Free Events & Courses
First Fridays - Free Fundraising Clinic
International Fundraising Consultancy (IFC), Kings Cross, first Friday of every month
IFC is giving free advice to charities about fundraising at the Hub, Kings Cross, 34b York Way, London in their Boardroom. Bring your questions, dilemmas, ideas and fundraising frustrations or just chat and sample the coffee.
Workshop for Intermediaries/Front-line Practitioners
Turn2Us, London, 23 November/ 6 December
Turn2us will be running free workshops across the UK in 2011 to increase knowledge of welfare benefits and charitable grants, and the ways in which to support individuals in financial need in a more effective and efficient way.
Health Safety '11
National Show Centre, Dublin (Ireland)16-17 November 2011
This year's FREE conference has been compiled in partnership with the British Safety Council. The programme is completely new and the content is unique to Health and Safety Ireland.
This IIRSM endorsed event plays host to both interesting and informative seminars and approachable, entertaining exhibitor stands. For information on seminars, a list of exhibitors and more please visit the website.
Building Consortia and Working in Partnerships
A one day, introductory training course aimed at organisations looking to form consortia and partnerships in order to be able to bid for public services contracts.
2 November 2011 - Manchester
17 January 2012 - Newcastle
16 February 2012 – Swindon
Free for the voluntary sector
Commissioning for Equality: An introduction to health commissioning
Practical training to help voluntary organisations working with children and young people find out more about commissioning and delivering public services.
15 November 2011 - Birmingham
25 January 2012 - Manchester
28 February 2012 - London
Free for the voluntary sector
How can Health and Safety Legislation and Regulations Work?
London, 24 January
The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) in partnership with IIRSM will be hosting a free breakfast forum to discuss Prof Löfstedt’s impending review of Health and Safety regulation for the DWP.
Speakers include Andrew Miller MP (legislature representative on the Löfstedt advisory panel), Guy Bailey, Senior Policy Advisor (CBI) and Sarah Veale, Head, Equality and Employment Rights Department (TUC). To register your interest in attending email training@thecqi.org
Business Link Procurement Workshops
Business Link, Worcester, 21 July
The 2012 Procurement Training Workshops are designed to provide specialised training to SMEs in the West Midlands to help them understand the detailed procurement processes used by London 2012 organisations and other public sector organisations.
