Two-day training course for voluntary and community organisations
 
Understanding and using an outcomes focus is a free* two-day training course for voluntary and community organisations. A course is being organised by The Research Centre, City College Norwich and is part of a national programme of over 120 similar courses. 
 
The programme, which is run by Charities Evaluation Services and funded by the Big Lottery Fund, aims to help voluntary and community organisations develop knowledge and skills in using an outcomes focus.
 
The courses aim to equip participants to introduce an outcomes focus within their own organisation. For this reason organisations are encouraged to send two people from their organisation on the course, whether trustees, paid staff, volunteers or a mixture. Participants from the same organisation should all attend the same course.
 
To make the most of this opportunity, we ask you to commit to:
 

• all participants attending both days of the course
• fully engaging in the take-away task between the two training days. This involves holding a meeting in your own  organisation on outcomes and on the implications of opting an outcomes focus. The meeting should involve relevant representatives of trustees, paid staff and volunteers.
• taking further actions to introduce an appropriate outcomes focus within your organisation after Day 2 of the course.

 
You will receive materials and support to help you in these activities.
 
To find out more about the courses, please phone Clayton Anderson (01603 773464), email theresearchcentre@ccn.ac.uk or complete the form below.
 
*Failure to attend both training dates and cancelling on or after the 11th May 2009, once booked, will be subject to a charge of £250.