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Disability awareness training for the Volunteer Co-ordinators forum
Sydenham Gardens’ training opportunities to increase confidence and self-esteem

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Mottingham Community Learning Shop – upcoming events
Cotmandene Community Resource Centre – upcoming courses
Do you run self-management courses for people with long-term health conditions?
Affinity Sutton – Employment and Training Projects
SORP Made Simple
Heavily discounted training for VCOs in public speaking from local charity
Training Course for Older People – from Bromley Council on Ageing
Cotmandene Community Resource Centre
Mottingham Community and Learning Shop
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Sydenham Gardens’ training opportunities to increase confidence and self-esteem

Sydenham Garden is an award-winning charity providing gardening, nature conservation and creative opportunities for the well-being of local residents
We provide a place where local people, particularly those coping with ill health, can gain confidence and self-esteem through work and community.

We offer training opportunities in areas of horticulture, conservation and arts & crafts, increasing the skills and future employability of our users.
Referred clients, known as co-workers, work alongside regular volunteers and trained staff to help maintain the community garden and nature reserve.
For those who prefer to develop their creative skills, we also offer a wide range of arts and crafts courses and activities.

The centre and nature reserve exists for the whole community, but will help particularly those coping with ill health.

Read referral guidelines - open to Bromley residents

Disability awareness training for the Volunteer Co-ordinators’ forum

Date: Thursday 30 September 2010
Venue: Duke Youth Centre, Park Road, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 4AS
Time: 10 - 1.30pm including lunch

Jane Kay, CLB’s Supported Volunteering Officer is facilitating the session. She will introduce you to Scope’s disability awareness training available for staff and volunteers. Topics to be covered include:

Definitions of disability
Barriers and Solutions to Inclusive Volunteering
Benefits to developing Inclusive Volunteering

This Forum is an opportunity for individuals who recruit, supervise or manage volunteers to get together and share information and support. If you are not already a member, please contact Diane Diamond on 020 8315 1930.

Mottingham Community Learning Shop – upcoming events

In addition to the regular programme of drop in surgeries and courses, the Shop is planning the following training

Quilting and sewing
In your prime – activities for older adults
Save a life – Adult
Save a life - Child
Basic IT
Food Safety
Jewellery making
Employability Skills

Please contact the team at the shop for more information on 020 8860 1150.

Cotmandene Community Resource Centre – upcoming courses

Free courses and events programme, available from the website. Please note that courses are for over 19s only (except family courses). Priority for courses given to local people who live in BR5 or BR6 area, otherwise clients must be London Borough of Bromley Residents. Visit www.bromley.gov.uk

Do you run self-management courses for people with long-term health conditions?

Sandra Christmas, Administrator on the Expert Patient Programme organised by Bromley’s PCT, would like to find out what other self-management courses are offered to people within the borough who have long term or chronic health conditions.

She says about the type of course she is looking for, “Self-management courses are not educational for a specific health condition. They aim to raise self-esteem, and self-confidence. People with long-term health conditions face many similar issues such as fatigue, pain, depression or just getting ‘the blues’.

“Other topics that can be covered in a self management course are: nutrition, relaxation, exercise, problem solving and action planning techniques. The aim is to take control of the long term or chronic condition and empower individuals to take the decisions that affect their lives.”

If you are running courses that cover any of these aspects, please contact Sandra by email sandra.christmas@bromleypct.nhs.uk or telephone or 020 8662 6693

Affinity Sutton - Employment and Training Projects

Pathways 4 Cray

Pathways 4 Cray works with individuals living in the Cray Valley region of Bromley, who have been receiving unemployment benefit for at least 6 months, to get back into training and sustained employment. The project will run until April 2011.

Stepping Up

Stepping Up works to support members of homeless families living in the boroughs of Bromley or Bexley to access training, work placement and sustained employment opportunities. The project will run until April 2012.

Personal Best

Personal Best works with residents of Bromley who currently have little or no qualifications to access training, volunteering and work. The Personal Best Program is an accredited course in Preparation for Event Volunteering, which lasts for eight weeks (2 days per week) at Bromley College. The programme also includes 20 hours of voluntary work to help develop and enhance skills for work.

