Here are events and training being delivered by the Overarching Strategic Partners. For more details on further training being offered by Community Matters, please click here...
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Community Matters Consultancy Roadshow - Birmingham and Taunton
Date: 20th February - 24th February 2012
Location: Birmingham and Taunton
Price: Free
If you work with, or are developing work with children, young people
and families, our free Consultancy Roadshow can offer you a day of free
in-house support. Whether you have hit a stumbling-block, need a
critical eye cast over your organisational strategies, or have a specific project you’d like to
get off the ground we can help. Find out more/book by clicking here...
Localism 
Policy Class
Date: 21st February 2012
Location: London
Price: Free
NCVYS are hosting a free policy class on Localism. The Localism Act came into statute in November 2011. Are you thinking
about how this affects you or do you want to have your say on how it
will affect you? Find out more or book a place now...
Every business matters
Date:23rd February 2012
Location: Newcastle
Price: Free
NAVCA are offering 15 free places for a business skills training and information day covering a range of topics exploring business skills and looking at how you could adapt these to support the groups and organisations you work with in your local community. Find out more/book by clicking here..
Your Workforce: Their Future
Date: 28th February 2012
Location: Derby
Price: Free
Children’s Workforce Development Council and Children England are holding this seminar to focus on key areas identified as current workforce priorities with the children and young people sector. Areas of focus include:
- Working together, Munro and integrated working - the implications for the VCS
- Leadership and management for all in the children's workforce
- Higher level Skills: The workforce challenge of a smaller state and greater need.
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Unemployment Roundtable
Date: 28th February 2012
Location: Manchester
Price: Free
NCVYS are holding this free event to share knowledge of Rathbone’s perspective on youth unemployment. Find out more or book a place by clicking here...
Justice for Youth and Free from Trouble
Date: 29th February 2012
Location:London
Price: Free
Free seminar by NCVYS will look at the findings that came out of the August 2011 riots and why society needs to create an environment that nutures young people and how intervention can play a role in this. Find out more or book a place by clicking here...
Sharpen your fundraising skills!
Date:6th March 2012
Location: London
Price: Free
Free workshop by Islington Children and Young People's Forum with fundraising expert Steve Macarthur.
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Collaboration Better Together? Collaborative working…
Date:6th March 2012
Location: London
Price: Free
Free seminar by Children England which will review a range of approaches around collaborative working, and explore both the challenges and the solutions for the future
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Safeguarding Policy Class
Date: 14th March 2012
Location: London
Price: Free
The Government accepted the recommendations of the 2010-11 Munro Review
of Child Protection and is now making progress on the commitments this
brings. What do these changes mean for the VCSE? NCVYS are holding this free policy class to discuss.
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Eye of the Storm Health and Wellbeing Seminar
Date: 20th March 2012
Location:Reading
Price: Free
A one-day, multi-sector health and wellbeing seminar for service planners and practitioners working with children, young people and families.
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Benefit Reforms Policy Class
Date: 22nd March 2012
Location: London
Price: Free
NCVYS are holding this free policy class which will look at the Welfare Reform Bill currently being passed through Parliament. Measures such as the introduction of the Universal Credit will bring big changes to the benefit system and will impact on children, young people and families.
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