Training
We regularly consult with the Breaking Down Barriers network, to ensure the training and resources that we provide are needed and useful for our members.
Places are limited to ensure the sessions can be as interactive as possible, so if you do need to cancel your place, please let us know as soon as possible so we can allocate your space to someone else.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Steve Morley from the Diversity Trust provided an overview to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Steve has also provided a range of resources, links and further material for those who couldn’t make the training:
Slides from the training session can be found HERE
EDI training materials can be found HERE
Competency resources can be found HERE
Diverse recruitment resources can be found HERE
Principles of cultural competency can be found HERE
Unconscious bias resources can be found HERE
Intersectionality resources can be found HERE
Pronouns resources can be found HERE
Realness resources can be found HERE
What to know about microaggressions can be found HERE
The training content and delivery was excellent. You can learn more about the Diversity Trust and the training they offer on their website https://www.diversitytrust.org.uk/
Hate Crime
To coincide with Hate Crime Awareness Week we provided a Hate Crime Awareness webinar for members.
You can find the video below as well as the slides used.
Please download the slides HERE
You can view the video via the link below:
Microagressions
TSL Practice Brief: Identifying and responding to race microaggressions in the third sector
This brief from Third Sector Leeds in partnership with Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub seeks to address some issues highlighted in the recent report by Voice 4 Change and ACEVO’s June 2020 report Home Truths: Undoing Racism and Delivering Real Diversity in the Charity Sector.
Check out their webiste to find further information and the full report HERE
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk, is everyone’s responsibility.
The NSPCC, offers a vast array of information, support and resources on their website.
You can visit their website HERE
In December 2020, we will be offering Child Protection and Safeguarding training to all members. This will give a more in-depth look at your responsibilities as an organisation, and allowing your questions to be answered.
Fundraising
In October 2020, we ran a number of virtual fundraising workshops. This was to support members in raising funds through a number of different ways to try and ensure we can be sustainable into the future.
Trusts and Foundations, top tips can be found HERE
As part of the Breaking Down Barriers project, members can also get free personalised 1-1 support.
Catherine Lewis, has over 12 years experience in the charity and fundraising sector. She can offer support and advice suited to your own organisation and personalised needs.
Please contact Catherine Lewis by email catherine.lewis@alstrom.org.uk, to discuss further.
Getting on Board
With 1 in 74 charities experiencing difficulties in recruiting Trustees, we partnered with Getting on Board (GOB) to look at training and support we can offer to support charities with these challenges.
The Getting on Board webinar took place on the 27th January 2021, many organisations from the BDB network as well as new organisations joined us for the session.
The session was around how we can attract diverse Trustees to our Boards, through looking at the gaps in skills on the Board already, the best places to advertise, the advertisement itself and the recruitment and induction process.
If you missed the webinar you can find the powerpoint presentation HERE
Getting on Board (GOB) have also provided some useful materials for charities to look through.
The trustee recruitment guide, which covers much of the training material in depth, can be found HERE
You can follow the link to their resource bank, which includes templates and resources for recruitment HERE
GDPR
In February 2021, we offered an in-depth GDPR training session for members.
Please find below useful resources to ensure that your organisation is GDPR compliant and adheres to the laws surrounding information and data gathering and storage.
GDPR Training Handouts
GDPR Principles and Requirements
GDPR Right to be Informed
GDPR Useful Links
Data Protection essentials: ICO Top Tips for Charities
Templates
Members of Breaking Down Barriers are able to use the templates below for your charity:
Some useful videos to watch
How private is your personal information:
Coffeeshop scenario – obtaining personal data and security:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrjT8m0hcKU
On-line Fraud – the devil is in the details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugl8bmZF9Pc
Get ahead with a Digital Spring Clean: Staysafeonline.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtemO0uAx4M
Keeping your mind healthy
We have been working with the non-profit, Community Interest Company RareMinds who provide counselling, training an dinformation for rare disease patient groups and organisations, to develop a range of mental health resources for rare communities as they emerge from lock-down.
One thing that we really wanted to highlight was that the rare community, are used to dealing with uncertainty on an everyday basis, and often we are stronger than we think!
Dealing with uncertainty.
A guide for individuals and families affected by rare, complex conditions.
This leaflet can be downloaded HERE
Supporting your child through change.
A guide for parents wose child is affected by a rare, complex condition.
This leaflet can be downloaded HERE
Bereavement and Loss
Our training about Bereavement and Loss was provided by the charity Cruse.
Our trainer, Elaine was extremely insightful on this topic, not only looking at grief and loss but how this can affect different communities and cultures.
Cruse provide lots of useful resources and information on their website, you can click HERE to view these and download.
Cruse also provide information about the practical things that need to be done, when someone dies. These can be found HERE
Different faiths, cutures and communties have their own beliefs during this time
Some useful links are below:
Christian Resources – Talking about dying
Grief and Bereavement in the Gypsy and Traveller Community
This is a useful link from Public Health England as they cover the faiths and beliefs in the UK and how to respect their wishes when someone dies from their community:
Public Health England, Faith at End of Life
Templates
In this area, you will find a range of templates and forms which we hope you and your organisation will find useful.
As a member of Breaking Down Barriers, please feel free to add your logo to these templates and use them with your members.
If you aren’t a member of BDB but would like to use some of these templates, please get in touch with Catherine Lewis catherine.lewis@alstrom.org.uk or call 07970 071675.
Templates to be downloaded
Ethnicity Monitoring Form Template can be downloaded HERE