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27
May
2025

Completing a Funding Application: Bring your Project to Life

This online session is aimed at volunteer led organisations and community groups, and will support you to complete a funding application.

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05
Jun
2025

Understanding Trustee Responsibilities and Good Governance

This online session is for new trustees explaining your responsibilities within the organisation and how to develop an action plan to ensure best practice.

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05
Jun
2025

Community Research Training Session 4: Data Analysis

Join us for free community research training sessions throughout May and June. 

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09
Jun
2025

Share and Learn Network Meeting - Greener Organisations: Simpler Recycling Rules and Waste Awareness

During Great Big Green Week, we’re inviting trustees and staff of VCSE organisations in County Durham to join our first online network meeting focused on smaller steps you can take to make your organisation greener.

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10
Jun
2025

Prevent Training

Andy Bailey, Lead Officer for Safe Durham Partnership, Economic Partnership and Prevent will deliver a session to provide awareness of Prevent. 

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11
Jun
2025

Boost your Income through Trading

This online workshop is for voluntary and community sector organisations that want to boost their unrestricted income through trading activities.

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12
Jun
2025

Community Research Training Session 5: Dissemination and Impact

Join us for free community research training sessions throughout May and June. 

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17
Jun
2025

Volunteer Recruitment

This online session is aimed at staff and volunteers who are responsible for volunteer recruitment. 

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17
Jun
2025

Better Together Policy Forum

Join us for the first Better Together Policy Forum of 2025.

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19
Jun
2025

Key Fund Virtual Funding Information Session

Key Fund will be providing information on the funds they currently have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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19
Jun
2025

Community Engagement

This in-person session is aimed at volunteer-led organisations and community groups.

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19
Jun
2025

Community Research Training Session 6: Designing and Delivering a Research Project

Join us for free community research training sessions throughout May and June. 

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23
Jun
2025

Sir James Knott Trust Virtual Funding Information Session

Sir James Knott Trust will be providing information on the funds they currently have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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24
Jun
2025

Safeguarding Responsibilities within the Voluntary Sector

This online session is aimed at volunteer-led and community groups and will cover the importance and responsibilities of safeguarding. 

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01
Jul
2025

Volunteering and the Law

This online session is aimed at staff & volunteers who are responsible for volunteer management, and how the law applies to recruiting, supporting and managing volunteers.

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03
Jul
2025

Understanding GDPR for Voluntary and Community Organisations

This online session is aimed at volunteer-led organisations and community groups focusing on understanding your responsibilities and developing a data protection policy. 

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10
Jul
2025

Introduction to Safeguarding

This online session is aimed at new trustees, staff or volunteers within the voluntary sector.

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14
Jul
2025

Lloyds Bank Foundation Virtual Funding Information Session

Lloyds Bank Foundation will be providing information on the funds they currently have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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15
Jul
2025

Managing Risk using a Risk Register

This online session is aimed at volunteer-led organisations and community groups and will cover developing a risk register and looking at ways to mitigate risk. 

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10
Sep
2025

BBC Children in Need Virtual Funding Information Session

BBC Children in Need will be providing information on the funds they currently have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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11
Sep
2025

The National Lottery Heritage Fund Virtual Funding Information Session

The National Lottery Heritage Fund will be providing information on the funds they have available, how to apply and an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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15
Sep
2025

The Clothworkers Foundation Virtual Funding Information Session

The Clothworkers Foundation will be providing information on the funds they have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. 

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22
Sep
2025

Ballinger Charitable Trust Virtual Funding Information Session

Ballinger Charitable Trust will be providing information on the funds they currently have available, how to apply and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. 

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