• Staff supervision support and development ( ILM endorsed)

    Cardiff Cardiff

    This ILM endorsed WCVA course provides opportunities for you to develop your supervisory skills and to enhance your confidence and ability to fulfil your line management responsibilities.This three-day course will focus on good practice in induction, supervision, appraisal, managing performance, staff support and team and individual development. The course will give opportunities for you to practise your supervision skills. The training...

  • Person Centred Planning in Transition

    Cardiff Cardiff

    This one-day Learning Disability Wales course aims to look at and try to understand how transition can impact young people, and how you can incorporate PCP into your own practice. It looks to examine how the Real Opportunities Project works with young people, families and professionals to overcome some of the difficulties faced around transition.Through...

  • FREE Equality Act Training

    Race Equality First Offices, Cardiff Bay Race Equality First Offices, Cardiff Bay

    This FREE training day is being run by Race Equality First. The training will introduce you to your rights under the Equality Act 2010.     The training covers the following: - What is the Equality Act 2010? - Why do we need the Equality Act 2010? - Where are you protected by the Act? - What...

  • FREE Better Bids Community Engagement Course

    Media Resource Centre, Llandrindod Wells Media Resource Centre, Llandrindod Wells

    This WCVA course is aimed at providing a greater awareness and understanding of participative engagement. Participants will gain a range of skills as well as build confidence in engaging with the community.    By the end of the course you will: - Understand the purpose of engagement - Identify stakeholders - Apply a range of tools for...

  • Vale Trustee Network meeting

    Registered charities are invited to the next Vale Trustee Network meeting where there will be a talk about the implications of Lord Hodgson’s Review of the Charities Act 2006.

  • Writing effective surveys

    Carmarthen Leisure Centre Carmarthen Leisure Centre

    The aim of this course is to equip participants with the skills and knowledge needed to write, carry out and analyse effective surveys. This course covers identifying when it is appropriate to use a survey, writing effective questions, carrying out surveys and analysing the findings. By attending this course you will be able to: - Understand...

  • C3SC Training: How to Incorporate – Choosing the Right Legal Structure

    C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB C3SC, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff, CF24 0EB

    This course will help you to:• Understand what incorporation means for a voluntary organisation• Explore the different incorporated structures• Know of the implications of setting up and running an incorporated organisation• Understand the process of incorporation• Understand the key components of a Memorandum and Articles of Association

  • Launch of Dementia Café for the Black and Minority Ethnic Community

    Butetown History and Arts Centre, 4 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5EQ Butetown History and Arts Centre, 4 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5EQ

    With the support of Diverse Cymru, the Alzheimer’s Society are establishing a new Dementia café in Butetown, Cardiff. This will be a safe place for those in this community who are living with serious memory problems to meet others in a similar position and find out about other sources of support.  Find out more here...

  • Welsh Quiz and Cawl Evening @ The Café

    Raising funds for Pedal PowerCelebrate Saint David’s Day with traditional Welsh cawl (veggie option too) and a fun quiz. 7pm start. £10 pp. Teams of 4. Please book.

  • Arts Council of Wales Open Space event

    Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

    Do you love the arts? Do you feel audiences don't get a voice? Do you feel like an outsider whose ideas are never taken seriously?Have you just started out and need support? Been in the profession for years and feel jaded? Is your community always left out of the discussions? Do you usually dread discussions...

  • Engaging with… BME Communities

    Caerleon Campus, University of Wales Newport Caerleon Campus, University of Wales Newport

    This Participation Cymru seminar is one of a series which looks at what works when engaging with the equalities groups.Drawing on the experience of practitioners in Wales, and encouraging the group to share experience and learning, participants will leave feeling more confident and better able to engage with BME communities.Find out more on the Participation...

  • IWA Coffee Shop Debate @ Chapter – “More Welsh than the Welsh – an immigrant’s view of Wales”

    Chapter, Canton, Cardiff Chapter, Canton, Cardiff

    Deciding to move your life to a foreign country (Peter can trace his English lineage back to 1600) simply because “you want to” is dangerous. Live life as an ex-pat and you might as well not bother; engross yourself into the culture and life of your new community and “you get the bother”. These immigrants...