Training Opportunities
Stress management and resilience
Would you like to cope better with the stresses of life? To feel like you had more control over your mental health?
By the end of this free session you will understand how to:
- use a variety of coping strategies
- prioritise what you need quickly and effectively to stop matters escalating
- self-advocate confidently
- recognise triggers for mental health issues increasing
- support family members and peers (self-sufficiency)
The session is free.
Disability inclusion workshop
This interactive session will cover all the main issues to bear in mind for making your organisation an inclusive place, including:
- language
- visual impairment
- hearing impairment
- wheelchair users
- learning disability
- etiquette
The cost of the session is £5 LDCVS members, £10 non-members.
Session leader Ollie Flitcroft is a wheelchair user and has been disabled all his life. He has worked in the third sector for over 25 years, supporting organisations and groups including fundraising to help them to develop.
With his passion for disability equality, he has designed and delivered training sessions on disability rights and inclusion, disability awareness/equality and has been instrumental in developing policy and advice to a range of organisations in the third, private and public sectors. He has a thorough understanding and practical knowledge in the field of access and inclusion and has undertaken a wide range of access audits.
In this training session participants will explore various impairments and the challenges faced by disabled people on a daily basis . We’ll talk about language and how this can have a negative and positive impact on disabled people . Ollie will also discuss a little about his own experiences as a disabled person and the challenges he has hd to overcome . The session will be interactive , and you will have the opportunity to debate and discus issues around disability equality.
Top tips for writing a funding application
This online session is designed for people who have little or no experience of writing funding applications and would benefit from some basic pointers that would help them to write successful applications for small funding pots e.g. £500 to £5000 grants.
It will be particularly useful for small, grassroots community organisations such as sports clubs, uniformed services, church/faith groups, arts and or youth group projects. Advice given will help with applications for grant funds such The Lancaster Community Fund or Eric Wright Charitable Trust as well as other small funding pots available.
The session will be delivered by Sharon Phillips, LDCVS Development Support Officer.
At the end of the training, you will understand:
- how much detail to give to increase your chances of a successful funding application
- how to structure your answers to application questions
- how to present your budget and costings for a small funding request
The same session runs twice, so choose the day and time that suits you.
The cost is £5 to LDCVS members, and £10 for non-members.
Multiple Sclerosis awareness
People living with MS across Lancaster, Morecambe and the Bay area tell us they would like to access more local social and exercise activities, as well as being able to access specific expertise such as benefits advice, housing and employment advice and counselling. However they also say they don’t know where these services are, how to find out about or if they meet their needs.
This free online session is primarily for organisations that offer the types of services mentioned above, but anyone with an interest in MS is also welcome. The same session is running twice, so choose the most convenient for you.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a condition that affects your brain and spinal cord. This causes a range of symptoms like blurred vision and problems with how we move think and feel, symptoms vary in individuals. It is usually progressive and there is no current cure.
There are estimated to be over 600 people living with MS across Lancaster and the Bay area, this increases many times when you take into account the people around them such as friends, family and carers who are also impacted.
The session will deal with:
- what Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is
- how it affects people
- how to support someone with MS to access the service you offer (e.g. social and exercise activities, advice on benefits, housing and employment, counselling)
- MS-friendly services on the Lancaster Community Directory of Services (directory.lancastercvs.org.uk)
Click the button to book your free place on either the 2.30 p.m. or the 7 p.m. session (they are the same – just choose the more convenient time for you), and you will be sent a link to the session.
Workshop: Writing a compelling funding application
This workshop is designed for people who already have some experience of writing funding applications and would benefit from a practical session to finesse their content for larger funding applications or to develop a project Case for Support document.
During the morning there will be an opportunity to explore the types of questions you will need to respond to for larger funding applications and how best to provide clear, concise responses that provide the detail a funder is looking for. There will also be some focus on costings and getting your budget right.
You’ll be asked to bring examples of previous application questions you have completed, whether successful or unsuccessful and to share these with other attendees for the purpose of a peer-to-peer critique exercise (nb – please ensure you do not share anything of a confidential or sensitive nature).
This session will be particularly useful for anyone considering making funding applications for over £10,000 or more.
The session will be delivered by Sharon Phillips, LDCVS Development Support Officer.
At the end of the training, you will:
- understand how to use key words in your response to ensure you address the funder’s priorities
- be aware of the importance of using clear, concise text that answers the questions posed
- know how to develop a full cost recovery budget for your project
- be able to create an effective Case for Support document
The cost is £15 to LDCVS members, and £25 for non-members.
