Voluntary Action Camden

This five-year project, funded by The Big Lottery, was set up in 2008.  Our aim is to strengthen small and medium-size voluntary and community organisations by:

• Increasing trustees’ knowledge and awareness in important areas of governance and management;
• Developing trustees’ skills so that they can better direct their organisations;
• Enabling trustees to acquire and develop teaching skills – through training, and giving them opportunities to co-train -  so they can share their learning with other trustees and at the same time enhance their career prospects.

The project is supported by a Steering Group which involves representatives of local voluntary and community organisations and former project participants.

Activities

The project offers:

• A training programme of five sessions on governance (delivered over a three-month period).  Click here to see details of the next rounds of training.
• One-to-one support on any organisational development area, customised to meet the needs of the organisation.
• Accredited training on an “Introduction to Teaching and Learning” course for trustees interested in developing their training skills. Click here to find out more about this course.
• Co-training opportunities – the chance for a small group of interested trustees to become part of a pool of trained trustees able to work alongside VAC staff to deliver governance training sessions.

Getting Involved

The project is delivered in three progressive steps – with the first step being the training programme on governance and management.  Trustees can enrol at any time for the next round of training sessions.  Click here to download a booking form, or click here to download a brochure that gives more information about how Trustees can get involved and progress from one step to another.

Project News

Click here to download our most recent Project Update Report.  This captures feedback from some of the project’s participants in 2009-10.

Contact

Patricia Garcia, Training and Projects Manager

Tel: 020 7284 6568  (Typetalk: 18001-020 7284 6568)

Email: pgarcia@vac.org.uk