Courses from ViSTA

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Current Courses

• Asking for Money and How to Enjoy Doing it
• Become a Local Funding Central Champion - Free Training for Funding Advisors
• Campaign Workshop - Introductory
• Change Management - Masterclass
• Coaching and Supervision for Managers
• Community Learning Champions
• Customer Care for the Front Line
• Cutting Edge Strategic and Business Planning: Refreshing and Revitalising Your Approach. Masterclass
• Developing Your Charity and Fundraising Strategy
• Domestic Abuse Awareness
• Exploring Trustees' Fundraising, Annual Reporting and Public Benefit Accountability
• Find Your Way Around Word and Excel 2007
• Free Advice Surgery on How to Read Your Annual Accounts
• Free Finance Seminar - Finance for the Confused and Terrified
• Health and Safety Management
• Introduction to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
• Lantra Award in Volunteer Management (Level 3)
• Managing Absence
• Recruitment and Selection - Getting the Right People
• Ten Steps to the Perfect Fundraising Bid
• Top Tips for Finance Forecasting and Review Workshop
• Top Tips to Being a Successful Trustee and the Essentials of Good Governance
• Using Video Footage for Evaluation and Promotion
• Widening Your Reach with Social Media
• Working Together on Personalisation

other courses not running currently

• 7300 Introduction to Trainer Skills
• Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Bidding For And Managing Service Contracts (SLAs)
• Bookkeeping - Level 2
• CAF - The Common Assessment Framework
• Certificate in Community Development (NOCN Levels 2&3)
• Certificate in Managing Voluntary and Community Organisations (NOCN level 2)
• Certificate in Youth Work (City & Guilds Level 2), Unit 1: Building Positive Relationships with Young People and Groups.
• Certificate in Youth Work (City & Guilds Level 2). Unit 4: Health & Safety and Well Being
• Emergency First Aid in the Workplace
• Exploring and Understanding Professional Boundaries
• Getting to Grips with Commissioning
• Getting to know Office 2007
• Gift Aid
• HR Recruitment and Selection Best Practice
• ILM Certificate in Management (Level 3)
• Introduction to Becoming a Trustee/Committee Member
• Introduction to Trainer Skills
• Making Social Media Work for You
• Planning and Running a Community Fundraising Event (NOCN Level 2/3)
• Practical Project Management - A Complete Guide
• Presenting with a Purpose
• Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Safer Recruitment of Staff and Volunteers and Allegation Management
• The Common Induction Framework
• Top Tips for Tendering
• Understanding Visual Impairment (Level 2 NOCN)
• Whats Out There - Signposting and Advice Awareness Training