Training
CAN regularly organises open training sessions for trustees of Community Buildings across Northumberland, and are also able to offer bespoke training to individual community buildings on request.
Free online training
Basic Safeguarding training for volunteers
We produced a video of our online basic safeguarding training for volunteers who were applying for funding and were required to have had some basic safeguarding training. This training was created with volunteers at community buildings and village halls in mind so is particularly suitable for those wanting a good basic understanding of safeguarding.
You can download the notes which accompany the video.
E-learning for Village Hall volunteers
Elements Training Portal has been developed by Connected Voice, North Tyneside VODA and Northumberland CVA to help VCSE organisations and groups overcome challenges such as capacity and geography, by allowing them to access quality e-learning 24/7 from wherever they have an internet connection. The portal includes training options on Volunteering, Governing Documents, Charity Finance, Good Fundraising, Good Governance, Adult Safeguarding and Children & Young People Safeguarding.
Carbon Monoxide Awareness
This online training video by Christine Nicholls at CAN explains the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning, how to watch out for the signs, what to do to detect and prevent it.
Watch Carbon Monoxide Awareness video
Fire safety for community buildings
We worked with Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service to produce a user-friendly introduction to fire safety for community buildings and village halls. This training was delivered live online in June 2020 and recorded so can be watched again:
Watch Fire Safety for Community Buildings
The following documents are referred to in the training to download:
Training on request
We offer the following bespoke training to individual community buildings on request and wherever possible we seek funding to keep the costs to community buildings to a minimum.
Topics we are able to cover include:
Trustee Responsibilities (and liability)
Charity trustees are the people who serve on the governing body of a charity and are responsible for the general control and management of the administration of a charity.
This session will help trustees to understand their roles, responsibilities and duties in line with charitable law with an explanation of some of the technical terms. It will assist Chairpersons, Treasurers, Secretaries and Trustees in their role as Management Committee members – and show the best ways of working together as a team
Length – 3 hours
Looking After the Money
Looking after the Money session offers a policy framework for looking after Charitable funds, a template for ‘doing it right’ and the tools for ‘doing the job well. The purpose of this Workshop is to safeguard trustees from financial risk by sharing the decision making in a simple but orderly framework.
The Workshop covers
- Handling money with confidence
- Transparency in the accounts
- Reduction of financial risk
- The tools to do the job efficiently
Length – 3 hours
Insurance
This information session will guide trustees on all types of insurance. Trustees have a duty under Charitable Law, to insure the charity’s assets and liabilities. The session will help trustees understand what must be insured and to make the right choices about the correct policy for your hall.
Length – 3 hours
Risk Assessments
This session will guide trustees in undertaking risk assessments - for both the regular activities within the hall and also for less regular or one-off activities, such as ‘fairs/fetes’. The session will also give guidance on the annual fire risk assessment.
Length – 3 hours
Health and Safety
Management Committees have a duty of care under common law and a statutory duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act, towards individuals and organisations, to avoid carelessly causing personal injury or damage to property. They must take ‘reasonable practical’ steps to ensure the health and safety of employees and others who use the hall ie. volunteers/public/contractors. The duty of care should apply to everyone that uses the building and its grounds.
This session will guide trustees on their responsibilities and how to fulfil them
Length – 3 hours
Need training not listed here?
To discuss your training needs, contact Tracey Morgan, Village Halls Advisor at CAN traceymorgan@ca-north.org.uk or call 01670 517178.