Training

Recruiting, Selecting and Managing Volunteers (online session)

Choose a date below | 10.00 - 12.30

25 February 2025
27 March 2025

Cost from £10.00

At the end of the session you will be able to: 

• Identify existing and new volunteering roles for volunteers

• Identify where to recruit volunteers

• Establish an effective selection procedure

• Establish a simple guide for managing volunteers

Introduction to Safeguarding Training (lead by Children in Wales)

Monday 24 March 2025 | 10am - 1pm
St. Paul’s Community Centre Penarth CF64 1EU

Friday 28 March 2025 | 10am - 1pm
CF61 Community Centre, Station Road, Llantwit Major CF61 1ST

Cost: £5.00

Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk

 This engaging half-day course, led by a skilled trainer, is designed to be fully interactive. Its goal is to empower participants with the confidence and crucial knowledge needed to collaborate effectively in protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults in their surroundings. 

Aims:

• Learn about the key legislation, guidance, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk

• Understand the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and adults

• Understand working practices essential to keeping children, young people and practitioners safe in a work setting including E-safety

• Identify the characteristics of different types of abuse and neglect and the indicators that these may be taking place

• Know how to respond effectively to evidence or concerns that someone has been abused, or neglected

• Good practice in record keeping

• Be able to describe the principles and boundaries of confidentiality and when to share information

Who should attend?

The course is aimed at anyone working directly or indirectly with children, young people and adults at risk in a wide range of workplace and community settings. 

Using AI tools to support effective content creation -Training for Organisations

Thursday 27 March 2025 | 1pm – 4pm

Cost: £95.00 GVS Member organisations, £135.00 Non-GVS Member Organisations

Supercharge your content creation with AI! This dynamic online training equips you with the knowledge and confidence to leverage AI tools effectively. Learn how to streamline workflows, boost audience engagement, and create impactful content that resonates, all while saving valuable time and resources.

This online training will be delivered through the medium of English. 

Aim

To equip you with the knowledge and confidence to use AI to support your content creation successfully and effectively. By understanding the right tools and strategies, you’ll be able to streamline workflows, enhance engagement, and create impactful content that resonates with your audience while saving time and resources.

Content

AI can help your organisation speed up your content creation and find new ways to communicate with your audiences. This training session offers a comprehensive understanding of the capabilities and potential benefits of AI tools such as Chat GPT and Gemini and how they can be applied within the context of your organisation and digital communications. 

Learning outcomes

• How to use AI tools to speed up your content creation

• Tips on writing effective AI prompts

• Ways to create eye-catching content using AI tools

• The ethical and legal considerations when getting started with AI

• Top mistakes organisations could make, and how to avoid them

Who this course is for

AI training is crucial for all organisations as it empowers staff and volunteers to leverage AI tools for increased efficiency, improved decision-making, and enhanced service delivery. By understanding AI's potential, individuals across all roles can contribute to maximising impact and achieving organisational goals.

About the Trainer

Andrew Davis is renowned for delivering engaging, practical and inspirational digital communications training, working with Media Trust for 10 years to build the UK charity sectors digital communication skills, ambitions and confidence. Andrew’s digital career spans over 20 years. After working as a chatroom moderator on Pop Idol and Liverpool Football Club, Andrew served as producer for the digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra. He then went on to be a Manager for Myspace.com, where he helped launch its UK Marketing and Content division before he started training.

Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) three-year certificate (in-person session)

19 May 2025 | 9.00am - 4.00pm

This course can be adapted to suit a particular audience and is ideal for lower risk organisations, and in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations. The course is run over one day and includes both theory and practical sessions, in a relaxed atmosphere, designed to boost a candidate's confidence. 

Certification is dependent on successful continuous assessment of the student, there is no final exam. Those students who complete the course and are deemed to have reached the required standard are issued with a certificate that is valid for three years. 

• During the course, the delegates learn how to perform emergency first aid and potentially save a life

• Assessments are on-going with no final exam

• The course will run for six hours plus breaks

• All delegates are required to attend for the full duration of the course

 Why learn first aid?

Accidents and medical emergencies can happen in any place and at any time. So although this is a course aimed at first aid in work, these same emergencies can happen in your home, or even a night out. So be prepared. Learn how to save a life.

 Course Syllabus 

• First Aid Priorities

• Managing Incidents

• CPR including use of a defibrillator.

• Unconsciousness

• Seizures

• Control of Bleeding

• Burns and Scalds

• Dressings

• Recording and Reporting

• First Aid Kits

Unlock the Power of Facebook for Your Organisation (Online session)

TBA | 9.30am – 12.30pm

Cost: £60.29

Discover how to maximise the potential of your Facebook presence in this comprehensive three hour training course designed specifically for organisations. From optimising your Facebook Page and crafting engaging posts to making the most of Instagram Stories and Reels, you’ll learn how to build a strong online community, grow your followers, and connect with other organisations. The course also includes an overview of Facebook advertising. The course concludes with a quiz and a Q&A session. You'll leave the course with actionable strategies to enhance your social media efforts.

