6a. Training within the Voluntary and Community Sector

Manchester Community Central

Manchester Community Central brings together up-to-date training opportunities including a range of different topics for example, negotiation skills, health and safety, first aid and outcomes training. They also hold a list of local training providers, this list is essential reading for those organisations looking to develop their training needs.

Fore more information please follow this link: http://www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/training

Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisations

GMCVO is the support (infrastructure) organisation for the voluntary sector in the sub-region of Greater Manchester. Their aim is to strengthen the voluntary sector, build bridges with other sectors, and influence local and national policy. Their work is representing, promoting and developing voluntary organisations, working in partnership with other organisations doing similar work.
Their training is delivered by the voluntary sector for the voluntary sector, designed specifically to meet the development needs of workers and their organisations.
All their courses are available both to individuals joining our advertised open programmes and to organisations wishing to develop programmes specific to their needs.

For more information about the training offered by GMCVO follow this link: http://www.gmcvo.org.uk/training

Learning, Skills and Employment Network (LSEN)

The learning, skills and employment network (LSEN) provides a single point of contact for all Third Sector learning, skills and employment training providers across Manchester.
Their three key objectives are:
1. Connecting Third Sector learning providers with each other and with public and private sector providers.
2. Providing a voice for Third Sector learning providers locally, regionally and nationally.
3. Improving performance and building capacity of Third Sector learning providers.
The LSEN is not a provider of learning, skills or employability training itself but actually provides the mechanism by which third sector provider’s active in these fields can contribute to and have a voluntary sector input to strategic planning.

For more information about the work of the LSEN follow this link: http://www.lsen.org.uk/



Toolkit Index

1.    Introduction
2.    Developing your Organisation
       a.    Organisation 
       b.    Employees  
       c.    Moving Forward
3.    How to? Guides
4.    Safeguarding
5.    Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
6.    Personal and Professional Development
       a.    Training within the Voluntary Sector
       b.    Training within the Local Authority
       c.    Links to Local Education Establishments
7.    Job Profiles
8.    Glossary