Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service

  

Training for the Third Sector in Neath Port Talbot

 

Neath Port Talbot CVS provides informal and formal learning opportunities designed to enhance the skills, knowledge and confidence of individuals, voluntary organisations, community groups and volunteers.  

Courses cover a broad range of topics including fundraising, employment law, strategic management, basic food hygiene and first aid. The new flyer for training during January 2010 to February 2010 is available to download.  

What’s on?

 

For a list of courses please visit www.coursesforcommunitiescymru.org.uk or download the programme.  

Don’t see what you need, want more information – or something different?  

Then please talk to us – we can help! Email or call us with your name, organisation, address, and telephone number.  

Cost  

Course fees are kept to a minimum. Third sector organisations are normally expected to pay no more than £20 for a one day course!  

Tailor Made Courses and Facilitation

 

Neath Port Talbot CVS also arranges tailor-made in-house courses and can provide a facilitation service for organisations wanting to hold planning or ‘Away Days’. To discuss your requirements further please contact us.  

  

Learning in the Community

 

Neath Port Talbot CVS is proud to support its partners in the sector who deliver community- based learning opportunities. With many years of experience and expertise in community development, these learning providers help engage with those learners who might otherwise continue to miss out on real personal achievement opportunities.  

Take a look at what they do:  

www.doveworkshopuk.org
www.glynneathtc.org.uk
www.nsasr.co.uk   

Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training

 

One of the key components of the Siaradwn NI project is the provision of ASIST training locally. Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training is a two day workshop that offers intensive training for front-line workers and community members. The emphasis is on teaching suicide first-aid to help a person at risk stay safe and seek further help as needed. ASIST provides practical training for caregivers seeking to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. For more information go to our Siaradwn Ni page.  

OCN Level 1 in Community Food and Nutrition

 

The Local Health Board has funding to run a OCN Level 1 in Community Food and Nutrition for young people aged under 25.  Download the poster for more information.  

Neath Port Talbot CVS and the local learning infrastructure

 

As well as providing courses that meet the needs of the third sector, CVS is actively involved in local and regional networks and partnerships that work together to bring about the best learning opportunities for all communities in the area.  

If you’d like to be involved or have any views about training, education and learning that you’d like us to take up on your behalf, we’d be pleased to her from you.  

For more information on the work of key learning partnerships in the area please visit:  

www.learningpool.org
www.swan.ac.uk/dace
www.estyn.gov.uk  

  

Training for Early Years Development and Childcare

 

Are you involved in working with our much younger age range? Thinking of becoming involved in the childcare sector? If so, this programme will be of interest to you.  

Neath Port Talbot CVS, in collaboration with the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP), arranges a wide range of courses that meet the needs of those working in this sector.  

For more information please visit:  

www.npteydcp.org.uk  

Strategy Launched: ‘Skills That Work for Wales’ – An Employment & Skills Action Plan

July 2008

 

This document is a new skills and employment strategy and action Plan which builds upon and replaces the Skills and Employment Action Plan 2005. The strategy provides a response to the Leitch Review of Skills in the UK and the independent review of the mission and purpose of Further Education (Promise and Performance). This strategy describes the ‘One Wales’ ambition for a highly educated, skilled and high employment Wales. It builds on previous strategies and action plans including The Learning Country: Vision into Action, Wales: A Vibrant Economy, the Skills and Employment Action Plan of 2005, and Words Talk – Numbers Count, our Basic Skills Strategy (2005).  

The strategy and action plan include: new approaches to funding; a more demand responsive skills and business support service; integrated skills and employment services delivered through partnership between the Assembly Government and Department of Work and Pensions; and the transformation of the learning network.  

As the Webb Review noted, we must make best use of public funds and secure good value for money for our investment in ACL. In September 2008 we (Welsh Assembly Government) will publish for consultation a draft policy on ACL, to improve the way we plan, fund and deliver this type of learning, so that it better reflects local priorities. Neath Port Talbot CVS will provide details of the proposed consultation when it becomes available.  

