Join Charlotte from Sector 3 for a focused training session exploring how Artificial Intelligence can support and enhance your bid-writing process.

Register for Intro to AI & Bidwriting here.

Learn skills to plan and film short videos that strengthen or support funding applications, to win those grants!

If writing funding applications is your idea of a nightmare, and as more funders look to be more accessible and provide video application options, this workshop can help give you the practical skills to create low-cost films that showcase your organisation's activities and impact, connect emotionally with funders, and stand out in a competitive funding environment.

All attendees will receive access to pre-recorded self-led training on how to edit your content.

Register for Lights, Camera Funding here

8 WEEK COURSE

This is a new 8-week course funded by Sector 3 in partnership with Walthew House, starting every Tuesday evening from Tuesday 28th April and will run until Tuesday 30th June, with a 2 week pause (Tuesday 19th May and Tuesday 26th May). Each session will be 2 hours long, starting at 6pm and finishing at 8pm.

Over the 8 weeks, the course will cover basic signs to be able to have a simple conversation with a person who signs. You will cover things like greetings, travel, weather, direction, events, animals, emotion, and anything else that comes up through the course.

To register for the Intro to BSL Course click here.

Join Charlotte, Sector 3, for a 90 minute session with Dave Butler, Cyber Security Manager at Stockport Council, who will run through:

-What cyber security is and why it matters

-How scammers trick people into clicking malicious links or sharing personal information

-How to spot and report suspicious activity

-How to secure your laptop, mobile devices, and passwords

-and a quick walkthrough of a typical cyber-attack to prepare you for any possible incidents

Register for Cyber Security Awareness here.

This qualification will provide an understanding of safeguarding which can be used in a workplace, activity group or any instance where a person comes into contact with children or adults at risk. The qualification provides learners with the knowledge to identify a safeguarding concern, record a disclosure and report to the appropriate person.

Register for Level 1 Awareness of Safeguarding here

This webinar explores how long‑term, trusting relationships between the VCFSE sector, councils and businesses lead to effective, person‑centred employment support. Using real examples from Sector 3 and the Economic Inactivity Trailblazer programme, we’ll explore how collaboration grows over time, how to communicate the value of small organisations, and why being 'in the room' matters.

Register for Building effective crossector relationships here

Thinking of setting up a group and not sure what the difference between a CIC, CIO, or incorporated group is? This is a 90 minute workshop which will run through the different types of VCFSE structures, the steps needed to set up, and the essentials needed to run your group.

Register for Choosing a VCFSE group structure here

An opportunity for Stockport's VCFSE sector to find out about new funds, share information and network.

Register for February’s VCFSE Income Club here.