Richmond upon Thames

Council for Voluntary Service

Training

Free Training

Understanding and using an outcomes focus

• How much do you know about the effects of your organisation’s work?
• Would you like to know more about ‘outcomes’?
• Are your funders asking about outcomes monitoring?

If so, you’ll be interested in this free training course for voluntary and community organisations:

• Learn how to assess your effectiveness
• Learn about what works, to improve your services.
• Increase morale for staff and users by showing that change is happening.
• Demonstrate to funders that you are making a difference.
  

Richmond CVS is running two free 2-day courses:

Course 1: Monday 14 July & Tuesday 12 August, 2008
Course 2: Monday 29 September & Thursday 23 October, 2008

Both courses will be held in the Richmond CVS Conference Room at 1 Princes Street Richmond TW9 1ED

Note: If you are interested in the course but cannot make the above dates, please contact us. We may be able to run a third course if there is demand.

These courses are offered as part of the National Outcomes Programme, run by Charities Evaluation Services. The programme is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. This means the training, which usually costs £250, is free to participants. 

Places are limited, so please register your interest now.

For more details and contact information, read on…

Course details

Understanding and using an outcomes focus is a free two-day training course for voluntary and community organisations. Two courses are being organised by Richmond CVS and these are part of a national programme of over 120 similar courses. The programme, which is run by Charities Evaluation Services and funded by the Big Lottery Fund, aims to help voluntary and community organisations develop knowledge and skills in using an outcomes focus.

The courses aim to equip participants to introduce an outcomes focus within their own organisation. For this reason organisations are encouraged to send two or three people from their organisation on the course, whether trustees, paid staff, volunteers or a mixture. Participants from the same organisation should all attend the same course.

To make the most of this opportunity, we ask you to commit to:

• all participants attending both days of the course
  
  
• fully engaging in the take-away task between the two training days. 
     This involves holding a meeting in your own organisation on outcomes 
     and on the implications of adopting an outcomes focus. The meeting 
     should involve relevant representatives of trustees, paid staff and volunteers.
  
  
• taking further actions to introduce an appropriate outcomes focus within 
     your organisation after Day 2 of the course.

You will receive materials and support to help you in these activities.

To find out more about the courses, please contact us via one of the following options:

• Phone Simon Croft on 020 8255 8195 (Mon, Tues, Thurs & voicemail)
• Email Simon at simonc@richmondcvs.org.uk 

Please complete the form and email/post it to Simon Croft, Richmond CVS, 1 Princes Street, Richmond, Surrey. TW9 1ED

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