SCIP training course outlines

This two-day course is targeted at small community groups to help them get a simple website together quickly at zero cost and to understand the various roles and responsibilities of website and con

For anyone who is involved in monitoring and evaluation, and wants to think through both the monitoring requirements of funders alongside those of the organisation. The course will cover:

Good administrators are at the heart of every successful organisation. This two-day course is for administrative and support staff that want to build on existing skills. The course will cover:

This one day course is designed to help you develop your Excel skills. It is aimed at people that need to put together their own spreadsheets - including simple databases.

This course gives an introduction to setting up and running your accounts on QuickBooks accounting package. By the end of the course you will be able to:

For people who are new to voluntary and community sector finances, and are looking for guidance on doing bookkeeping on Excel (not on a computer accounting package).

This course offers an introduction to spreadsheets using Excel.  Excel is part of Microsoft Office and is used for storing, manipulating and analysing data.

This one-day course will help you to produce your marketing materials in-house, but will also help you know what to ask for if you out-source the work. The course will cover:

This one-day course is for anyone whose role includes managing volunteers, who wants to measure and improve on the quality of their work.

This one-day course is for anyone who is new to organisational policy development or for someone looking for new ideas or an opportun

This one day course is a "stand-alone"course, but is designed to be complementary to the Presentation Skills course.

This course covers the essential skills needed to speak in front of others in a range of settings including presentations, training and meetings. It includes:

This one day course is aimed at people who want to get more out of working with the press and to produce electronic promotional material. The course will cover:

This course offers the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to produce a simple newsletter. The course will cover:

This two-day course will look at practical skills for project management. It will focus on internal projects and also those done in partnership with other organisations. It will cover:

This course is aimed at people who are new to fundraising, or who want to refresh their skills, and will help you: 

This course is aimed at people who are new to fundraising, or who want to refresh their skills, and will help you:

This one-day course is aimed at people who are new to writing and producing reports, including annual reports and reports for funders. The course will cover: writing for the target audience;