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New Basic Computer Course Poster with the new dates for the NEW YEAR.

We have Short Courses available – CLICK HERE – For further information : These courses must be paid up on booking.

Long Qualification Courses are available – CLICK HERE – For further information :

Short Introductory Craft Courses are available – CLICK HERE – For further information : These courses must be paid up on booking.

An array of Computer Courses at all different levels are available – CLICK HERE – For more information

For Hele Hub’s Long Qualification Courses, please note; the course will be fully funded if on JSA, ESA or It is your First Level 2 Qualification. Additional charges may apply to some courses.

Childcare Levels 2 and 3, as of January 2012 will be funded if you are on income support, however the £130.00 charge for First Aid and paediatric First Aid will still stand.

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Hele Hub’s reception staff who will be more than happy to help with any queries.

Community and Voluntary Action (CVA) Torbay are now delivering an ongoing training programme in conjunction with Hele Hub CIC. This is an exciting new service from CVA Torbay to all VCS groups in the Bay.

**Updated** FREE for CVA Torbay Members

CVA Torbay is a membership organisation and our learning programmes is now available FREE to our members. Read more about membership of CVA Torbay on our website.

All training will be held in CVA’s newly refurbished and easily accessible training rooms.
Materials such as handouts and certificates, where appropriate are included in the advertised price.

Follow this link to full details of courses, dates, times prices etc

If you are interested in any of the advertised courses and wish to book, please email jemma@helehub.org, or call her on 01803 212899.

Payment must be provided in full, upon booking.

Torbay Advice Training 2012

Name of Course	Date	Time	Venue	Cost
Changes to Housing Benefit (2012 changes for under 35’s)	5^th January	10am-12noon	Brixham Baptist Church (The Front Room)	FREE
Changes to Housing Benefit (2012 changes for under 35’s)	12^th January	10am-12noon	Oldway Mansions, Paignton (Ballroom)	FREE
Changes to Housing Benefit (2012 changes for under 35’s)	26^th January	1.30-3.30pm	Torquay Town Hall (Churston Room)	FREE
Managing Challenging Situations and Behaviour	2^nd February	10am-4pm	Torquay Town Hall (Churston Room)	£40
Autism Awareness	9^th February	10am-1pm	Oldway Mansions, Paignton (Oldway)	£20
Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance	1^st March	10am-4pm	Torquay Town Hall (Churston Room)	£40

If you would like to attend any of the Housing Benefit Changes training (which is free) please email me with the following information:

Name of delegate - Name of Organisation - Venue you wish to attend.

If you wish to attend any other courses then please complete a booking form (here) and return to me A.S.A.P. Sandra.Marsden@torbay.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE: We have limited places on all our courses so suggest you book as soon as possible to secure a place.

For more details of these courses please visit our website on http://www.torbayadvicenetwork.org.uk/index/trainingprogramme

Do you need to book yourself or your volunteers onto an informative and well presented Group 2 Child Protection Training?

This is YOUR chance to book on the TIVERTON course running on Saturday 3 December 2011 (9.15 am – 1.30 pm) - it’s on a strictly first come first served basis and is only £20 per candidate for VYS member organisations and £40 per candidate for non-members. Booking deadline – Tuesday 28 November.

This course is open to anyone working with children and young people in the voluntary sector – paid or unpaid.

The courses we’ve run so far have proved very popular and we’ve received excellent feedback on both the trainer and the course content (candidates evaluation forms have scored 98% for trainer’s knowledge, quality of instruction and training overall). One candidate recently commented “I LOVED THE TEACHING STYLE AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE TUTOR”

Follow this link to the aims of the course together with booking form which needs to be completed and returned with a cheque made payable to ‘Voluntary Youth Services (Devon)’.

Training courses from Torbay and Southern Devon Care Trust Lifestyles Team

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: UNDERSTANDING HEALTH IMPROVEMENT LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE

Are you interested in helping others to:

Become more active?
Make healthier eating choices/lose weight?
Quit smoking?
Reduce alcohol consumption?
Reduce/cope with stress?

This is a FREE qualification that the Lifestyles Team at Torbay and Southern Devon Care Trust are offering to members of the public, our partner organisations and colleagues who have an interest in promoting health. The course includes a multiple choice assessment paper which enables delegates to achieve an accredited award. Read more here Booking Form here

Mental Health First Aid (£12 per delegate)

The aims of Mental Health First Aid are:

to preserve life where a person may be a danger to themselves or others
to provide help to prevent the mental health problems developing into a more serious state
to promote the recovery of good mental health
to provide comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem

MHFA does not teach people to be therapists. However, it does teach people how to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, how to provide initial help and how to guide a person towards appropriate professional help.

