Member Training Opportunities
On this page, you’ll find access and request portals for all of our member only training sessions and resources.
Member Only Training
Upcoming Training
First Aid for Mental Health – Accredited
This 1-Day course covers the content of the Level 1 course but also expands on the effects of drugs and alcohol, incorporates the First Aid for Mental Health Action Plan and covers ways in which a positive mental health culture can be supported within a workplace.
Breakaway & Conflict Resolution Training
Breakaway Skills are Non-Restrictive physical skills which will enable delegates to practice techniques to escape from an aggressive person who has physically grabbed or taken hold of them.
Basics of AI for Bid Writing and Fundraising
Learn the basics of using AI to transform your bid writing, whether it’s knowing where to start, speeding up the process, or improving the content.
HAF Safeguarding Children
With the competency requirements as set out in “Safeguarding Children and Young people: roles and competencies of health care staff.” (Intercollegiate Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2014) and therefore is fully compliant with Care Certificate Standard 11 for Health Care Workers.
HAF Health & Safety
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have the ability to list relevant Health and Safety legislation, explain the stages of risk assessment and hazard identification, describe the importance of safe manual handling techniques, outline good practice associated with Fire Safety, and recognise a range of hazards in the workplace along with their controls.
HAF GDPR
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became part of the UK’s Data Protection Act in 2018 and, post-Brexit, is now known as the UK GDPR. All organisations that handle personal data must ensure that they are aware of the rules brought about by the GDPR and must examine the processes they have in place to ensure they continue to comply with the law. This GDPR training course outlines your main responsibilities under the UK GDPR so that you can ensure the rights of data subjects continue to be upheld.
Angela Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Angela has been with the organisation since its inception in 2010 – she along with other colleagues in the VCF sector were responsible for establishing the organisation in response to the decreasing funding opportunities and the subsequent increase in competition for these – recognising the need for better collaboration and partnership working.Beyond her time in the VCFSE sector Angela has also worked in further education, local authorities and in the private sector.
She has been greatly supported by a fantastic team of staff and a committed board of directors.
Alysia Moorhouse
Chief Executive Officer
Since Alysia started at the Consortium in 2015, her role has seen many changes, and grown in line with the varying needs and demands of the organisation. She currently manages the projects team and ensures contracting performance, delivery, quality assurance, communications and financial operations across the organisation to fulfil all of its contract commitments.Outside of the direct contracts, Alysia is a key member of the team forming partnership links, supporting consortia members with their contract readiness, and upskilling of their teams. Within the team, she is always on hand with practical advice around various core business functions.
Martin Hartley-Smith
Head of Business Development and Member Engagement
Martin joined us from his previous role as Business Development Director with Bolton Lads and Girls Club, were he was instrumental on leading, developing and securing funding of £620,000 to deliver a new mental health project across Bolton in partnership with the CCG, VCFS organisations and The Lottery.Martin spent 12 years as Deputy CEO with Child Action Northwest, having developed a wide array of services, covering emotional health & wellbeing, youth justice, leaving care, targeted employability programmes, alternative education provisions to name a few.
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