Posts by Aya Bdaiwi

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The Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets have produced a Fact Sheet on Saying No to Volunteers {See below} As voluntary sector organisations, we know every volunteer’s time and energy is valuable and so we want to say ‘yes’ to as many prospective volunteers as possible. However, while it is important to strive to be inclusive, we…

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On 30th October, Strengthening Faith Institutions (SFI) launched our Health-Check for Faith Communities in Kirklees, which measures the strengths and weaknesses of your institution which will serve to maximise your organisation by providing focused training for your leadership team, trustees, and members in core areas of safeguarding, security, governance, funding and other areas of need….

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has launched a range of new online safeguarding resources which outline simple steps that voluntary organisations can take to ensure that they are run in a way that actively prevents beneficiaries, staff and others from suffering harm, harassment, bullying, abuse and neglect. The resources cover what safeguarding is, steps…

At this time of budget restraint and uncertainty for the VCSE sector we need to be creative in identifying training and development opportunities for staff. Even without a large training and development budget organisations’ can identify opportunities to develop their staff through a wide variety of on-line training and learning websites that offer free courses…

Strengthening Faith Institutions have been given a fantastic training opportunity for a trustee or a member of a faith institution’s management committee and SFI will be covering the cost, so it’s free!  There is a range of training available in the following areas:  1. Governance – Wednesday 13th November: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm 2. Safeguarding – Tuesday 10th…