Ensuring Quality
Is your Training Quality ?
The voluntary and community sector is a unique and creative service provider, and extends this to cover all of the many and varied learning opportunities it delivers. All organisations run learning sessions which may be a 1hour small team meeting of staff and volunteers, or open courses delivered to large groups. In the current funding climate we are also asked to give evidence that we provide quality learning and many organisations are now looking to develop this as part of an organisational business plan.Free Development Workshops
We are running a series of short workshops to look at different aspects of assuring quality so that you can select the ones that you would find most helpful. The early ones will help organisations or staff who are new to running learning sessions whilst the later ones look at the more involved processes.
Sessions will run from 10.00 - 1.00 with lunch included and are at a range of community venues centrally convenient venue for the people attending.
Session 1 Why Quality Assure ? What are the benefits and drawbacks ?
This was held in November and quotes from participants included :“It really made me think how much more we could do”
“It was friendly and fun”
Session 2 What are quality indicators and how do you choose the right ones ?
Date : Thursday 24 JanVenue : Fairfield Centre, Worcester
Session 3 Making it happen – developing tools and systems
Date : Wednesday 20 FebVenue : YMCA, Worcester
Session 4 How to quality check learning against national standards
Date : Tuesday 18 MarVenue : Red Cross, Worcester
Session 5 Recognising and validating learning – RARPA
Date : Wednesday 23 AprilVenue : Community First, Malvern
Session 6 Accreditation
Date : Wednesday 21 MayVenue : Red Cross, Worcester
Please complete our online booking form www.comfirst.org.uk/course_booking
and send together with a deposit cheque for £10 which will secure your place. If you are booking for multiple workshops you need only send one cheque. We will then send you confirmation of booking and venue details. Your cheque will be returned on attendance or cashed to cover a cancellation.
Places are limited so we ask for organisations to send one representative. If you would like multiple places then let us know and you can be put on a reserve list.
It may be possible to repeat sessions so please let me know if you have missed a session that you would find useful.
If you would like to discuss how this project might help your organisation then please contact us.