Volunteering and the Law - 3rd May 2023
2023-03-05 10:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Spelthorne
This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn about or refresh your knowledge on volunteering and the law.
Areas covered during the workshop are:
• the definition of volunteering and volunteers’ rights• the difference between a contract and an agreement• the impact on volunteering of Health & Safety, Insurance, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 & the Equality Act 2010• the current DBS checks situation• volunteering and benefits• the guidelines around volunteer expenses• Volunteer Management Policies• Good Practice Measures
There is no charge for this workshop however places are limited so booking is essential.

Grants and Trusts Fundraising Applications - 7th March 2023
2023-03-07 09:30 - 15:00 | Spelthorne
This one-day training is an introduction to structuring and writing charity applications for grants and trusts (national and local):

Researching the need for your project
Planning
Measuring impact
Finding the appropriate funder
Application structure
Funding Strategy

Grants and Trusts Fundraising Applications - 10th July 2023
2023-07-10 09:30 - 15:00 | Spelthorne

Digital fundraising - 19th September 2023
2023-09-19 10:00 - 13:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
Our digital fundraising training will look at how to attract donors through social media, looking at:

your audience
telling your story using digital channels
your donor journey

**This event is now sold out. To join our waiting list, please email louise@voluntarysupport.org.uk**

Charity Law for Trustees - Staines
2023-09-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Goddard Room in Knowle Green Council Offices Staines, Goddard Room in Knowle Green Council Offices, Staines, Surrey, TW18 1XB, United Kingdom
It is essential that trustees stay up to date with their legal and other responsibilities. Whether you’re a new trustee or have been serving for some time and would like to refresh and update your knowledge, our trustee training on Charity Law and the roles and responsibilities of trustees is for you.
This in-person event will be led by charity law expert, Helen Harvie.

Volunteering and the Law - 2nd October
2023-10-02 10:00 - 13:30 | High Cross Church, 1 Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3SY, United Kingdom

Grants and trusts fundraising applications - 26th October
2023-10-26 09:30 - 15:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom

Recruiting and managing volunteers - 14th November
2023-11-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Staines Community Centre, Thames Street, Staines-upon-Thames, Spelthorne, TW18 4EA, United Kingdom
This workshop is aimed at voluntary organisations who want to improve how they recruit and manage volunteers, and establish good practices to help retain the volunteers that they have.
Areas covered during the workshop are:

Evaluating and planning the recruitment process
Advertising and promoting your volunteer opportunities
What should be included in a volunteer policy/agreement
Understanding what motivates and de-motivates volunteers
Methods of recognising and rewarding volunteers.

Create your 2024 communications plan
2023-11-23 10:30 - 13:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
A good communications plan helps your organisation reach its goals. Having a plan gives you an overview of why you’re doing what you’re doing, so that you can effectively reach your audiences.
In this workshop, you will cover:

Your communications objectives
Your audiences and how you’ll reach your audiences
Your messages: what you’re going to say
Putting your plan together
Your impact: measuring your success
A make-it-easier toolkit

Charity Law for Trustees - Egham
2023-12-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Enterprise, Enterprise House, Vicarage Road, Egham, TW20 9FB, Enterprise House, Egham, TW20 9FB, United Kingdom

Spotlight on Fundraising: easyfundraising
2024-01-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Our January Spotlight on Fundraising sees easyfundraising’s Community Fundraising Manager Becky Coleman joining us to talk about how your organisation can raise free unrestricted funds.
This session is suitable for all third sector organisations including voluntary groups, CICs, social enterprises, churches, schools, sports clubs and charities of all shapes and sizes.
easyfundraising is a free to use fundraising platform which your organisation can use to receive unrestricted funding on an ongoing basis.
This session will:

explain and demonstrate how easyfundraising works
show you how to get started
show you how to make the most of it
answer all your questions!

This is an easy and effective way to boost your funds so do come along to find out more!
easyfundraising has to date raised over £50m for 100,000+ community groups charities and voluntary organisations.

Spotlight on Fundraising: Heathrow Community Trust
2024-02-06 10:30 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
For our February Spotlight on Fundraising we’ll be joined by Claire Knight, Heathrow Community Trust CEO, who will give a 30 minute presentation about the fund.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) for small charities
2024-02-21 10:30 - 13:30 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
Ensuring equality, enabling equity, and promoting diversity and inclusion can often help define your services better and enhance your governance and management. It can even lead to new funding opportunities.
How do you ensure you are diverse and inclusive and offer all the same opportunities and outcomes?
How do you ensure you don’t offend with the wrong language, and how can you avoid being tokenistic?
This course provides an introduction to EDI. It will signpost to practical resources and provide templates and ideas for developing your own EDI strategy for your organisation and monitoring its impact.

