Free Introduction to Community Organising Workshop taking place in Wokingham Borough

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This fun, energetic, FREE course introduces you to Community Organising – the work of bring people together to take action around their common concerns and overcome social injustice. Community Organisers reach out and listen, connect and motivate people to build their collective power.

Date: Friday 10th May, Arborfield Green Community Centre

Refreshments and a sandwich lunch will be provided.

This whole day training event is facilitated by independent charity CCB and run by Community Organisers. It is supported by Wokingham Borough Adult Community Learning.

WHAT IS COMMUNITY ORGANISING?
When communities work together, the possibilities for positive change are endless. Community organising is the work of bringing people together to take action around their common concerns and overcome social injustice. Community organisers reach out and listen, connect and motivate people to build their collective power. When people are organised, communities get heard and power begins to shift creating real change for good.

WHAT DOES THE COURSE COVER?

This one-day course is an introduction to community organising as a process which can reach out and bring people together to form stronger relationships and develop community activities together. Community organisers do not do things on behalf of people but motivate and facilitate people to make small and powerful changes locally and for wider social change.

During this course you will explore:

  • What community organising is
  • The importance of listening to build relationships and uncover issues
  • Power in communities and why it matters
  • How to motivate people to take action
  • How to take your next steps in community organising & social action

Reccomendations

CCB facilitated this course in June 2018 and learners there had a really positive experience. Comments included:

‘It was a really welcoming environment. I enjoyed the interaction and participatory way of learning and it gave me a fresh perspective.’

‘I really enjoyed finding out about the structure of community organising and the concept of listening at different levels.’

BOOKING

This course is FREE to attend but places are limited so we will charge a £10 administration fee if you fail to attend the course. To book your place please click this link: https://ccberks.wufoo.com/forms/introduction-to-community-organisers-arborfield/

Finance for Business Owners

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Finance for Business OwnersFinance for Business Owners.

This is the second time the Real Business Club  have run the course.

Feedback from attendees last time was excellent – giving them up to date information and advice, helping them plan their business, understand changes to their responsibilities and helped them feel more confident on running the financial side of their business. It is relevant to Business owners from all sectors and from one man bands to small teams/ using sub contractors.

To book your FREE place please email: info@therealbusinessclub.co.uk

 

 

Autumn Training Update

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This Autumn CCB successfully ran two free training topics in community buildings in Berkshrie:

Marketing Your Village Hall in Padworth Village Vall

A repeat of the marketing training held at Tidmarsh village hall in June was run in Padworth in October 2017. 9 attendees attended a presentation run by Sara Charlesworth, CCB trustee, as to how to market your hall and increase the number of bookings. Participants were asked to think of 10 new activities which could take place in their halls and how they would target those people who might like to use it. The meeting was supported by West Berkshire Council and sponsored by Norris and Fisher Insurance Brokers.

The use of social media was referred to and it was agreed to run another session in 2018 to concentrate on that as a marketing tool for halls so look out for this!

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First Aid training taking place at Woolhampton Village Hall recently

Emergency first aid and use of defibrillators @ Acland Memorial Hall Cold Ash

15 people attended another in the series of emergency first aid and use of defibrillator meetings delivered by HeartStart Thatcham. The training included sessions on what to do with conscious and unconscious casualties, choking, bleeding and how to use a defibrillator. A number of villages have installed defibrillators as a result of these training meetings which have always been very well received.

CCB is very pleased to have been awarded another grant from Scottish and Southern Energy’s Resilient Communities Fund to run 3 more meetings during 2018. Details of the first one will be announced soon.

Unique opportunity to access management training and qualifications

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If you are a Berkshire organisation employing fewer than 250 people (that should be virtually all of us!) you can train your management team with this incredible offer, funded by the ESF through Berkshire LEP.

CCB has teamed up with local management training company Alan Hester Associates to help you access local management and leadership courses leading to nationally recognised qualifications accredited by ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management).
All you pay is the ILM registration fee (c£100) and your programme is entirely free of charge. You get three one-day workshops (one per month) and tutor support and feedback to complete your assignments.

Courses are available at Level 3 and 4, so newer and more experienced managers are catered for, and the Certificate level qualification is a concise award so you should achieve within 4-6 months, even with a busy job role.

Course leader is Alan Hester, international author of Management Starts With You and an expert on leadership skills. Alan and his team are based in Reading and courses are available at several locations across Berkshire.

1359665594This is a rare opportunity to book a place on one of Alan’s courses free of charge. Please contact Alan direct for more information by phone on 07970 522760 or email at alan@alanhester.co.uk