The Community Volunteering Qualification is back!

Does your organisation use volunteers? Would you like to offer them an accredited course for their volunteering?

The CVQ is an ASDAN Level 2 qualification, which aims to get participants to identify the transferable skills they gain from volunteering, to apply them to a future job.  OCVA has run this popular course now for several years, with participants from all abilities & backgrounds gaining a huge amount of confidence & ability to progress into further training & employment.

When & Where?

- 2 different courses are running this year: in Oxford & in Banbury.

- Oxford course: Over 11 weeks, Thursday afternoons (1.30pm-4.30pm), starting 15^th April 2010 (including an initial assessment)

-Banbury course: Over 11 weeks, Friday afternoons (1.30pm-4.30pm), starting 23^rd April 2010.

What the course covers:

-Communication Skills

-Improving your own performance as a volunteer

-Building on volunteering to develop a career

-Teamwork skills

Who can attend the course?

-Anyone who is currently volunteering (or about to start) for an organisation, preferably for at least 2 hrs a week

-Anyone who is currently unemployed (this is a requirement for the funding of the course)

What does the course cost?

The course is free for participants (£10 returnable deposit required). Funding for these courses has been provided by Oxford Brookes University (Oxford course) and the European Social Fund.

The trainers:

Jen Cothier (Oxford), Liz Pride (Banbury): Both trainers have qualifications in teaching, training and management as well as a vast experience of working in the voluntary sector.

How to apply:

Request an application form and email back to admin@ocva.org.uk  Contact Vanessa Eley on 01865 251946 for any questions about the course. 

UPDATE: The Oxford course is now full, but there is space on the Banbury course.