E-Bulletin - May 2009

May 09 E-Bulletin contents page


Training

T3SC May Training

May

Winning tenders
19 May, 10am—1pm at T3SC

Raising your profile- New Date!
26 May, 10am–3pm at Dunkirk Street Methodist Church, Droylsden
Training course on marketing and publicity – learn how to get your
group noticed, attract new members and supporters.

We cover:
Why marketing is important
Writing press releases—what have you got to say?
Local contacts—what channel can you use to get your story heard
Tips for radio interviews
Websites—the benefits and how to get a quick easy web presence
Leaflets—putting together a snappy leaflet

Where?
The session above will take place at T3SC, St. Michael’s Court, St. Michael’s Square, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6XN
To book contact Dawn or another member of Support and Development Team on 0161 339 4985 or email dawn.acton@t3sc.org

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Child protection training
17 June, 5.30pm - 8.30pm at T3SC

This is a basic awareness raising session in promoting welfare and safeguarding children. Its aim is to enable participants to recognise concerns about children and respond appropriately. All workers who come into contact with children, young people and parents require this training.

To book a place please contact Veronica Hyde at T3SC, Tel: 0161 339 4985, email: funkylizard@t3sc.org

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Volunteer Centre Training

Support and Supervision
May 9 at the Volunteer Centre Tameside, 95-97 Penny Meadow, Ashton-under-Lyne

The training is free to all voluntary and community sector groups.

To book on the above course, or for more information on this or any other training requirements your organisation may have contact David or Riona on 0161 339 2345.

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Adult Learners Week events in Tameside
 
During Adult Learner’s Week, which runs from 9-15 May, you are invited to attend one of the 28 taster sessions and workshops happening in the borough. 

These sessions will be held at Tameside’s Libraries and at Topaz@Mind Well Being Centre, in Ashton-under-Lyne. Many of the sessions are free, and will give you the chance to learn something new or try something completely different!  For a full listing of events please visit the Adult Learners Week website - www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/alw  

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Training for people working with children and young people
Participation Works are holding a free training course in Manchester on 5 May.

Ready Steady Change is a one-day course that introduces participants to a selection of training methods and tools to enhance their skills and knowledge in increasing children and young people’s effective participation in decision-making. The course focuses on values, change and action. Ready Steady Change approaches participation from a children’s rights framework and is suitable for all individuals involved in participation work.

Our courses are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of staff including managers and trustees as well as young people themselves, and will include accredited training. The training programme is being delivered England-wide by a team of Participation Works approved trainers, including young people who are aged 16-19 years.

Courses are free to voluntary, community and other third sector organisations (1 person per organisation) and £85 for statutory organisations.

To book a place or find out more about the courses visit our Gateway: www.participationworks.org.uk or call the Enquiry Line: 0845 603 6725

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Training from Tameside Business Family

Attracting customers to your site –
Part 1: Marketing and Social Networks
Thursday May 14, 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Dukinfield Town Hall

Once you have a website you need to attract customers. The key to success is the development of a marketing plan which includes a mix of offline and online routes. This includes a wide range of online options including social networks, search engine optimisation, Pay for Click advertising and marketing offline. Where to start?

Our two part workshop will guide you through the different online options and how to access, implement, measure and evaluate them.

You will learn:

Presented by Andy Nicol, Sputnikinternet info@sputnikinternet.com

Attracting customers to your site –
Part 2: Search Engine Optimisation & Pay for Click advertising
Thursday June 4,  5:30pm – 7:30pm at Dukinfield Town Hall

This workshop focuses on getting the best from search engines (search engine optimisation or SEO) and Pay Per Click advertising. You will find out what they are and how they can complement each other. With companies increasingly using both methods to target and reach customers getting the right mix has never been more important.

You will learn:

Presented by Simon Wharton, PushON simon@pushon.co.uk

Stay Legal - what you should know when selling goods and services online
Thursday June 11, 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Dukinfield Town Hall

Just like any high street shop, an online store is covered by legislation. Do you know what laws apply to selling online? This event is a Q&A session with a chance to submit questions in advance via email

Presented by Raj Mahapatra, Legal 2.0 raj@legal20.co.uk

BOOK ONLINE for these FREE EVENTS www.tamesidebusinessfamily.com/events.asp

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Get YOUR clients set for Digital Switchover -
Free Staff Training and small Grant Scheme

As you know the UK wide switch to digital TV is underway. This means that everyone must have converted their TV to digital in order to continue watching after switchover. In the Granada area, the TV signal is provided by the Winter Hill transmitter and its relay stations. They will all switch over on November 4 and December 2 2009:

Those aged 75 or over, or who have lived in a care home for six months or more, or get (or could get) certain disability benefits, or are registered blind or partially sighted, are eligible for support from the Switchover Help Scheme to convert one TV set to digital. Every eligible person will be offered practical help, including equipment, installation and aftercare, to convert one of their TV sets to digital in the run-up to switchover in their region. The Help Scheme writes to all eligible people three times to let them know what help they can receive. It costs £40, or for those entitled to certain income-related benefits it is free.

Pebble Enterprises and Digital Outreach have teamed up to offer training to help organisations who deal with the following groups who might not fall within the Help Scheme criteria, but who will still need assistance with switchover:-

Booking your free training place
Training sessions are available designed to raise awareness and understanding of switchover and the Help Scheme in your organisation, and is aimed at staff and volunteers who then can cascade the information to your staff and volunteers, and to your clients. Sessions will be held at the following dates and locations. There is no charge to attend. Sessions will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm and lunch will be provided.

To book on a training event or for more information please contact: -
Sarah Cole, Digital Outreach Coordinator, Stockport, Rochdale, Bolton, Oldham and Tameside, Email: sarah@pebbleenterprises.org.uk  
Telephone: 07598 329 692.
 

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