T3SC (Tameside 3rd Sector Coalition) is dedicated to providing support, advice and information
to our local voluntary and community groups (the VCS or third sector).
We are a registered charity (no:1094744) working throughout Tameside.
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Training
T3SC Lunch
and
Learn
– Bright Ideas!
15 April 2008,
12 noon – 2pm, at T3SC Training room
Are you
afraid of running out of funding?
Interested in looking at other ways to make money apart from grants?
Then this session is for you! Come along to pick up new ideas to help
keep your group keep going and learn from each other!
Free lunch and refreshments provided!
For more
information and to book a place contact
Naomi
Creed, Tel. 0161
339 4985
Working with Asylum and Refugee
Children and Families
25 April 2008, 9am - 4pm
'We came because we had to'.
A briefing session to promote awareness and good practice when working
with Asylum and Refugee children and families.
Working with Traveller Children and Families
24 April 2008, 9am - 12.30pm
The travelling community is made up of people from diverse cultures and
lifestyles. This briefing session aims to promote awareness and good
practice when working with traveller children and families.
Venue for both briefing sessions: Denton Festival Hall, Peel
Street, Denton, M34 3JY
If you wish to apply for a place please send an application form to
Glynis Hughes or
Alex Hart,
Tel: 0161 337 0246
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De-mystifying Commissioning and Procurement
T3SC are organising a
series of learning sessions for the voluntary and community sector of
Tameside to increase the sector’s chances of winning public service
delivery tenders. These sessions are free but places are limited.
We are being supported in
running these events by Tameside’s Joint Commissioning team, so take
advantage of this golden opportunity to get to know the Commissioners
and hear directly what makes a good tender.
Hopefully you’ll find a
level of course that suits you or you may want to come along to them
all. Find out more or book a place by talking to Liz on 0161 339 4985
liz.welsh@t3sc.org
(Venues to be confirmed, refreshments will be
provided).
Getting
to grips with the basics
10 April
2008,
facilitated
by T3SC
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Learn
what the terms commissioning and procurement mean
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Where to
find tender opportunities
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What
you’ll need to think about as an organisation
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How to
get started
Getting
through the pre-tender stage
24 April and 8
May 2008,
facilitated
by Tameside Commissioners
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Learn
what you will need to have in place to get through
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Understand what the question are asking for
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Work
through a checklist to make sure you’ve got everything you will need
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Put
together a pack for your organisation that will help you when you next
fill in a pre qualification questionnaire / organisational
questionnaire
Tendering
tips
21
May 2008,
facilitated by Tameside
Commissioners and T3SC
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Understand what makes a good answer to a question
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Learn
some tips of the trade
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Understand the common pitfalls and how to avoid them
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Get to
know the process of tendering in detail and what is expected
Legal
questions and answers
29 May 2008,
facilitated by Tameside
Borough Solicitor / Legal expert
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May Day showcase event - Health Partnerships
1 May 2008
This event is an opportunity to discover what current work is going on
around procurement, commissioning and health from Greater Manchester's
third sector and examine ways of building positive partnerships. For
more information see the
GMVCO
website
Delegate fees for the event are £20 per person. Refreshments and lunch
will be provided.
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Coming soon...
Becoming more
enterprising!
30 April 2008, venue to be
confirmed
One day course for groups
looking to develop your business ideas. Identifying
and exploring potential business opportunities.
The session will look at:
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What is sellable? (Get new ideas!)
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Step-by-step guide to what you need
to think about
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Managing change and
risks
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Developing Business
plans
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Where to go for further
support
If
you’re interested in attending this course – please contact Naomi at
T3SC on 0161 339 4985 or email
naomi.creed@t3sc.org by the 14 April 2008.
For all
T3SC training see our training page
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Child Protection Training dates at T3SC
14 May 2008
- 6pm-9pm
25 September 2008 - 1pm-4pm
11 December 2008 - 10am-1pm
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.
By the end of the course you will:
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Be aware of what is meant by
child abuse and neglect
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Be aware of your role in
keeping children safe.
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Be able to take the right
steps to protect children.
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Be able to provide a safe
environment for the children you work with.
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The session involves some
Power Point presentation, group work, flip chart work and exploring
scenarios.
Contact
Veronica Hyde at T3SC for
more information.
If you can't make these dates in order that you can access it anytime
the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board invested £5000 in an
e-learning package.
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SAGE - 2 Day Introductory and Processing for Instant
Accounts
and Line 50 course
2 and 3 April 2008
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Installation and setting up the Sage
accounts programme
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An overview of how Sage software
operates
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Shortcut keys
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Customisable navigation
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Setting up departments
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Setting up new tax codes
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Value Added Tax
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Clearing down your VAT
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Customising your Nominal Ledger
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Creating Bank Accounts/Petty Cash
Accounts/Credit Card Accounts
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Bank Transfers
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Recurring Entries
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Financial Reporting - Profit Loss etc
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Creating customer and supplier
records
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How to create customer invoices and
credit notes
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Supplier batch invoice posting
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Customer batch invoice posting
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How to post Petty Cash/ Credit card
payments
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How to pay your suppliers and post
accordingly
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How to post your customer receipts
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Printing Sales invoices and sending
them to email
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Checking and correcting errors
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Customer letters and statements
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How to use your bank payments and
receipts option
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Bank reconciliation
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Backup of data
Contact
Jonathan Lord
at St Peter's Partnership for more information, Tel. 0161 214 8300.
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Developing your
groups funding strategy
17 April 2008, 7pm-9pm, Mossley Youth Base, The Rowans,
Micklehurst, Mossley
Do you have a funding strategy? Do you know what funding you'll need for
the next 12 months. Come and find out how to develop your groups funding
strategy.
For more information
contact Stuart Vaughan,
Tel: 0161 339 4985
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