Grants and trusts fundraising applications - 27th February
2024-02-27 09:30 - 15:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
There are no longer any spaces available on the Grants and Trusts Fundraising Applications Training on 27th February.
If you would be interested in our future sessions, please contact alison@voluntarysupport.org.uk.
This one-day training is an introduction to structuring and writing charity applications for grants and trusts (national and local):

Researching the need for your project
Planning
Measuring impact
Finding the appropriate funder
Application structure
Funding Strategy

Theory of Change Workshop
2024-03-19 10:00 - 15:00 | The Hythe Centre, 36 Thorpe Rd., Staines-upon-Thames, Egham, TW18 3HD
The theory of change is a way for a charitable organisations to think about and describe what they aim to achieve and how they hope to achieve it. The NPC see the theory of change as the foundation of charity strategy, evaluation, and communication.
On March 19th, Elliot Trevithick from New Philanthropy Capital will be hosting a workshop for organisations in North Surrey on the Theory of Change following a terrific presentation on the topic at our September Charity Networking Event.
In this session, you will be working on your own Theories of Change and are encouraged to bring more than one person from your organisation to take full advantage of the workshop. If this isn’t possible, individuals are just as welcome too.
If you have any questions about the workshop, please email: jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.

Volunteering and the Law
2024-04-30 10:00 - 13:30 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom

Grants & Trusts Fundraising Applications Training
2024-07-18 09:30 - 15:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom

Charity Law for Trustees
2024-09-24 10:00 - 15:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
There are limited spaces available for this training session. If you’re interested, ensure you book your place as soon as possible.
It is essential that trustees stay up to date with their legal and other responsibilities. Whether you’re a new trustee or have been serving for some time and would like to refresh and update your knowledge, our trustee training on Charity Law and the roles and responsibilities of trustees is for you.
This in-person event will be led by charity law expert, Helen Harvie and the training will take place at Voluntary Support’s Chertsey office.
If you have any questions about this training or are having issues booking your place, please contact Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.

Recruiting & Managing Young Volunteers (19-25)
2024-10-15 10:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
We are running an online training session on Recruiting & Managing Young Volunteers (19-25) on 15 October. These sessions were formerly delivered under the Time to Change project.
This training will cover:

How your organisation can benefit from young volunteers.
The potential barriers between young people and volunteering and how to break these down.
What young people are looking for in a voluntary role.
Ways of making volunteering roles more appealing and attractive to young people.
How to manage young volunteers effectively.

We also cover issues around board diversity and a lack of young trustees (under 30).
If you have any questions about the training, please contact Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.
Please complete the short form below if you would like to attend. As this is an online session, you will be sent a link to access the training beforehand.

Safeguarding Training
2024-11-26 09:30 - 12:30 | Stanwell Youth Centre, Hadrian Way, Stanwell, Surrey, TW19 7HE, United Kingdom
This workshop will give a basic overview of what a safeguarding concern is, what is abuse and neglect, and what action to take if you have concerns relating to Children’s and Adult safeguarding. The session will include opportunities for group discussions and case studies to help consolidate learning.
The workshop is aimed at those who work/volunteer in North Surrey, particularly in foodbanks.
This session will take place at Stanwell Youth Centre from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Tuesday, 26 November. You can book your place by completing the short form below.
Please note that spaces are limited for this training session.
If you have any questions about this training, please contact Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.

Safeguarding Training
2024-12-07 09:30 - 12:30 | Christ Church Hall, Warwick Ave, Staines, Spelthorne, TW18 1DP, United Kingdom
This workshop will give a basic overview of what a safeguarding concern is, what is abuse and neglect, and what action to take if you have concerns relating to Children’s and Adult safeguarding. The session will include opportunities for group discussions and case studies to help consolidate learning.
The workshop is aimed at those who work/volunteer in North Surrey, particularly in foodbanks.
This session will take place at Christ Church Hall in Staines from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 7 December. You can book your place by completing the short form below.
Should you wish to attend Saturday’s session, please call us on 01932 571122 to book your place.
Please note that spaces are limited for this training session.
If you have any questions about this training, please contact Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.

Basic Safeguarding Awareness Training
2025-02-08 09:30 - 12:30 | Christ Church Hall, Warwick Ave, Staines, Spelthorne, TW18 1DP, United Kingdom
Please note that this is the re-scheduled date for the Basic Safeguarding Awareness training after the session on Saturday, 7 December was postponed.
This workshop will give a basic overview of what a safeguarding concern is, what is abuse and neglect, and what action to take if you have concerns relating to Children’s and Adult safeguarding. The session will include opportunities for group discussions and case studies to help consolidate learning.
The workshop is aimed at those who work/volunteer in North Surrey, particularly in foodbanks.
This session will take place at Christ Church Hall in Staines from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Saturday, 8 February. You can book your place by completing the short form below.
Please note that spaces are limited for this training session.
If you have any questions about this training, please contact Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk.