Download a copy of ‘Skills That Work for Wales July 2008′  

WCVA

 

WCVA are holding a number of How to tender training courses. Please find attached Application Form (English and Welsh) and Supplementary Booking Form (English and Welsh)  

• 12 & 13 January 2010, Monmouth
• 8 & 9 February 2010, Swansea
• 23 & 24 March 2010, Wrexham
• 27 & 28 April 2010, Cardiff
• 11 & 12 May 2010, Rhyl
• 29 & 30 June 2010, Carmarthen

 

Cost:£50 for voluntary and community organisations operating in Wales.  

Third sector organisations are increasingly seeking to diversify their income sources by incorporating strategies and techniques to achieve a sustainable funding base. At a time when there is a strong drive towards increased public service delivery by the third sector in Wales, tendering is beginning to replace the traditional route of grant funding. It is vital that the sector responds quickly and innovatively to these changes by understanding the opportunities available and how to take advantage of them. This course will benefit those new to the world of tendering as well as those wishing to gain further insight into the processes involved.  

The Communities First Training Flyer September – October 2009

 

Now available for download online in English and Welsh.  

SNAP Cymru – Training for Young People

 

SNAP Cymru are looking to develop a brilliant training opportunity for young people in Neath Port Talbot. SNAP are attempting to focus primarily on students doing their Welsh Baccalaureate, as this training will enable them to complete many hours of the community participation element of their qualification.  

The training will be nationally accredited through OCN and is offered free. RESPECT covers a wide range of topics regarding disability and social discrimination.  The ultimate outcome for the training is to reduce stigma around disability and provide high quality accredited training to young people with the opportunity for some young people to become volunteers and deliver the RESPECT training to other school groups.  

This training is one of huge community benefit, positive learning opportunities to school pupils, is accredited and supports the PSE framework for schools in Wales.  

Benefits for the peer trainer will include:  

• OCN accreditation,
• Youth Achievement Award,
• Valuable Voluntary Experience,
• Develop CV,
• Combat stigma and gain greater cultural understanding
• Gain new skills,
• Promote citizenship.

 

There will also be many benefits for the school/college including:  

• Links to PSE
• Supports community participation in 14-19 learning pathways
• Combats bullying and supports alternative learning styles
• Peer led education
• Supports young peoples’ future/potential

 

For more information contact the Volunteer Centre on 01639 631387

Bawso Training Programme

Bawso are holding a number of training programmes throughout March – May 2010.  The dates are listed below: 

Forced Marriage

26th February 2010 

13th April 2010 

17th May 2010

Female Genital Mutilation

23rd March 2010 

7th April 2010 

20th May 2010

Domestic Abuse from a BME Perspective

27th April 2010 

24th May 2010

Cultural Diversity

30th April 2010 

18th May 2010

Victims of Trafficking

19th March,2010 

23rd April 2010

12th May 2010

All training will be held in Swansea but the specific venue is to be advised.  For more information please  contact Lorraine Johnson on 02920 644633 or lorraine@bawso.org.uk

FREE taster sessions

Some free taster sessions are being hosting locally across your area. All the tasters and courses are for all employees of Corus, their family members and those who live and work in Neath, Port Talbot, Pontarddulais and Llanwern. To book a place or for more information please contact Jackie Owen Partnership Development Officer, Community – The Union for Life on jowen@community-tu.org. Places are limited, due to access to computers. Special criteria applies. The flyer is available to download.  

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship – ESDGC

Researching the needs of the Adult and Community Learning (ACL) Sector

The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) has commissioned a research project to review the needs of the ACL sector in Wales and identify the possibilities for effective support networks. These will support and promote the embedding of ESDGC into the delivery of learning and also at an organisational/institutional level. There are strategic and operational questions – please answer or skip over as appropriate. The deadline for submissions is Friday 22nd January.  

Anonymity and confidentiality are guaranteed. It is an inclusive study and your participation is important. The work will contribute to future developments in ESDGC. Please take 5—10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.