Useful information – w/c 09/06/25
June 9, 2025
Events, training, charity news, surveys, research, feedback, reports, services and much more – in one handy place!
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Training and Events
How to use Canva for Social Media
Monday 9 June, online. Canva is the great free-to-use online graphic design tool which you can use to create great graphics as well as presentations and videos amongst other things.
This is an introductory session about Canva with a few tips about using it for social media.
How to master email marketing
10th June, online. This course aims, in just three hours, to boost your email marketing.
The course provides a hands-on approach, showing charities the basics of email marketing, the best platforms, strategies for effective list-building, the importance of segmentation, tips and tricks for crafting effective emails, the best way to write a subject line, the virtues of personalisation, and so much more.
Supporting People with Diabetes in the Workplace
Tuesday 10th June, online. Gain insight into the lived experience of people managing this complex condition and discover inclusive, legally sound approaches to ensure they are supported, safe and empowered at work – from someone who’s lived with diabetes for over 30 years.
Ideal for anyone managing colleagues living with diabetes and HR colleagues.
£50 per person, Fully-funded places for the first five people to book on each webinar, A 50% discount for the next five people to book.
Free introduction to coaching and development
Tuesday 11 June, online. If you’re supporting other people’s development, this free upcoming webinar explores how we build strong foundations for coaching and development that actually sticks. Simon Hill – a former fundraiser and partnerships lead – has worked with social purpose leaders to create a practical toolkit for coaching that’s sustainable, effective, and shaped by your values.
What’s in it for you?
- Real-world tools you can adapt to fit what you already do
- Ways to support colleagues without piling on more work
- Space to reflect on how coaching can strengthen your purpose
Sign up here Open to anyone supporting others in a local infrastructure or VCSE context.
Reimagining Service Delivery Summit
12 June, online. A free online event for charity professionals to unlock new perspectives on service delivery and help maximise value to service users.
Whether you’re a charity leader or a volunteer, working in service delivery, fundraising, or marketing, this event will have something for you. Sessions will help you re-evaluate the relationship between charities and their service users, consider how digital can help charity services go further, and make more room for hope and optimism in service delivery for meaningful change.
Find out more and register here
Introduction to Improving Quality
Thurs 12th June 2025, online. Improving Quality is a clear, simple system, and focuses on the key issues that make a difference for charities.
IQ can either be used for self-assessment or accreditation, and has international recognition: a number of organisations in the UK and the Republic of Ireland are already accredited to it.
Pride Month: standing up to anti-LGBTQ+ narratives
Thursday 12th June, online. Learn how the changing political and media landscape is impacting LGBTQ+ people, how to confidently challenge anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes and behaviours and create safer environments for LGBTQ+ colleagues rooted in respect and allyship.
Ideal for anyone involved with creating inclusive workplaces for LGBTQ+ people, including staff networks and employee resource groups (ERGs).
£50 per person, Fully-funded places for the first five people to book on each webinar, A 50% discount for the next five people to book.
Carers Health and Wellbeing information event
Friday 13th June, Barrow. This event is for unpaid Carers, their families, and anyone else to come along and see the free support that is available from the many wonderful organisations in our community.
There will be café style seating in the hall for FREE tea, coffee, refreshments and pie and peas (until they run out!).
Click here to view a flyer with more information
Learning Disability Week: creating Easy Reads for accessible communication
Monday 16th June, online. Discover the principles of Easy Read, why it matters and how to create clear, inclusive documents that improve access to information for people with learning disabilities and beyond.
Ideal for anyone working with people with a learning disability in any capacity.
£50 per person, Fully-funded places for the first five people to book on each webinar, A 50% discount for the next five people to book.
Celebrate the Month of Community with Lunch and Learn Series
Various dates 16th-27th June, online. Westmorland and Furness Community Cohesion Group would like to invite you, your colleagues, and communities to a series of free online lunch and learn sessions in June to mark The Month of Community.
A variety of sessions will held, including:
- What is Anti-Racism?
