Training for Women’s Organisations in London : January to April 2009
Hackney funding seminar
Date: Thursday 29 January 2009
Time: 9.30am – 2.00pm
Venue: Hackney CVS
Come listen and pose your questions to inspiring experts in fundraising, commissioning, trading and partnership building. They will share pearls of wisdom about how you could make your organisation more financially stable. There will also be an opportunity to network with other women’s organisations at the event.
Speakers will include:
* Em Ekong, Director, Urban Inclusion Community Ltd, The FEAT Project, “Social Enterprise- How to make it work for the women’s sector”.
* Supriya Horn, Head of Sustainability and Development, WRC
* Pippa Judd, Counselling Services Manager, BHT Threshold (Brighton)
This seminar is free and open to all women’s organisations in London.
Building relationships with funders and commissioners
Date: Tuesday 10 February 2009
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: WRC
Wouldn’t it be great to have someone advocating for you when funding priorities and decisions are being made? Influencing and building relationships with funders and commissioning staff is key to ensuring that your organisation gets access to funds. We will look at practical ways that you can build relationships using a step by step approach.
This training is free and open to all women’s organisations in London.
Commissioning and procurement – understanding the basics
Date: Thursday 26 February 2009
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: WRC
With the move from grants to contracts, women’s organisations have to learn new skills to engage in the new processes. This course will focus on the Supporting People procurement and commissioning process as a basis for understanding the principles in general. It will also highlight what to look out for in tenders and contracts and address specific issues around funding women-only services.
This training is free and open to all women’s organisations in London.
Developing effective partnerships
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2009
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: WRC
Partnerships are one way women’s organisations struggling to secure larger amounts of funding may be able to survive. This course looks at the different aspects of partnership working that you need to think about to make an informed decision about going into partnership and to ensure the partnership is effective and benefits your existing work.
This training is free and open to all women’s organisations in London.
Social enterprise and the women’s sector
Date: Thursday 2 April 2009
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: WRC
A social enterprise is a business with primarily social aims, whose profits are put back into the organisation or the community it serves. This course will help women’s organisations to understand what social enterprise is, how it relates to them and how to take advantage of the range of opportunities on offer.
This training is free and open to all women’s organisations in London.
Introduction to developing a sustainable funding mix
Date: Tuesday 21 April 2009
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: WRC
Grants to women’s organisations are reducing rapidly and in order to survive in such uncertain times, organisations need to look at other forms of funding. If you are looking to develop a more sustainable funding mix, this course is for you. It will introduce the different funding options available and help you to start exploring what might be most appropriate for you.
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You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support offered by the Women’s Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the training and support on offer…
To book your place on any of these session, please download our booking form (Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development@wrc.org.uk. If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047
