New from the Strengthening Voices Project

Policy Skill Training Programme

The Policy Skills Training Programme will help you to:

• improve your policy and communication skill-set
• build your capacity to influence public sector policy makers
• assist you to support other BAME organisations that you work with
• train you to cascade this training to other BAME organisations

You will have an opportunity to hear about the influencing and campaigning work of national organisations such as Shelter and Oxfam, as well as other equalities organisations such as Age UK.

A training manual will be produced at the end of the programme which will document the concepts, techniques and case studies used during the training, so you can easily cascade your learning to other BAME organisations.

Two more new courses from BTEG

17 February The new trustee

This will look at your role as a trustee, in terms of good practice, your purpose as a trustee and your legal responsibilities.

Cost per person: Voluntary organisations with 0-5 paid staff £70, 6-30 paid staff £85, 31+ paid staff £110. statutory organisations and others £185.

20, 21 February New to Management

This course will look at the challenges you face as a new manager – planning your team’s work, supporting and motivating your staff and avoiding micromanagement.

Cost per person: Voluntary organisations with 0-5 paid staff £140, 6-30 paid staff £170, 31+ paid staff £220. statutory organisations and others £370

Are banks doing enough for black entrepreneurs?

BTEG wants to assess the difficulties that prospective/active BME entrepreneurs may be having/or have faced when applying for business loans from banks. To help us please take this short survey

The results of the survey will be published in our March/April Briefing (see www.bteg.co.uk). 

London Race Equality in Employment Briefing - latest edition available

BTEG’s monthly Race Equality in Employment Briefing shows how London’s BME communities are faring in the labour market. The Briefing is for all those whose work focuses on employing people, supporting people into employment, or creating jobs. Each month the Briefing brings the latest figures on employment, unemployment and claimant rates, keeping you up to date with labour market issues for London’s BME population, and helping you identify where action might be needed in your local area.

To download a copy of the latest edition click here.

Effective fundraising applications

There are still some places available on BTEG's new fundraising course:

Effective fundraising applications 7 February

Writing fundraising applications can be a daunting task. This course will give you an understanding of what makes an application effective; how to "sell" your organisation in an application; and guidelines for appealing to different audiences. The course runs 10:00-16:00
 
The cost of the course is: Price per person, per course 1 day
Organisations with 0-5 paid staff £70, Organisations with 6-30 paid staff £85, Organisations with 31+ paid staff £110, Statutory organisation and others £185