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Marketing for Training Managers
LSE Health and Social Care Seminar: Social policy in an ageing society

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Column Idol – Are you 18-25?
PQASSO: the essentials – FREE online course
Schedule of training events from the Refugee Council
Getting community buildings right: refurbishing community buildings and training and events on design
Seminar now available for free online – top 10 ways to increase participation

Marketing for Training Managers

Date: Friday 23 September 2011
Location: Central London
Cost: FREE

Do you organise and promote training and courses for other voluntary sector organisations and community groups? If so, you are invited to a one-day course on writing effective promotional material for your organisation’s training.
This opportunity is aimed exclusively at charity and voluntary sector training managers, please see criteria on the webpage. To register your place, complete the short application here. Can’t make the date? Complete the application anyway and NGO media will let you know about further training dates.

LSE Health and Social Care Seminar: Social policy in an ageing society

Date: Thursday 9 June, 3-5pm
Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science

This event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required as places are limited. Please register by emailing lsehsc@lse.ac.uk. For further information, you can contact Champa Heidbrink and Anji Mehta on lsehsc@lse.ac.uk or view the website

Column Idol - Are you 18-25?

Media Trust partner with The Sun to find raw, undiscovered talent.

Media Trust and The Sun have come together to launch Column Idol 2011, a competition fronted by music star Jessie J.
The competition, now in its second year, offers 18-25 year olds the chance to be mentored by top journalists – with one lucky winner getting the chance to have their column printed in The Sun.

"This is a fantastic chance for anyone who likes writing and has an opinion. Young people are always saying that they want to be heard, and this is an opportunity for them to step up and do it!” Jessie J, Column Idol spokesperson.
Six writers will be shortlisted and mentored by top journalists from The Sun who will help them polish their ideas and support them as they write their columns.

Those shortlisted will present their columns to a high-profile judging panel including The Sun’s Editor Dominic Mohan and columnist Jane Moore. The final winner will receive the prize of having their column printed in the newspaper in September 2011.

Download the Column Idol 2011 information support pack, flyer and poster. Deadline for application for entries is Monday 20 June at midday.

PQASSO: the essentials - FREE online course

Do you find it difficult to get time away from the office? Do you want to learn more about PQASSO and the PQASSO Quality Mark?

If you do, Charities Evaluation Service’s FREE online training course PQASSO: the essentials was designed specifically for you. You will find out about the benefits of PQASSO, learn how to carry out a self-assessment and have systematic guidance on how to achieve the PQASSO Quality Mark.

Schedule of training events from the Refugee Council

The programme is open to all Refugee Community Organisations and includes sessions on social enterprise, evidencing need in funding applications, running a project, fundraising, “Train the Trainer”and governance. Courses are all specifically designed with RCOs in mind and are run by development officers to help groups take practical steps in these areas.
Full details and booking information are on the Refugee Council's website

Getting community buildings right: refurbishing community buildings and training and events on design

The Glass-House Community Led Design is a national charity, working to help local people and regeneration professionals make better community buildings, spaces, homes and neighbourhoods. It has helped improve local areas throughout the UK and continues to reach community groups who are passionate about changing their neighbourhood.

There are a series of events coming up around London in the next 3 months. Free places are available on all of training and events, but are limited and must be pre-booked. To find out more, visit the “What’s On” page of our website www.theglasshouse.org.uk or call 020 7490 4583 to speak to a member of the team.

Seminar now available for free online – top 10 ways to increase participation

The response to the free “Top 10 ways to increase participation seminar” (featured in e-news bulletin 115) has been great. However the feedback from some participants was the trip to London did make up for a two-hour seminar
So, to help those people access the content , the seminar is now available online. You can access it as seven individual lessons – each about 5-15 minutes long. If you sign up, then you will receive one of these a day for seven days.

To learn more or sign up go to www.howtoincreaseparticipation.com.