This session looks at the new landscape of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector that has emerged during the crisis and how to collaborate and co-operate to meet your mission. 

What is this course about?

This course is about collaboration and managing positive relationships for public benefit in the COVID-19 crisis.

This new telephone befriending course has been developed by Voscur and Age UK Bristol. This is an introductory session for volunteers working on telephone befriending services during COVID-19 and provides all the basic information and skills required. It runs in two parts, on the 6 and 7 May, both sessions run 9.30am - 12.30pm. By booking this course you automatically book for both sessions, to complete the course you need to attend both days. 

What is this course about?

Coronavirus has had many health and social care implications for people with disabilities, including the legal implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020. Disabled people face increased discrimination at this time. 

Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and the Oxford Disability Law and Policy Project explores the issues affecting those with disabilities, including shielding, food poverty, support from carers and local authorities, and much more. 

Speakers will include experts from Disability Rights UK, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge. 

Microsoft 365 has a range of tools you can use to help your organisation survive and thrive during COVID-19. 

Operating remotely means you and your colleagues need to get to grips with technology quickly.

This webinar will specifically address the needs of a non-profit organisation, such as how to get Microsoft 365 products for free. There will also be a Q&A. 

The webinar, by Microsoft specialists Valto, will be hosted via Microsoft Teams. 

Good Innovation will host a webinar on the future of corporate partnerships, and their untapped potential in light of coronavirus. 

The organisation spoke to the Corporate Partnership Teams of 15 major UK charities to gain their insight. Good Innovation will discuss the barriers and enablers involved in this type of giving. 

If you work with corporate partners as a fundraiser or in service delivery, this webinar is for you. It will take place via Zoom. 

TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Eversheds Sunderland have organised this webinar for organisations worried about contracts during COVID-19. It will cover the legal obligations of contracts, with advice from lawyers. 

Responding to the Coronavirus crisis has come with a significant shift in the way we work and interact with each other. The importance of technology in keeping us connected at the current time cannot be overstated: emails, online meetings and conversations are all part of the new normal now.