We offer a wide variety of training opportunities, as well as a range of accredited qualifications, for both the private and voluntary sectors. The Unit also offers a Consultancy Service allowing you to design training to meet your organisation's particular needs. These can be delivered either in Middlesbrough or at your own venue.

Please contact us about courses you would like to see running, which do not appear in our programme.


Communication and Presentation Skills

Information Technology & Computer Skills

Financial & Fundraising Management & Organisational Development

 

a a Communication and Presentation Skills


Effective Listening

Making Effective Presentations


Making A Splash – Dealing With The Media

Power Talking Skills

 


  a Financial & Fundraising


The Contracting Process

How to Prepare a Budget and Cashflow Forecast Using Computers

An Introduction to Fundraising

Gaining Funds from Grant Giving Trusts

Managing the Money

Practical Book-keeping and Accounts

Understanding the New Charity Accounting Rules

Independent Examination of New Charity Accounts

Writing Effective Fundraising Applications

 

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a a Information Technology & Computer Skills


Computing for the Novice

Further With Excel

Further With POWERPOINT

Further With WORD

Further with SAGE

Introduction to Microsoft ACCESS

Introduction to Desktop Publishing with PAGEMAKER

Introduction to Microsoft EXCEL

Introduction to Microsoft Windows 95

Introduction to Microsoft WORD

Introduction to POWERPOINT

Introduction to SAGE

Introduction to Web Page Design

Introduction to Windows 95

Intermediate & Advanced Microsoft Office

RSA Computer Literacy And Information Technology (CLAIT) Stage 1

RSA Integrated Business Technology (IBT2) Stage 2

RSA Integrated Business Technology (IBT3) Stage 3

RSA Word-processing Level 1,2

RSA Desk Top Publishing Level 1,2

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a a Management & Organisational Development


Adult Trainers Award: City & Guilds
7306 NVQ3

Advanced Negotiating Skills

Advocacy

Assertiveness & Confidence Building

Assertiveness for Women

Basic Negotiating Skills

Capacity Building

Certificate in Supervisory Management

Chairing and Facilitating Meetings

Coping With Information Overload

Creative Problem Solving

Customer Care

Dealing With Violence And Aggression

Disability Issues

Effective Listening Skills

Effective Time Management

Effective Team Work and Group Development

Employment Law & Small Voluntary Organisations

Equal Opportunities and Racial Harassment

First Aid at Work Certificate (4 full days)

Health & Safety At Work

How to Prepare A Business Plan

How to Stay Calm and Productive Under Pressure At Work

Independent Examination of Charity Accounts - The New Alternative to Audits

Interviewing Skills for Interviewers

Introduction to Training Skills

Introduction to Counselling Skills

Leadership, Decision Making and Change

NEBS Management Introductory Award

Making Effective Presentations

Managing Conflict and Change


Managing Diversity


Managing Effective Meetings

Managing the Money

Managing People

Marketing & PR

Mentoring Course

Minute Taking Skills

Monitoring & Evaluating Skills

Negotiation Skills

Personal & Staff Development

Positively Achieving Success

Power Talking Skills

Recruitment: Getting it Right Every Time!

Recruitment, Interviewing & Selecting Volunteers

Staff Supervision for Managers

Stress Management

Supervising and Appraising Volunteers

TDLB Skills Assessor and Vocational Assessor Awards (D32 & D33)

Team Building

The Voluntary Sector & The Children Act 1989

Total Quality Management

Transactional Analysis

Time Management

The Role of the Management Committee

The Institute of Management CIM/NVQ4 Certificate in Staff Supervision for Managers

The Institute of Management CISM/NVQ3

Understanding Employment Law

Understanding the New Charity Accounting Rules

Valuing Volunteers

Writing Clear and Concise Reports

Writing Effective Press Releases

Working Successfully With Young People


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For further information on any of the courses listed, please contact us.
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