Course content:

• How to optimise a Facebook Page

• How to create quality posts for the main feed

• Making the most of Instagram Stories

• Making the most of Instagram Reels

• How to increase your followers

• How to engage and network with businesses and organisations

• How to create a community using a Facebook Group

• Facebook advertising overview

• Quiz

• Review and Q&A

Trainer information:
Jonathan Pollinger is an experienced freelance Social Media and AI Trainer based in Cardiff, South Wales. He specialises in social media and AI providing expert support with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. With over 15 years of experience, he has become a well-connected figure in the digital marketing industry, regularly sharing his insights on BBC local radio regarding social media, AI and technology.

An Introduction to Creating designs using Canva (in-person session)

Choose a date below | 10.15am - 1.15pm

TBC

Cost: From £40

Canva www.canva.com is a design tool that has thousands of ready to use templates at your fingertips enabling you to create quick, easy and effective social media graphics, posters, business cards, flyers, presentations and more! 

Canva is free for basic use.  A Pro version with added features is available at a cost but is free if you are a registered charity! 

The session will cover: 

• How to navigate Canva’s home page

• How to choose a template for your design

• How to create a blank design of the size you choose

• How to find, add fonts to suit your brand’s image

• How to add, move, resize and rotate images

• How to add elements – boxes, circles etc

• How to insert your saved images including logos and branding

• How to duplicate your creations to assist with progressing designs

• How to remove image backgrounds, add paid for images, resize any designs (Canva Pro)

• How to save the file as a PDF, PNG, MP4

• Optional 30mins at the end of the session to produce a graphic of your choice using Canva (ideally sign up to Canva prior to the session to make full use of this practical element)

Social media for the Third Sector (online session)

Choose a date below | 9.30 - 12.00

TBC

 You will learn...

• How social media works in the current landscape

• How to identify individual and organisational barriers to using social media

• Which types of content performs well on social media right now

• How to craft unique and engaging posts for your various social platforms

• How to get started with your charity’s social media strategy

Being a Trustee - The Essentials (online session)

TBC - Contact GVS

This training session will cover the fundamentals of being a trustee.

At the end of the session you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of the governing document and how this differs from policies and procedures

• Understand the concept of different legal structures, including limited liability

• Know where to access the essential trustee guidance

Getting started with TikTok (online session)

Choose a date below | 9.30 - 12.00

Choose a date below

TBC

 You will learn...

• The culture of TikTok and how to find your brand's ‘niche’

• How to navigate the TikTok app

• How to use free editing tools to create entertaining, educational and inspirational videos

• How to leverage the features provided by TikTok to grow your brand

Writing for your website (online session)

TBA | 9.30 - 12.00

 You will learn...

• Create interesting and engaging content to meet your website visitors' needs

• Create and use eye-catching media to take your content to the next level

• Efficiently plan and stay on top of your online content

• Understand how search engines work and the use of keywords

How to use X (formerly Twitter) – a workshop for beginners

Choose a date below | 9.30 - 12.30

TBA

An invaluable step by step beginner level introduction to the key features, giving you the skills and knowledge to confidently use X.

At the end of the session you will be able to:

• Send, reply to and delete a tweet

• Use handles and hashtags effectively

• Engage in a conversation

• Recognise appropriate etiquette and good practice

• Learn how to schedule posts

• Integrate X into your social media strategy

Getting Fit for Fundraising

TBA | 10.00 - 11.30

Get advice on fundraising for your charity or voluntary group.

At the end of the session you will:

• Understand an overview of the important steps involved in successfully applying for funding opportunities

• Know where to go to find funding opportunities

• Better understand the principles of writing a good funding application

An Introduction to Data Protection (including GDPR)

TBA | 10.00 - 12.00

A workshop to help you with key information about the basics of Data Protection since our departure from the EU and the Transition Period.

At the end of the session you will:

• Be able to identify what information is classed as 'personal data' and apply that to their work setting

• Understand what is lawful data processing

• Understand how to perform their role in a way that is compliant with data protection requirements (GDPR)

• Understand the rights of individuals (data subjects)

• Know how and when to report a data breach, if necessary

Recruiting Selecting and Managing Volunteers

TBA | 10.00 - 12.00

An ideal training course if you are new to managing volunteers or would like a refresher.

At the end of the session you will be able to:

• Identify existing and new volunteering roles for volunteers

• Identify where to recruit volunteers

• Establish an effective selection procedure

• Establish a simple guide for managing volunteers