[WiLT] WRC training Jan to april 2009

[WiL Admin]

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Hackney funding seminar

Date: Thursday 29 January 2009
Time: 9.30am - 2.00pm
Venue: Hackney CVS

Come listen and pose your questions to inspiring experts in
fundraising,
commissioning, trading and partnership building. They will share
pearls
of wisdom about how you could make your organisation more financially
stable. There will also be an opportunity to network with other
women's
organisations at the event.

Speakers will include:

* Em Ekong, Director, Urban Inclusion Community Ltd, The FEAT
Project, "Social Enterprise- How to make it work for the women's
sector".
* Supriya Horn, Head of Sustainability and Development, WRC
* Pippa Judd, Counselling Services Manager, BHT Threshold
(Brighton)

This seminar is free and open to all women's organisations in London.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_for
m.doc  (Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at
development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/development@wrc.org.uk.
If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047

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Building relationships with funders and commissioners

Date: Tuesday 10 February 2009
Time: 9.30am - 4pm
Venue: WRC

Wouldn't it be great to have someone advocating for you when funding
priorities and decisions are being made? Influencing and building
relationships with funders and commissioning staff is key to ensuring
that your organisation gets access to funds. We will look at practical
ways that you can build relationships using a step by step approach.

This training is free and open to all women's organisations in London.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_form.doc
(Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/develop
ment at wrc.org.uk. If you have any queries, please email or call on 020
7324 3047

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Commissioning and procurement - understanding the basics

Date: Thursday 26 February 2009
Time: 9.30am - 4pm
Venue: WRC

With the move from grants to contracts, women's organisations have to
learn new skills to engage in the new processes. This course will
focus
on the Supporting People procurement and commissioning process as a
basis for understanding the principles in general. It will also
highlight what to look out for in tenders and contracts and address
specific issues around funding women-only services.

This training is free and open to all women's organisations in London.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_form.doc
(Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/development@wrc.org.uk.
If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047

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Developing effective partnerships

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2009
Time: 9.30am - 4pm
Venue: WRC

Partnerships are one way women's organisations struggling to secure
larger amounts of funding may be able to survive. This course looks at
the different aspects of partnership working that you need to think
about to make an informed decision about going into partnership and to
ensure the partnership is effective and benefits your existing work.

This training is free and open to all women's organisations in London.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_form.doc
(Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/development@wrc.org.uk.
If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047

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Social enterprise and the women's sector

Date: Thursday 2 April 2009
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: WRC

A social enterprise is a business with primarily social aims, whose
profits are put back into the organisation or the community it serves.
This course will help women's organisations to understand what social
enterprise is, how it relates to them and how to take advantage of the
range of opportunities on offer.

This training is free and open to all women's organisations in London.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_form.doc
(Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/development@wrc.org.uk .
If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047

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Introduction to developing a sustainable funding mix

Date: Tuesday 21 April 2009
Time: 9.30am - 4pm
Venue: WRC

Grants to women's organisations are reducing rapidly and in order to
survive in such uncertain times, organisations need to look at other
forms of funding. If you are looking to develop a more sustainable
funding mix, this course is for you. It will introduce the different
funding options available and help you to start exploring what might
be
most appropriate for you.

You will also have the opportunity to sign up for further support
offered by the Women's Resource Centre to enable you to diversify your
income and make yourselves more sustainable. Find out more about the
training and support on offer...
http://www.wrc.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/generating_income.aspx

To book your place, please download this booking form
http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/n/new_booking_form.doc
(Word, 72KB) and return to Ellen by email at development at wrc.org.uk
http://www.wrc.org.uk/training_events/building_futures_training/development@wrc.org.uk.
If you have any queries, please email or call on 020 7324 3047


Ellen Storrar
Development Assistant
Women's Resource Centre
ellen at wrc.org.uk
DD: 020 7324 3047

Understanding and supporting women and their organisations
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