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Internet Fundraising course and Event management course

Date:  Monday 27 September
Venue:  Shelter Training, City Forum, Near Old Street Tube
The Internet Fundraising course takes place from 9.30am to 12.30pm and covers:

The Event Management course takes place from 1.30pm to 4.30pm and covers:

Each course costs £59 plus VAT
You can book online at www.companysolutions.biz. Every course includes a full course handbook on disc in PDF format.  All courses are subject to our standard terms and conditions viewable on every course detail on our website.

A marketers' guide to using Google Analytics - free webinars

Google Analytics is an effective tool for analysing how well your website is performing. Don't miss the brand new series of live webinars every Wednesday from 1st September that will teach you step-by-step how to use Google Analytics to increase traffic to your website and landing page ROI. More information.

ICT Champions

The NAVCA ICT Champions programme is now in its final year of funding from Capacitybuilders. Here is a summary of the activity planned for this year based on feedback directly to the ICT Champions and through NAVCA surveys. The programme will focus on the development and production of training materials, fact sheets, guidebooks and research into relevant areas of ICT. These will all be made available for you to use and for you to pass on to your members.

The three areas we are focussing on this year are:

  1. Providing the information an organisation needs to manage and use technology well.
  2. Developing resources that enable an organisation to help others use technology.
  3. Suggesting ways to use new technology (such as social media) where appropriate.

Follow the link to an information sheet  providing more details about these three areas of work, together with some of the specific resources that will be produced and workshops to be delivered.

In addition each of the ICT Champions will continue to be available if you should need to contact them for signposting or to offer strategic ICT advice; however due to the above work, their capacity to visit local support and development organisations or to speak at meetings and events may be reduced.

The London Region’s ICT Champion is Miles Maier mmaier@lasa.org.uk , telephone 020 7426 4496. Miles you may remember was one of the presenters at CLB’s Annual Conference, talked about fundraising using the internet.

Social Media Guide for Small Voluntary Sector Organisations

Guide by Simon Duncan (Regional ICT Champion – Yorkshire and Humber) takes you through the questions you need to ask yourself as an organisation if you want to use social media. (FaceBook, Flickr, blogs, Twitter).
It is written in Plain English and is short, simple but effective.
Read the guide.

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Lasa Technology Surgery Day

Date: Monday, September 27, 2010 from 1.30 – 5.30pm
Venue: Charity Technology Trust, CAN Mezzanine, 49 - 51 East Road, N1 6AH London, United Kingdom

A range of free 40-minute workshops ranging from web site design to Networks, wireless and security. For more information click here. Hurry, as places seem to be going fast.

 Digital Communications on a Shoestring Conference

Date: 13 October 2010, London

The internet has made communicating with supporters, service users and other stakeholders faster, easier and more interactive. But is your organisation taking advantage of all the digital world has to offer?
Our conference will give you the knowledge and skills to make your mark in the digital world. Join us in October and:

For a full programme and to book your place, visit www.charitycomms.org.uk

Free Paint

Free paint available from a local painting and decorating firm called P J Harte, based in Hither Green. Apparently, they have a warehouse full of partly full or broken tins in various colours left over from decorating jobs, which they want to donate to local organisations.

If you are interested in taking up this generous offer, please contact Elizabeth Harte at the firm direct - her email is elizabeth@pjharte.co.uk

Website Offering Community Sector Rooms for Hire

Mycommunityspace is a place for community and voluntary sector organisations to find or advertise premises for hire.

Whether you’re after long-term office space or a room for a one-off event, you’ll find it on MyCommunitySpace.  They also offer free advice and resources on all aspects of finding and managing premises. For further information, please contact 020 7837 7887.

Free IT consultants and IT help from iT4Communities

iT4Communities is a registered charity. It matches IT professionals who want to volunteer their time and skills to organisations that need IT help.

6,000 IT professionals give their time to charities, community groups and social enterprises.

iT4Communities will help define your IT needs and put your projects onto the website for volunteers to apply for. On average organisations get £3,000 worth of support from volunteers. Volunteers can help with databases, websites, networking computers, strategic advice, training and maintaining computers.

Please register (annual fee of £85) and request an IT volunteer at www.it4communities.org.uk.