- Restorative Justice
- Volunteering – Reducing Loneliness & Supporting Cohesion
- Asylum Seekers & Refugees – Myths V Reality
- Victim Support
- Meet an Iman
- Hate Crime Awareness & Reporting
- Connecting People Through Festivals
For descriptions of these sessions, as well as their dates, times and login details please see the attached flyer.
Introduction to Engaging with Businesses: Five Things I Wish I’d Known
Tuesday 17 June, online. A basic introduction to engaging and connecting with your local business community.
This session is aimed at small charities and voluntary groups, whether they are at the beginning of their journey in engaging with businesses or wish to develop stronger contacts.
Community Fundraising Conference 2025
19th June 2025, online. Join the UK’s only Community Fundraising Conference and get practical tools to prioritise relationships, manage volunteers, measure impact and make confident fundraising decisions.
Learn from peers, hear inspiring stories and gain fresh confidence in the role you play at the heart of your charity.
Data Management – One small step to get you ahead
20th June 2025, online. Join TechSoup’s upcoming interactive event to get clear, practical answers to your biggest data challenges.
Learn how to confidently collect, store and share data, and take practical next steps that lead to real, measurable results.
Cumbria Diversity Carnival
Saturday 21st June, Carlisle. Celebrating Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Free event.
Parade starts at 11.30, followed by The Big Lunch in Bitts Park.
Click on the thumbnail image to view the event flyer.
Camp Jojo – showcase open weekend
21st & 22nd June, Hoff. Camp Jojo offer camping experiences for families of children with complex needs & disabilities, and are excitingly establishing their first site in the north of England.
CampJojo are holding a showcase Open Weekend to show people around what they can offer. If you would like to attend or know of any organisations that it would be relevant to, please let Alex know which session you would like to attend.
Contact: Alex Chalmers Alex@campjojo.org.uk
Cyber Essentials Training: Mastering the Five Key Controls for Digital Security
24th June, online. This three-hour workshop offers an accessible introduction to Cyber Essentials, a government-backed framework designed to help organisations protect themselves from the most common cyber threats.
Over two engaging sessions, we’ll break down the scheme’s five critical controls and run a live hack, including reconnaissance and initial access, where you will play a lead role in the operation. By the end of the training, you’ll be equipped with actionable strategies to strengthen your organisation’s digital defences.
Unconscious bias in recruitment: you don’t know what you don’t know
Tuesday 24th June, online. Understand how unconscious bias shapes recruitment decisions, learn strategies to interrupt bias at every stage of the hiring process and build a fairer pathway to inclusive hiring.
Ideal for anyone working in recruitment and hiring managers.
£50 per person, Fully-funded places for the first five people to book on each webinar, A 50% discount for the next five people to book.
Getting set up with Microsoft 365
25th June, online. The course, the first of three parts, uncovers everything you need to know about Microsoft 365.
The first half of the first session looks at the functionality 365 includes, helps charities to make sense of registration process and domain authentication, explores eligibility, and so much more.
Crafting your perfect team: Strategies for requirements gathering and partner selection
3rd July, online. Join Hart Square for this webinar, where we’ll cover how to effectively gather your business and technical requirements to ensure your project is well defined and set up for success from the start.
We’ll share proven techniques for identifying, capturing, and documenting your requirements and how best to align stakeholders, prioritise needs, and avoid the common pitfalls at this stage of a project.
Reserves – What They Are and How to Calculate Them
Tuesday 8 July, online. Reserves are a critical element when building small charity resilience. However, they are often, for very valid reasons, miscalculated.
The session will look at Why we hold reserves, how to calculate reserves, what a good reserves policy looks like and how to report on reserves.
Getting started with Google for Nonprofits
22nd July, online. This course provides an introduction to the Google for Nonprofits program, which offers eligible UK charities free access to a suite of Google tools, including Google Workspace, Google Ad Grants, the YouTube Nonprofit Program, and Google Earth and Maps.
We will explore these tools and highlight how UK charities are already using them to enhance their operations and impact.
Get Grants free Virtual Conference 2025
7th-8th October, online. The Conference will provide two days of expert fundraising advice, top tips, Q&As, networking, peer-support, and lots of chat, bringing together thousands of Fundraisers from across the UK for a programme led by Get Grants Experts, funders, and other experts from across the sector.
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