Northern Rock Foundation

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Northern Rock Foundation

• Training and Development

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Setting up an organisational development programme

• More infrastructure is needed to support
  capacity building in philanthropy to educate
  funders, nonprofits and communities to replicate
  proven strategies to promote good practices and
  to enhance the relationship of capacity building
  to the overall goals of philanthropy.
• Strengthening Nonprofits, Foundation Initiatives
  for Nonprofits Organisations. Thomas E. Backer in
  Building Capacity in Nonprofit Organisations, the
  Urban Institute, April 2001

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More than a grant maker

• Visit and Learn
• Learning and Support
• Mentoring
• Trouble shooting
• Training courses
• Loans

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Capacity Building 2003 - 2006

• Managed by Project North East (1.8 million over
  three years)
• Managing
• people
• volunteers
• money
• finances
• projects
• resources
• governance
• time
• self

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Project North East 2003-06

• Grant of 1.8 million over three years
• 142 courses
• 1,788 participants
• 349 National Vocational Qualifications
• 1,467,750 in-kind support
• 649,603 levered in from other funders
• Localised training went region wide
• Greater sharing of good practice

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Voluntaryskills.com

• Database
• User friendly programme
• Training courses across the North East
• Every college, university and training provider
  contributed
• Thousands of hits each month

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Training and Development Initiative 2007

• To provide a training and development programme
  for the voluntary and community sector trustees
  and personnel working in the region

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Training 2007

• Building Capacity in Voluntary Organisations
  (BCVO)
• Emerging managers
• Turning managers into leaders
• Procurement and Full Cost Recovery
• The Leadership Foundation
• Training specifically for arts groups and
  cultural leadership
• Training and support for BME groups

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Northern Rock Foundation Training Course Criteria

• Small to medium organisations
• Must complete application form
• Commitment to attend the entire course
• 1 member of staff and 1 Trustee must attend each
  session
• Small returnable deposit required
• Must complete evaluation form fully
• Must come back in 6 months time to report on
  progress

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The Leadership Foundation

• Great leadership is about human experiences, not
  processes. Leadership is not a formula or a
  programme, it is a human activity that comes from
  the heart and considers the hearts of others. It
  is an attitude not a routine.
• Lance Secretan, Professor of Entrepreneurship

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The Leadership Foundation

• Executive Coaching
• Expert speakers
• Peer Learning
• Group Work
• Networking

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Capacity Building for Black Minority Ethnic,
Asylum Seekers and Refugee

• Recruitment of a project manager
• Recruitment of four community development workers
• Hand-holding
• Capacity building
• Supporting growth
• Mainstreaming into the Third Sector

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Tools for Programme Managersto use for grant
applicants

• Directory of consultants
• The Learning Team
• Circuit Riders
• Training courses
• Guides to support organisations e.g. media and
  employment

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What would success look like?

• Voluntary and community seen as equal partners
• Higher attendance at seminars that influence
  policy and practice
• More requests for published papers
• Approaches to specific issues, e.g. procurement,
  being discussed across all sectors
• Confident lobbying for change and better
  relationships with policy makers and purchasers