Harbourside Training

First Aid– 2 Appointed Person Courses. 

Cost:  £25.00 per person for voluntary and charitable organisations,  £45 for others.

30 April 2008    Time 9.30 – 3.30.  Venue: Fareham Community Church, The King’s Centre, 171 - 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF.

8 May 2008    Time 9.30 – 3.30.  Venue: Gosport Voluntary Action, Martin Snape House, 96 Pavilion Way, Gosport, PO12 1FG
 PLEASE NOTE LUNCH IS NOT PROVIDED AT EITHER VENUE

Awareness of Mental Health - Wednesday 7 May  2008

This is an introduction to mental illness for anyone who needs or would like a better awareness of the issues. The session will explore the most common forms of mental illness, how people's behaviour can be affected and lives impacted.

After the course delegates will feel more positive about mental illness,  understand what resources are out there to support people and feel more confident themselves in dealing with and supporting those living with mental distress.

Time:  9.30 - 1.30.  Venue: Fareham Community Church, The Kings Centre, 171 - 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF

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 Safe Recruiting - Including the new ISA requirements - Tuesday 13 May 2008.

Safe recruitment is essential to keep children and vulnerable adults safe and the CRB check is one of the safeguards we can put in place. 

In the autumn,  the “ISA” system will start and all organisations who work in this area  need to ensure that they are operating good recruitment practices. 

This training session will cover what the law requires, what is best practice and both the CRB and ISA processes.  The course is intended for everyone involved in any way with  the recruitment and supervision of staff, including committee members.   

 Time 9.30 - 3.30. Venue: Fareham Community Church, The Kings Centre, 171 - 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF .

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Personal Safety and Lone Working - Friday 16 May 2008

This course is aimed at all those who need to know how to work alone safely or who are responsible for the safety of others working alone.  You will learn about: personal safety rights and responsibilities’ the 5 points of risk assessment, tips and ideas for reducing vulnerability, identifying hazards and what tools there are to help. Highly participative with lots of group work and discussion.  

The session will be led by a Suzy Lamplugh accredited trainer.

Time: 9.30 – 12.30

Venue: Leigh Park Community Centre, Dunsbury Way, Leigh Park, Havant, PO9 5BC

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This practical workshop is for anyone who is about to take on a role as chair or would like to be more confident or effective at chairing meetings. It is also suitable for those who may in the future take on the role.  

The session outlines the chair’s role throughout the process from agenda preparation, keeping the meeting to time, to controlling the meeting and participants when necessary! 

You will learn best practice for chairing different types of meetings and adapting to different organisations and people as well as techniques in how to involve everyone and come to consensus decisions.

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This workshop is for anyone working or volunteering in a community environment, and who is tasked with assessing the needs of that community for the development of services, future planning or fundraising. 

After the session you will be able to define the role of your organisation within your community and  understand how to identify it’s  needs.  It will enable you to learn the methods used to assess what is needed and where to find the statistical evidence to back up your findings. 

You will also have learned how to turn those findings into outcomes such as funding and services.

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Certificated Food Hygiene Course  - Thursday 22 May 2008

This course is a requirement for all those preparing, cooking or handling food.

On the successful completion of this course you will be awarded the RIPH Certificate in the fundamentals of food hygiene.  You will acquire all the necessary knowledge for correct food handling. 

The course covers: types of bacteria, food poisoning, prevention of contamination, premises and pest control, cleaning and disinfection and the law, as well as high risk foods, risk assessment and personal hygiene requirements.   Please bring your own lunch

What is the role of partnerships in developing community strategies and services and how do we get the best from them?

This course examines the nature and purpose of partnerships, their structure and their impact on services in the community. It will help you to define your organisation’s role, to be clear about your and the other partner’s objectives, to ensure equal representation and to enable good communication between the wider community and the partnership.  

This workshop is for those who are operating or about to operate within a partnership, or anyone who needs to understand more about how they work. Like all our workshops a key part of the session is group work and learning from other’s experiences.

Time: 9.30 – 1.30

Venue:  The Kings Centre, 171 – 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF

You will learn how to sort data, mail merge, do simple formulae and create graphs/charts from your data and print as you want it to appear.  This course will show you how easy it really is! 

Venue: The West End Centre, Neville Lovett School, St Anne’s Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ

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What is the Voluntary Sector? - Workshop  Thursday 12 June 2008

The voluntary and community sector is becoming more important in the delivery of services to the community.

This workshop will give a thorough overview of the voluntary sector, how it works, what it does and the large scale and scope of it's activities.  It will be invaluable to those who are employees, volunteers or trustees in the sector and  those in the public service or private sector who work with or want to work with voluntary organisations.

After the course, you will be familiar with the terminology, how the sector operates, what it does and how it interacts with others via networks and partnerships. The workshop will be participative, lively and include a mix of presentation, quizzes, group work and case studies.

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This beginner's course is intended for those who would like to sue Publisher to produce newsletters, banners and leaflets and learn to mail merge for more effective communication., The session will be hands on and you will have the opportunity to create a leaflet or banner on the day, assisted by the trainer.

You will learn how to create templates and documents and attendees will need to have used Word before to create basic documents.

Venue: The West End Centre, Neville Lovett School, St Anne’s Grove, Fareham, PO14 1JJ

This session will include the principals for policy writing and implementation and will include reference to quality systems.  The majority of the session will be practical workshop to change template policies into ones especially for your organisation - then you can take them away!

During the session, you will be able to:

Consider what policies you need. Understand the usual format of policy statements. Be able to identify what should go into procedures and processes. Use template policies to create your own to take away with you.

Time: 9.30 - 1.30

Venue: The Kings Centre, 171 – 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF

net:gain has been specifically developed to help third sector organisations get the most from their ICT.  The workshop is not a technical one but is intended for those responsible for the strategic planning and direction of their organisations. The day will enable you to build an effective technology plan in 10 simple steps.

After the course, you will be able to:

Understand your internal processes and get the most out of technology

Develop an action plan for technology implementation and training

Boost the confidence of your people

Access the funds you need for investment in new technology

Access ongoing coaching and support

Save time and money and avoid costly mistakes

 In addition to the workshop, attendees will receive:    2 free on site consultancy sessions, on line toolkits and guides, up to 90% discount on Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco hardware and software, coaching through your plans plus help with implementing technology.

Time: 9.30 - 3.00

Venue: The Kings Centre, 171 – 173 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF

Cost: Organisations with under 3 FTE - £75 plus VAT pp.  Under 10 FTE - £180 plus VAT pp.     Over 10 FTE £399 plus VAT pp.

This course is for paid or unpaid people in community groups/voluntary organisations.

It is vital that no one feels excluded from services being provided, this course will help you to ensure that all the community you serve is represented.  The session will look at barriers to participation and how to counter them.  It will explore stereotyping and how and why judge people as well as legislation relating to Equal Opportunities.  The session will be participative and with a lively mix of discussion, case study, quiz and games.

Time 9.30 – 1.30.  Venue: Gosport Voluntary Action, Martin Snape House, 96 Pavilion Way, Gosport, PO12 1FG

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The booking form can be emailed to:
training@farehamaction.org.uk