Projects - Training

Each partner will receive £1,000 a year to contribute towards the training of their staff who work with frontline organisations. The money must be used for training that contributes to partner staff providing frontline organisations with a quality service, such as a member of staff obtaining an adult teaching qualification or an Institute of Fundraising qualification or attending courses and briefings to develop their expertise in particular subjects such as employment or charity law.

Examples of how some of the partners will spend the money during the first year include:

Babergh Communities Together - specialist courses for staff relating to “first line management”, particular types of “fundraising” and “volunteer management” so that the knowledge gained can be used in development sessions with frontline organisations.

Ipswich Council for Voluntary Service - Chief Executive accessing and attending more advanced courses on planning, change management and project management so that she can then run courses locally for frontline organisations in these subjects.

Mid Suffolk Action Partnership - training and development of the Partnership Development Officer in order to provide effective support to frontline organisations. This will include tools for development work, being a development worker, fundraising skills and business planning.

Suffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations - Training Field Officer undertaking a PTLLS course to develop her teaching practices and qualifications in delivering courses for frontline organisations, Training Manager attending briefings on the PQASSO 3rd edition so that he will be able to mentor organisations in the latest edition of this important quality standard framework, Training Manager to embark on a CTLLS teaching qualification to ensure that SAVO complies with the latest adult teaching qualification framework.

Suffolk Coastal Resource Network - Open University Course Winning Resources and Support, which is the distance learning route to the Institute of Fundraising’s Certificate in Fundraising Management, for the SCRN Third Sector Development Co-ordinator.

Suffolk Learning Consortium - Project Officer completing an NVQ Level 3 in Information, Advice and Guidance, and development work in preparing for MATRIX accreditation.

Waveney Community Forum - resources to equip their community development officers with the skills to deliver specialist support to Third Sector groups in general fundraising skills, funding strategies and business planning.

West Suffolk Consortium of Voluntary Organisations - training for Funding Advisor to enable them to deliver specialist support to Third Sector groups in general fundraising skills, funding strategies and business planning.

Young Suffolk - provide its staff team with Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) qualifications, ensuring compliance with training qualifications required to access LSC funding for training courses to front-line providers. It will also be used to train staff in the new Independent Safeguarding Authority Vetting and Barring Scheme. Also to bring Young Suffolk staff up to date with the implication of the new Charity Act with particular reference to the new Charitable Company structure. Each of these areas is vital in order that important information may be disseminated to the Third Sector, supporting work with Children and Young People in Suffolk.

This project is managed by the Infrastructure Network Suffolk (formerly known as One Voice Suffolk), and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund