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Listed below are FREE R2O events available to all BME-led, owned or focused third sector organisations.
Thursday 23 October 2008 Legal Issues: Contracts and Partnerships: Do contracts mean what they say? A professional take on developing contracts: their nature and formation, oral v written, validity, breach and damages.
Are we Really Partners? What exactly is a partnership; know
your partnership essentials, formal v limited liability partnerships and liabilities.
Tuesday 28 October 2008
Winning Contracts - A practical
approach to successful proposals, giving participants the opportunity to
practice their skills in tender writing and ensure the organisation is tender
ready.
Thursday 13 November 2008
Local Area Agreements - Local Area
Agreements (LAAs) set out the priorities for a local area agreed between
central government and a local area (the local authority and Local Strategic
Partnership) and other key partners at the local level. LAAs are intended to simplify central funding,
help join up public services more effectively and allow greater flexibility for
local solutions to local circumstances. This workshop is intended to demystify
the purpose and impact of LAAs for the BME third sector.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Approved Supplier Network Meeting: ‘The Edge’ - An opportunity
for R20 and other consultants to meet, discuss the current supplier issues and
regulations. The network aims to achieve equitable, intelligent and inclusive
consultancy.
Wednesday
26 November 2008
Business Planning - Learn how to
write a business plan. A workshop to support your organisation (community group
or social enterprise) develop its vision, goals, governance and work plan, in
order to feed into the business plan.
This programme will help you to identify key elements of a successful
business plan and get you started with your forward strategy.
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Financial Management and Full Cost Recovery - A workshop to
help organisations to identify the true costs of their projects and activities
and to gain the necessary tools to support budgeting. We will provide practical
exercises to support the learning and identify a range of simple tools
currently available to help you to better manage your finances in line with
charity legislation (e.g. from basic spreadsheets to simple software).
Thursday 11 December 2008
Creating a Competitive Edge - This
workshop will support your organization to identify its unique selling point
and develop your competitive advantage. It will cover ethical marketing, and
measurement of social impact. It will also provide practical tips and
suggestions to develop your marketing plan.
We will also be sharing real examples of project marketing and the
lessons learned from our professional marketing companies' work with a select
number of BME TSOs.
Monday 15 December 2008
Launch of ‘The Collective’ – ‘The
Collective’ is a regional network of BME third sector organisations that was
developed through various focus groups. It aims to be a forum where BME TSOs
can champion their causes, influence policy and decisions, share best practice
and facilitate dialogue. The launch is a great opportunity to discuss the
current and most pressing issues that BME TSOs face and enter the next phase of
the journey to sustainability.
Thursday 15 January 2009
R20 Rural Performance Improvement Event - Two Sides of
the Same Coin. A joint event of commissioners and beneficiaries of R20 from the
rural areas. This is a pilot event
intended to establish clear working relations and lines of communication
between commissioners and commissionees and to support commissioners to
understand the benefits of engaging BME organisations.
Friday 27 March 2009 R20 Conference 'End of a Road, Beginning of a Journey'
This event
will provide you with an insight into the activities delivered by the R2O
programme and will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to celebrate the
programmes’ high points as well as thank the many people who contributed to its
success.
The event
will also disseminate the learning from the programme and discuss how it can be
used to further opportunities for BME third sector organisations.
Who should attend: policy makers, third sector organisations, infrastructure organisations, commissioners and funders of the BME third sector
When:
Time: 9.30
– 2.00 (lunch included)
Location:
The Deaf Cultural Centre,
This is a
free event, but spaces are limited, so book now!
To book
your place, please fill in the booking form and return it to
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