Courses
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Effective partnership working
7 March 2012, Forge Fach, Swansea
Cost
WCVA Members £125 Voluntary Organisations £155 Others £185
Trainers: Mandy Williams and Alain Thomas
Duration: 1 day
Format: Training course
Aim:
To enable participants to gain a greater understanding of what partnership working is and what makes it effective.
Content:
Partnership working is a common feature, which done well can have huge benefits for all parties involved. This course looks at how to make partnership working successful, with participants covering a range of aspects, including: looking at individuals’ roles within partnerships, being personally more effective and how to develop relationships within partnerships. Participations will also look at the types and functions of partnerships, techniques for reviewing the purpose and processes of partnerships, ensuring that the partnership is structured in the most effective way and has appropriate objectives.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course you will be able to...
• Review and revise the individual’s role in partnerships so that they can decide to carry on, change what they are doing, or withdraw from a partnership
• Be personally more effective, working to strengths and developing weaknesses
• Ensure that the partnership is structured in the most effective way and has appropriate objectives
• Better able to change or refocus the partnership when necessary
Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at staff who are involved in partnerships and want to make the relationship more effective.
Participation Cymru
Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Baltic House
Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
CF10 5FH
02920 431 757, 02920 431 725
participationcymru@wcva.org.uk
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Free Energy Management Training
Location: Muni Arts Centre, Merthyr Tydfil
Date(s): Tuesday 14th February 2012 (08:30-10:30)
Contact: Secure a place now By e-mail: scott.fairburn@rctcbc.gov.uk
By phone: 01443 495168
Energy Management Training.
The Carbon Trust is running two Energy Efficiency Breakfasts for Small to Medium Sized businesses in the South Wales area, working in partnership with Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and RCT business Club. The event will be on 14th an 15th in two separate locations
The 14th of February will be held at the Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd CF37 2DP
Registration and breakfast starts at 08:30 am, with the training session running between 09:00 am and 10:30 am, and a networking opportunity until 11:00 am.
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Free Energy Management Training
Location: Cynon Valley Museum
Date(s): Wednesday 15th February 2012 (08:30-10:30)
Contact: Secure a place now By e-mail: scott.fairburn@rctcbc.gov.uk
By phone: 01443 495168
Energy Management Training.
The Carbon Trust is running two Energy Efficiency Breakfasts for Small to Medium Sized businesses in the South Wales area, working in partnership with Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and RCT business Club. The event will be on 14th an 15th in two separate locations
Registration and breakfast starts at 08:30 am, with the training session running between 09:00 am and 10:30 am, and a networking opportunity until 11:00 am.
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DIGNITY AND RESPECT SKILLS PROGRAMME
The dignity and the autonomy of older people are often undermined in healthcare settings and there is a growing emphasis to challenge practice to ensure that they older people receive dignified care. We run courses which help care professionals to improve the care they provide, and to address internal organisational and cultural barriers that result in a loss of dignity of patients:
DIGNITY IS MORE THAN A WORD is for professionals and carers who want to improve their communication with patients
DIGNIFIED CARE DESPITE DIFFICULT COLLEAGUES is for professionals who want to improve their organisation′s approach to dignity and respect
USING HUMAN RIGHTS TO IMPROVE DIGNITY IN CARE SETTINGS
Click on the individual course links below for more details and to book on-line. You can also book by completing the form on the right.
These courses are booked individually (see price below).
Date: 5 Mar 2012
Course: Dignified Care Despite Difficult Colleagues (£135)
Venue: Cowbridge, South Wales
Date: 21 Mar 2012
Course:Fundamentals of Dignified Care (£150)
Venue: Cardiff, (venue to be confirmed)
These courses emphasise that dignity is not just the environment in which the care takes place. It is about:
treating people as individuals, valuing the contribution that they make to the care that is being delivered
understanding and responding to an individuals social, emotional and spiritual needs as well as the physical
understanding how patients and their relatives feel
Good communication lies at the heart of providing dignified care. It can help to build relationships, understand a patients needs and increase:
- efficiency
- patient safety
- patient satisfaction
This programme is run in partnership with A Dignified Revolution
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Scooter Smart Cardiff
Cardiff Council’s Road Team is piloting training for users of Mobility Scooters in conjunction with Rookwood Hospital on Friday 9 March. For more information telephone 029 2078 8527
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Out of work? Not on Job Seeker’s Allowance?
Can’t get that job? Let TABS help you get back on track!
TABS BUSINESS TRAINING
2 TRAINING COURSES AVAILABLE:
1) Social Enterprise business support @TABS Centre, Porth. 2 days/week, 6 hrs/ day.
2) Creative Industry business support @ Hills Factory, Porth. 2 days/week,6 hrs/day.
We are currently looking to recruit 10 people who are not on JSA, retired, in part time education or a lone parent.
We will help you with business plans, CV’s or general support in starting your own social enterprise.
If you have a business idea or looking to get back to work, please contact us ASAP to book yourself a seat.
BOOK YOUR SEAT NOW! CONTACT BILAL OR PAUL ON: 01443682312
Email: bilal@tabstraining.co.uk/ paul@tabstraining.co.uk
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SHAPE YOUR FUTURE TODAY!
The WEA’s Engagement Gateway project can help you on your way to achieving your goals!....
Be confident, be assertive, be positive! We can show you how in a one day session packed full of hints and tips to help boost your confidence.
It’s your future so sign up today!
When: January 20th and January 27th 2012
Where: New Horizons, Aberdare
What time: 10:00 – 3pm with lunch break
Contact: Tracy Thomas, New Horizons 01443 881113
When: February 1st and February 8th 2012
Where: New Horizons Dinas Outreach
What time: 10:00 – 3pm with lunch break
Contact: Alison Williams, New Horizons 01443 681881
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Depression Busting
The ARC
Querella Road
Bridgend
every Friday for eight weeks starting Friday 3rd February 2012 from 1-00pm to 3-00pm
Depression Busting is an 8 week training programme that takes a holistic approach to overcome depression to help you achieve recovery.
For further information and Application Form contact:
Journeys 38 Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff. CF24 3RQ
Call 029 2069 2891
Email info@journeysonline.org.uk
Journeys is a Registered Charity (1108411) & A Company Limited by Guarantee (5181571)Registered Office: 38 Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff. Cardiff CF24 3RQ
Cost £10-00 per person. Please call the office or check out our web site for details.
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Award Winning Depression Busting Courses
Early in the New Year Journeys will be running three Award Winning Depression Busting Course in the Rhondda -
Ferndale
Ton Pentre
Gilfach Goch
The course is FREE and is for people who have, or have had, depression, their carers, family and friends. The course runs for eight weeks, two hours a week.
Look out for further details on Journeys Web Site
www.journeysonline.org.uk
or
Contact Journeys for more information and an application form on
029 2069 2891
or
Email - info@journeysonline.org.uk
Journeys, 38 Albany Road, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3RQ
The course will also run in the Journeys Office in Cardiff for eight weeks starting on the
6 February 2012
from 11am - 1pm
The cost of the course is £120 per person with reductions for those on benefits
Application Forms and further details as above
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Coleg Harlech
At Coleg Harlech, in local communities across north and mid Wales and in the work place we specialise in providing courses tailored to the needs of adults. Many of our students were failed by traditional education in the past and have found a new route to learning through Coleg Harlech WEA.
At Coleg Harlech they offer full time residential courses, short residential courses and evening/day classes.
For more info visit their website www.harlech.ac.uk/en/
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