First Aid Training - Emergency First Aid at Work
2025-03-04 09:30 - 12:30 | High Cross Church, 1 Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3SY, United Kingdom
Please note that there are no longer any spaces on this training. If you’re interested in future training, please contact Libby at libby@voluntarysupport.org.uk.
Join us for our First Aid Training on Tuesday 4 March at High Cross Church, Camberley.
This training includes three hours of e-learning followed by a three-hour practical assessment, leading to a certified Emergency First Aid at Work Qualification. The three hours of e-learning must be completed prior to the practical assessment on 4 March.
This training costs £20 per person.
Please email Libby at libby@voluntarysupport.org.uk to book your place.

Digital Fundraising Training - May 2025
2025-05-20 09:30 - 12:30 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
Join us for our Digital Fundraising training on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, where we’ll explore how to attract and engage donors through social media. This session will cover:

Understanding your audience
Telling your story effectively through digital channels
Mapping out your donor journey

Whether you’re new to digital fundraising or looking for new ideas and ways to refine your approach, this training will provide practical insights to help you boost digital engagement and donations.
You can secure your place by completing the short form below. For more questions, please email Jordan at jordan@voluntarysupport.org.uk or call us on 01932 571122.

Charity Law for Trustees
2025-09-23 10:00 - 15:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
There are limited spaces available for this training session. If you’re interested, ensure you book your place as soon as possible.
It is essential that trustees stay up to date with their legal and other responsibilities. Whether you’re a new trustee or have been serving for some time and would like to refresh and update your knowledge, our trustee training on Charity Law and the roles and responsibilities of trustees is for you.
This in-person event will be led by charity law expert, Helen Harvie and the training will take place at Voluntary Support’s Chertsey office.

First Aid Training - Emergency First Aid at Work
2025-10-22 09:30 - 12:30 | Places Leisure, Grand Avenue, Camberley, Surrey Heath, GU15 3QH, United Kingdom
This training course is now full.
Join us for our First Aid Training – Emergency First Aid at Work on Wednesday 22 October at Places Leisure, Camberley
This training includes three hours of e-learning followed by a three-hour practical assessment, leading to a certified Emergency First Aid at Work Qualification. The three hours of e-learning must be completed prior to the practical assessment on 22 October.
Cost: £20.00
This training course is now full.

Social Media Marketing and Remarketing for Community Building - CANCELLED (new date coming soon)
2025-11-20 09:30 - 12:30 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
This session has now been cancelled with a view to rescheduling in the New Year.Look out for a new date coming soon.
This workshop explores how to strategically use social media to attract, engage, and retain audiences through authentic community building. We will look at what is a reasonable expectation from your efforts, what kind of goals to set and how to achieve them. We will also cover the technique of growing an email list from your social media and website, and the fundamentals of remarketing, leveraging repetition and targeted messaging to really engage followers and subscribers
By the end of the course, you will understand how to integrate social media, email marketing, and remarketing strategies into a cohesive system to nurture relationships and boost their engagement.

Key Topics:

Designing social media content that captures your target audience

Achieving engagement and building an online community

Growing and managing an email list effectively

Creating remarketing campaigns that reinforce brand awareness through repetition

Nurturing closer connection and longer-term relationships

Volunteering and the Law
2025-12-02 10:00 - 13:00 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn about or refresh your knowledge on volunteering and the law.
Areas covered during the workshop are:
• The definition of volunteering and volunteers’ rights• The difference between a contract and an agreement• The impact on volunteering of Health & Safety, Insurance, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 & the Equality Act 2010• The current DBS checks situation• Volunteering and benefits• The guidelines around volunteer expenses• Volunteer Management Policies• Good Practice Measures
Please complete the short form below if you would like to attend.

Social Media Marketing and Remarketing for Community Building
2026-02-12 09:30 - 12:30 | VSNS Chertsey Office, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AG, United Kingdom
This workshop explores how to strategically use social media to attract, engage, and retain audiences through authentic community building. We will look at what is a reasonable expectation from your efforts, what kind of goals to set and how to achieve them. We will also cover the technique of growing an email list from your social media and website, and the fundamentals of remarketing, leveraging repetition and targeted messaging to really engage followers and subscribers
By the end of the course, you will understand how to integrate social media, email marketing, and remarketing strategies into a cohesive system to nurture relationships and boost their engagement.

Key Topics:

Designing social media content that captures your target audience

Achieving engagement and building an online community

Growing and managing an email list effectively

Creating remarketing campaigns that reinforce brand awareness through repetition

Nurturing closer connections and longer-term relationships

Recruiting and managing volunteers - April 2026
2026-04-21 10:00 - 15:00 | Meeting Room 2, Staines Library, Elmsleigh Centre, Unit MSU 2, Staines, TW18 4QB
