| SEA’s mission is to work for an equal and just society, promoting social economy solutions to renew and sustain communities. IMMPACT contributes to that mission by helping voluntary and community organisations become more sustainable. |  |
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IMMPACT offers a series of workshops, courses and mentoring opportunities to both frontline Voluntary and Community Organisations (VCOs) and Infrastructure Partners (IPs). Below are descriptions of the key elements of the IMMPACT Learning Programme: Train-the-Trainer Designed specifically for lnfrastructure Partners only. This intensive 1-day workshop aims to equip funding advisors, training and development workers with skills and knowledge to enable them in turn to deliver sustainable funding events and workshops themselves - tailored to the needs of their membership base, clients or local community and voluntary groups. Introduction to Sustainable Funding A 1-day foundational workshop designed as an overview of sustainable funding. Delivered with a particular emphasis on generating income from trading goods and services. The day is aimed at frontline organisations and focuses on the early stages of the learning curve - it seeks to give people the awareness, understanding, enthusiasm and information to think beyond grant dependency or a single income source. An outline of the strategic planning process will be included as part of a strategic review towards achieving financial sustainability. Strategic Planning Strategic planning should be approached as a journey. This 2-day course introduces the six planning stages used in Tools for Tomorrow - A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning for Voluntary Organisations. It has been designed to help small and medium sized community & voluntary organisations undertake strategic planning. It is a practical guide packed with 23 tools, case studies and worksheets. In addition, elements of the complementary process of Scenario Planning will be developed with a view to crafting alternative future resilient strategies. Understanding Social Enterprise For voluntary and community organisations thinking about developing a trading idea, the Understanding Social Enterprise course provides information and tools enabling them to get started. This 2-day course introduces the values, operating forms and issues related to starting or adopting the social enterprise approach. The course will promote the SFEDI (Small Firms Enterprise Development Institute) standards for Business Support to Social Enterprises. Outcomes Management The 2-day course builds an understanding between project/programme aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes. Participants will reflect and clarify their project/programme outcomes before formulating success indicators, whilst considering methods of data collection. The course will use best practice approaches to thinking about and managing outcomes. It will guide participants through the process of developing an organisation outcomes framework to measure its mission performance, stakeholder value and the general quality and impact of their work. Please note, the later three courses are optional elements to the IMMPACT Learning Programme and are based on demand from VCOs/IPs. Mentoring sessions are offered as follow-up to each of the above elements to both VCOs/IPs through the Project Manager. |