, dealing with difficult questions, optimising the use of visual aids and will consider the use of other creative delivery techniques. It will also provide the opportunity and supportive atmosphere in which to develop your skills and confidence in making presentations. The event is aimed at those who already have some experience of preparing and delivering presentations, and now wish to make them more effective at making an impact with a target audience. | ||
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December 11 2008 (select) |
WORKING WITH ‘FRIENDS OF….’ GROUPS
£110/165 + VAT Manchester | |
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Repeated due to popular demand This event is designed for environmental professionals whose work involves setting up and working with ‘Friends of …’ groups, such as community forest staff, rangers, project managers, field and project officers, woodland officers, rural community council and local authority staff. The programme will look at the role of the support officer, setting up a group, constitutions, roles for members, action planning, and providing long term support. The event is most suitable for those who are new to working with friends groups, but those with a little experience or who are experiencing difficulties should also find it useful. | ||
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January 15 2009 (select) |
WORKING WITH SCHOOLS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
£110/165 + VAT Manchester | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED Sustainable Development Education has a higher profile than ever before. This popular event will explore practical examples, including how voluntary organisations, local authorities and others can work in partnership with schools and young people to develop understanding of sustainable development and support informed action. It will introduce a range of approaches and frameworks for investigating sustainable development issues with children/young people, and include planning and evaluation, the National Curriculum, information and resources available. The event will be of interest to teachers and local authority officers, community and environmental workers who work with schools. | ||
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January 20 2009 (select) |
WRITING NEWSLETTERS THAT WORK!
£110/165 + VAT Plymouth | |
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VERY EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED Would you like to write a newsletter that people actually READ, not put aside to “look at later”? If you are responsible for writing or editing a newsletter, there are writing techniques you need to know about! Your trainer is a writer and journalist who will share with you how to write a lively and readable newsletter. You’ll get hands-on practice at writing and editing, with feedback from a professional. Please note this is not a DTP course - it’s about improving your written communication skills and getting your message across – effectively. | ||
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January 22 2009 (select) |
MANAGE YOUR TIME – achieving a better work-life balance
£110/165 + VAT Birmingham | |
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Would you like greater job satisfaction and a more fulfilling personal life? By managing your time well you can achieve much more without working harder, as well as creating thinking time, reducing stress and achieving your work and personal goals. This interactive event will help you analyse the way you are currently using your time and how you can take control by prioritising and planning on a short, medium and long term basis – and how you can harness your own energy levels for maximum efficiency. The practical techniques and systems which you will learn at this event will have a dramatic immediate effect, and can be used on a lifelong basis to create more personal time and achieve a better work-life balance. The event is suitable for anyone wishing to improve their time management skills. | ||
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January 28 2009 (select) |
PREPARING EFFECTIVE FUNDING APPLICATIONS
£110/165 + VAT Bristol | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED This popular event will cover the principles of preparing and writing effective funding bids and applications. It will include interpreting what the funder wants, reading between the lines, examples of funding packs or when there’s no guidance, styles and formats for presenting your case, and other aspects such as budgets, matchfunding, monitoring and evaluation requirements. It will best suit those who have some experience of fundraising and are faced with preparing larger bids and more complex applications. Our ‘Introduction to Fundraising’ event by the same trainer on 4 December 2008 provides an excellent grounding for this event. | ||
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February 3 2009 (select) |
DESIGNING YOUR OWN TRAINING COURSES
£110/165 + VAT Manchester | |
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This practically focused event looks at all aspects of designing training courses from scratch, and explores how to make your training appropriate to your audience. It will cover how to decide what information to include, what to leave out, and what exercises and methods to use. It will also include information for anyone needing to design courses for accrediting bodies such as OCN or for an NVQ. The event is designed for anyone who is new to designing training activities or who has been struggling to design specific training programmes. | ||
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February 4 2009 (select) |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
£110/165 + VAT Manchester | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED The aim of this lively event is to provide an introduction to project management for people working in small to medium sized organisations. The event is designed to help both people who are completely new to project management and also people who are already busy managing projects and looking to acquire some tools and techniques to help them manage more effectively. The main aim of the day is to help you plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate your projects systematically, in order to measure your success, and to maximise learning. The style of the day will be participative and fun. | ||
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February 5 2009 (select) |
GETTING LOCAL PEOPLE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED
£110/165 + VAT London | |
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VERY POPULAR – EARLY BOOKING RECOMMENDED How can we genuinely involve local people in our work? How can we make sure people have a good time and want to do more? How can we make sure their involvement works for us too? This interactive and very popular event will provide you with methods for increasing the involvement of local people in environmental projects. Using lessons from our own work, the day begins by looking at what encourages people to get involved and ends by designing involvement opportunities in your own projects and activities. The event will be of interest to staff working in environmental and countryside situations who work with communities as part of their job, including community forest staff, rangers, rights of way and access staff, project managers, field and project officers, woodland officers, rural community councils and local authority staff. It is also suitable for volunteers and members of voluntary groups who want to increase their membership. It will be most suitable for people at project officer level who have some experience, but those new in post who would like to gain insight and ideas for working with communities will find plenty to inspire them. | ||
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February 10 2009 (select) |
THE LANDFILL COMMUNITES FUND (formerly The Landfill Tax)
£110/165 + VAT Birmingham | |
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Repeated due to popular demand The Landfill Communities Fund is the new name of the former Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and now has more money to distribute. This event examines how local community environmental projects are benefiting from the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF), which will potentially have £65 million available this year. It covers regulatory and administrative procedures, eligibility criteria for projects, the potential for developing local partnerships, aspects such as budgetary considerations and planning adequate monitoring and evaluation systems. It also includes researching and approaching landfill operators and their distributive bodies, how to make your project as attractive as possible, and some alternative sources for funding projects no longer covered by the Landfill Communities Fund. The event is suitable for anyone with responsibility for project funding who is considering the Landfill Communities Fund for the first time, or who wants an update on the scheme. | ||
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February 11 2009 (select) |
WORKING WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
£110/165 + VAT Bristol | |
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Repeated due to popular demand This event will provide an introduction to the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4, including opportunities and requirements related to environmental education and Sustainable Development Education. It will explore case studies of successful partnerships between organisations and Secondary schools linked to the National Curriculum, and will introduce examples of resources developed to meet the needs of Secondary schools and the National Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4. It will also consider some of the practicalities and challenges of working with Secondary schools. The event is aimed at local authority officers, community and environmental workers wishing to work more effectively with Secondary Schools. | ||
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February 18 2009 (select) |
WORKING WITH ‘FRIENDS OF….’ GROUPS
£110/165 + VAT Doncaster | |
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Repeated due to popular demand This event is designed for environmental professionals whose work involves setting up and working with ‘Friends of …’ groups, such as community forest staff, rangers, project managers, field and project officers, woodland officers, rural community council and local authority staff. The programme will look at the role of the support officer, setting up a group, constitutions, roles for members, action planning, and providing long term support. The event is most suitable for those who are new to working with friends groups, but those with a little experience or who are experiencing difficulties should also find it useful. | ||
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