• Mephedrone Awareness and Harm Reduction

    NewLink Wales, Meridian Court, North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BE NewLink Wales, Meridian Court, North Road, Cardiff CF14 3BE

    FREE, FULLY FUNDED SPACES TO WORKERS IN CARDIFF & THE VALE. If working outside of this area, please contact NewLink Wales. This course is suitable for professionals and volunteers in the sector who wish to gain an awareness and understanding on the subject area (Level 1). The course content includes the following: Mephedrone, M-Cat, Meow...

  • Poverty Awareness

    Cardiff Cardiff

    A half-day Children in Wales course 29% of children in families in Wales live in relative poverty. Growing up in poverty impacts on children’s well-being; their early years development, physical and mental health, educational achievement, and future life chances. Recognising and understanding the effects of poverty on children and families is vital to improving their...

  • Working with Fathers

    Cardiff Cardiff

    A one-day Children in Wales course This course is aimed at both practitioners and their managers who are interested in ensuring that their services are engaging positively with fathers. Participants will consider who are “significant males” and why should we engage with them? The course will explore a number of self-assessment tools which can aid...

  • Volunteers Together

    : St Faiths Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff : St Faiths Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff

    An Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale event for all volunteers and staff from voluntary organisations and groups in and around Llanishen, and anyone interested in finding out about volunteering in the area. It will provide an opportunity to meet others involved in volunteering and hopefully recruit some new volunteers. The lovely Dilys Price will...

  • Localgiving Funding Surgery – at C3SC offices

    : C3SC Offices, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay CF10 5FH : C3SC Offices, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay CF10 5FH

    Need more funding? Want free help? Due to an oversubscription to the Localgiving funding surgery we ran in November, Lauren Swain, the Localgiving Manager for South Wales, is returning to run one-to-one 30-minute sessions at C3SC offices, Third Floor, Baltic House, Cardiff CF10 5FH between 9.30am and 4.30pm. Aimed at registered and non-registered charities, the...

  • POVA – Protection of Vulnerable Adults – Level 4 training

    Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff

    This Cardiff Council training is designed for registered managers of residential homes and managers of domiciliary agencies who may be tasked with carrying out a non-criminal investigation under the Wales Protection Forum Policy. It is essential that all participants have attended (or completed previously) the POVA Decision Making and Information Sharing training (Level 3) prior to...

  • Designing and delivering brilliant presentations

    Carmarthen Carmarthen

    No more ‘Death by PowerPoint’ – make your presentations shine! Aims: To develop skills in creating and delivering presentations that will make a difference Content: The Participation Cymru course includes identifying the key elements that make a presentation of any kind effective whilst also building confidence in those who deliver presentations. This one day course...

  • Webinar: Why the Natural Resource Policy Matters to the Third Sector

    Webinar Webinar

    Whether your organisation is working to reduce poverty or strengthen the health, housing, integration, education, skills or overall well-being of our communities, then the sustainable management of natural resources will matter to you. Environet's natural resources are the cornerstones of our prosperity and quality of life. Yet there is increasing evidence that we are not...

  • National Assembly for Wales: Cross-Party Group on Children

    : Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 at the Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay : Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 at the Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay

    Sponsored by Julie Morgan AM (Chair) The Children's Commissioner for Wales is the independent children's rights institution set up to champion the rights of children and young people in Wales. The Children's Commissioner works for every child and young person in Wales under the age of 18 (or 25 years old if they've been 'looked...

  • Young People & Substance Misuse: Why the Drugs Don’t Work

    Cardiff Cardiff

    The Children in Wales training will explore substance misuse and young people.  The course will outline drugs, alcohol, illegal and legal highs.  The training will examine new substances and the behaviours stemming from their use.  It will help participants create strategies for dealing with young people’s use and the difficult and dangerous behaviours they can...

  • Emergency First Aid at Work

    Glamorgan Archives, Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith, Cardiff CF11 8AW Glamorgan Archives, Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith, Cardiff CF11 8AW

    This Cardiff Council training is intended for staff who do not require the 3-day First Aid at Work course, but for those who may need to deal with health emergencies, prior to the arrival of more competent personnel. For update requirement information, please contact Fran Hyett-Jones on 2052 9230. Course content: Responsibilities in the workplace....

  • #CIW2017 Resilient Communities and the Third Sector

    : Holiday Inn Cardiff City Centre, Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1XD : Holiday Inn Cardiff City Centre, Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1XD

    Following Carl Sargeant's, AM and Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, announcement in October 2016 that a new approach is needed to build resilient communities, and the need for a cross-government approach to boosting prosperity across Wales. Children in Wales believes that the third sector will have a huge part to play in this, so...