Find out more here Booking form here

Training from Eddystone Trust including:

Blood Borne Virus Training, Different Strokes South West and HIV: everybody’s business

HELE HUB REDUCED RATE GROUP BOOKINGS

For groups of 10+ persons, Hele Hub is offering a new reduced price of £38.50 per person in the following courses:

First Aid
Health and Safety
Food Hygiene
Risk Assessment
Manual Handling

Times and dates can be arranged to suit demand.

If you know of anyone who would benefit from this information please feel forward to them and your wider networks. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain essential skills, renew outdated certificates and gain up-to-date knowledge.

Hele Hub CIC are offering short / cheap courses starting as of September 2011!

The courses include:

Stay Online – 1 day course
Working with Microsoft Word – 3 day course
Excel – 3 day course
Email and Internet – 2 day course
Introduction to Spreadsheet – 3 day course
Mail Merge – 1 day course
PowerPoint Presentations – 1 day course
EBay for total beginners – 1 day course
Social Networking Day – 1 day course
Digital Photography – 1 day course
Scrapbooking – 1 day course
Introduction to Drawing – 3 day course
Card Making – 1 day course
Rag Rug Making – 1 day course
Soap Making – 1 day course
Bath Bomb Making - 1 day course
Silver jewellery Making - 1 day course
Silk Painting - 1 day course
Cold Enamelling - 1 day course
Wine Glasses from Wine Bottles! - 1 day course
Mosaics - 1 day course
Candle Decoration - 1 day course
Stained Glass - 1 day course
Indian Head Massage - 1 day course
Introduction to Guitar (beginners) - 1 day course
Play Time - 1 day course
Practical Parenting - 1 day course

Follow this link to a brochure for further details on the courses including dates, times and prices.

These courses are for anyone who is interested!! You do not have to be unemployed or claiming benefits to attend.

Call Hele Hub on 01803 212899, to book on to the course. Payment must be made upon booking, prior to the start date and contact details must be provided upon booking.

Please feel free to forward this information to your wider networks that will find it of use.

Other courses available from Hele Hub Brochure - Brochure page 1 - Brochure page 2 - Brochure page 3 - Brochure page 4

IDT Training & Education - Supervision: Who needs it?
The easy answer to this question is “everybody”! But that’s because we know how people feel, think and behave after engaging in a good supervision session!
Unfortunately, it’s something of a truism that the people who appear the most resistant to supervision and are somewhat reluctant to engage with it are often the ones who most need it? Perhaps they have had a bad experience, or the word itself may be problematic; bringing images of oppressive treatment at the hands of an insensitive, overbearing manager?
Supervision as we understand it, is a regular and consistent meeting between two people, one of whom has more experience. It is a work-orientated process that aims to ensure the best outcomes for its service users by supporting, monitoring and developing workers in their roles.
At its best “effective supervision “ helps to provide insurance (quality assurance) for the organisation, its workers AND its service users. It promotes and develops individual skills and enhances open and honest communication throughout the workforce.
At its worst, it is a demoralising and bogus attempt at maintaining standards. Ineffective supervision is worse than none at all……..so we are told?
To get a better understanding of what we mean by effective supervision, follow this link to the full article including some of the potential benefits and outcomes.

Effective Supervision Skills: (A 2 day course)

A practical, proven, supervision skills and awareness training course for participants from voluntary and statutory organisations in the fields of education, health and social inclusion. Equally suitable for new and experienced managers
Venues: Courses running at 20 different venues in the UK - Follow this link for a Course Leaflet or visit the IDT website http://www.idttraining.com/

For dates, places, booking form etc, including Plymouth (November) and Exeter (February) follow this direct link - Email mail@idttraining.com Phone: 01803 299049

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Does your organisation need/lack Cultural Awareness training?

Fata He is now offering this training free to organisations in the Voluntary Community Sector. We will be working in the Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth and Torbay regions. If you think your organisation may benefit then please contact: Chaz Singh BME Funding & Training Officer chaz@fatahe.com or telephone 01752 607853 or 07950 957909

FREE IT Training
Equip Training is a local training provider (Castle Circus House, Torquay) who deliver learndirect courses. We have funding through by the ESF (European Social Fund) to deliver basic IT training to individuals in the workplace. The one criterion for eligibility is that the person interested must be in paid work.

Our objective is to give basic training to people who may have limited IT skills. The course covers areas such as: the operating system of a computer, file management and basic word processing, to help individuals be more productive in the workplace. This training gives the underpinning knowledge needed to engage in more advanced training programmes. The training will cover 2 days with flexible start dates and delivery schedules.

Equip training are now also offering Free CV workshops and free Employability skills qualifications, to the unemployed to help them back into Employment. We are also offering many other qualifications in Maths English and IT all free of charge to the unemployed. (a £35 registration fee is attached to the ITQ L2 qualification only).

Traci Pelling is the Torquay Centre Manager and can be contacted for further information, Tel: 01803 293296 Email: traci.pelling@equipsw.co.uk

For more information please see our poster and flyer