Disabled Go - Bromley Access Guide

A free online guide to over 1000 venues in the borough reporting the levels of accessibility at each venue. Use the following links to navigate the site.

Give your hearing aid a boost

The Domino Classic is a new conversation amplifier, exclusively available through RNID Products. It reduces background noise, enhances speech clarity and enables you to hear people just as clearly even if they are in the next room. There’s also a version for people with a hearing loss who don’t wear a hearing aid.

Both versions come with a free TV kit while stocks last – perfect for hearing the World Cup (if you still want to watch it!) without disturbing others. Find out more

Looking for IT support?

ResponsibleIT is a Community Interest Company, providing great value I.T. support, consulting and training to charities and other social enterprises in London and the South East. Visit the website to read more.

Community Links Bromley’s services at a glance

New information leaflets - designed to give you a clear overview of what each of our projects offers in terms of support.

Please cascade to other groups or individuals you think might be interested.

Career Information sheets on working with young people

NCVYS has produced seven career information sheets (PDFs) for individuals interested in paid or voluntary work connected to working with young people in the voluntary and community youth sector. Each information sheet covers areas such as what it is like to be in the role, the work, routes in, qualifications and training.  The seven are:

Download them from the web page . Qualifications in Youth Work FAQ can be downloaded from www.ncvys.org.uk

Need photos for publicity around active, healthy lifestyles?

150 new photos just uploaded to www.promotingactivity.com. These photos are all available under Creative Commons Licence.

Bespoke communications learning resources for BME support charities released

The event ‘Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Understood’ brought together BME charities and infrastructure organisations with sector leaders and resource providers in communications to enable the specialist sector to improve communications and collaborative-working skills in BME third sector organisations.

This was the first of a series of workshop events, created in partnership by KnowHow NonProfit and Voice4Change England, at Cass Business School. The partnership aims to help BME organisations with limited resources gain the skills and expertise in dealing with the media and prime stakeholders to enable them to communicate the impact of the work they do more effectively.

The new multimedia learning resources captures highlights from the workshop delivered by Oxfam and Media Trust, and top tips videos on improving communications tactics in the BME third sector. These can be found by viewed by visiting the Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Understood resource on KnowHow NonProfit.
Organisations interested in participating in future ‘Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Understood’ events across the country should contact Nandini Das at Voice4Change England on 020 7843 6131 or Damien Clarkson at KnowHow NonProfit on 020 7040 5178.

Free online training resources from Blackbaud

Click here for full course description.

Greater London Authority - London Data Store

The greater London Authority has created the London Data Store. It will allow the public to have access to information that the GLA and other public sector organisations hold. People will be able to use the data however, they see fit, and for free! This information is of interest to citizens but will also be valuable to organisations wanting to make sure that their projects and services meet the needs of communities.

The GLA says it wants to use its connections and influence to request and persuade other public sector organisations to release their data too. Data are captured under 17 dataset categories ranging from Housing to Young People to London 2012.

Click here to access the London Data Store. 

Sourcing cultural and sporting data

A simple table showing Key sources of cultural and sporting data in England has been compiled by Audiences UK and Cultural Consulting Network. It gives the organisations that have data, what sort of information is included and how to obtain it. It is designed primarily for decision makers but it can also be used by individual organisations wanting data to show the impact they have - or could have – including providing evidence for funding applications. For more information go to www.audiencesuk.org

Share Street – if you work with children, you’ll need to visit this street

‘Share Street’, an on-line community of learning for the children and young people's workforce. Recently launched by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC), it is designed to make it easier for everyone who works and volunteers with children, young people and their families to connect, be inspired, discuss ideas and share resources. Visit www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/sharestreet.

GP Community Healthcare medical guide – new Bromley and Croydon edition published with opportunity to advertise services

Medical Media UK publication is a free publication distributed throughout doctors’ surgeries, health centres and clinics. Its focus is health, welfare and community. It is an A4 size publication in full colour generally running around 36/40 pages including interesting health and welfare editorial and articles from major national organisations. It has a 12 months shelf life. Advertising is available to local organisations and special rates can be negotiated for VAT exempt charities. Read more at www.gphealthguide.co.uk or call 020 8358 8903.

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Page updated: 31 August 2010