This five-year project, funded by The Big Lottery, was set up between 2008 – 2013.
Our aim was to strengthen small and medium-size voluntary and community organisations by:
- Increasing trustees’ knowledge and awareness in important areas of governance and management;
- Developing trustees’ skills so that they can better direct their organisations;
- Enabling trustees to acquire and develop teaching skills – through training, and giving them opportunities to co-train – so they can share their learning with other trustees and at the same time enhance their career prospects.
- The project is supported by a Steering Group which involves representatives of local voluntary and community organisations and former project participants.
The project offered:
- A training programme of five sessions on governance (delivered over a three-month period). Click here to see details of the next rounds of training.
- One-to-one support on any organisational development area, customised to meet the needs of the organisation.
- Accredited training on an “Introduction to Teaching and Learning” course for trustees interested in developing their training skills. Click here to find out more about this course.
- Co-training opportunities – the chance for a small group of interested trustees to become part of a pool of trained trustees able to work alongside VAC staff to deliver governance training sessions.
Getting Involved
The project was delivered in three progressive steps – with the first step being the training programme on governance and management. Trustees could enrol at any time for the next round of training sessions.
Impact
Voluntary Action Camden Evaluation of Governance Training programme