Participants who complete the course will then be entitled to an interview to become a Games Time Volunteer at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.

The Personal Best Course covers a basic awareness of the Olympics and all aspects of event volunteering. But it’s not just about the Olympics, it’s also about volunteering, what it is, how it can help you work towards employment and how you can help in your community. The program continues after the course with your Personal Best Advisor supporting you to find further volunteering opportunities, training and employment through information, advice and guidance.

Affinity Futures

Affinity Futures works to support members of workless households living in the boroughs of Lewisham or Greenwich to access training and sustained employment opportunities. The project will run until April 2012.

Affinity Sutton is able to support participants with childcare and travel costs under each of the projects as necessary. If you are interested in finding out more about any of these projects and would like a member of the team to come and speak to you and your colleagues, then contact Erica Watts, Programme and Partnership Manager, Affinity Sutton, on 020 8285 4362 or email Erica.Watts@affinitysutton.com

SORP Made Simple

Date: Tuesday 21 September
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Cost: £25 (members of Community Links Bromley, CVA, LVAC, SCVS, MVSC) £40(other vol orgs in these areas), £50 (other vol orgs)

An update on SORP 2005 – the ‘Statement of Recommended Practice’ for charities. The SORP is published by the Charity Commission. It provides guidance for charities on the preparation of accruals accounts and applies to accounting years commencing on or after 1st April 2005.

The course will cover:

SORP development
Underlying principles
Smaller charities concessions
Trustees Annual Reports (TAR)
Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA)
An example of charity’s accounting issue
Help and advice for charities

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Heavily discounted training for VCOs in public speaking from local charity

Date: Saturday 18 September
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm

Have you ever felt that your voice is holding back your professional development?
Have you ever cancelled a speaking engagement because you were too nervous to stand and deliver?

Then this one-day, one-off event to overcome your fear of public speaking course is designed to help you find yourself and your voice.

Speakers of Bromley helps people develop their communication skills and wants to work with the local community and Third Sector organisations. The fee for a day’s training is £50, which is an 80 percent reduction on what you would pay for commercial rates. Find out more from Speakers of Bromley www.speakersofbromley.org.uk

Training Course for Older People - from the Bromley Council on Ageing

Date: Wednesday 13 October and Thursday 14 October

The ‘Voice and Choice’ course is specifically geared to improving the skills of older people so that they can express their opinions more effectively and contribute to consultations and user involvement opportunities. There is no charge for the course, lunch, teas and coffees will be provided and travel expenses met.

Evelyn Collington, co-ordinator says, “feedback from previous participants has been very positive and many have gone on to represent their organisations in partnership groups over the Borough, so please do encourage your members to take part”. Contact Evelyn on 020 8325 9788 or by email

Cotmandene Community Resource Centre -

An integrated community centre providing opportunities for local people of all ages and walks of life. Visit bromley.gov.uk for the latest programme of courses.

Contact details: Telephone: 020 8402 0123, e-mail: ccrc@bromley.gov.uk
Address: 64 Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's Cray, Bromley BR5 2RG

Opening Times: 9.30am to 1pm, and 2pm to 4pm Monday to Wednesday and Friday. Please note the Centre is closed all day Thursday.

All courses are free; students should be aged over 19. For some courses, priority will be for students who live in BR5 or BR6.

Mottingham Community and Learning Shop

This community driven centre offers learning opportunities and a range of services providing training, help, guidance and support for local people in Mottingham.

Visit bromley.gov.uk for the latest programme of courses including the announcement that The Lewisham Credit Union is expanding its services into Bromley Borough. If you are interested in joining the Credit Union or finding out more about the services, it will offer, you can call in for a chat on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon.

Contact details: Telephone: 020 8860 1150, e-mail: mcls@bromley.gov.uk

Address: 1-2 Cranley Parade, Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham SE9 4DZ
Opening Times: 9.15am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday

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Page updated: 6 August 2010