Date: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Time: 9.45am – 4.00pm
Venue: Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton

This workshop is geared towards beginner campaigners.  It provides the opportunity to find out how to develop a campaign strategy and identify the key skills needed to run an effective campaign. They are suitable for those interested in influencing the policy decisions that affect their community or the people their organisation supports.

Participants will already be involved at a basic level of campaigning or are just about to get started – whether you are challenging local authority social care changes or protesting against a local incinerator – if you want practical information about the next steps, then our campaign workshop is for you.

Speakers: Harmit Kambo, Learning & Development Manager, SMK; Councillor Bill Randall, Brighton & Hove Green Party; Bibi van der Zee, Freelance Journalist (regular contributor to the Guardian, Ecologist and New Statesman) and author of the Protestor’s Handbook.

Run in partnership between Community Works and the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK); a national charity set up to develop and support the next generation of campaigners – people who tackle injustices and develop sustainable and solutions for social change.

For more information and to book on

Visit http://www.smk.org.uk/campaign-workshops/ – SMK are handling the bookings for this training.

For more training from Community Works

http://www.cvsectorforum.org.uk/Resources/Training

Brighton & Hove Community Works runs training courses primarily for volunteers, paid workers, management committee members and trustees from voluntary organisations and community groups in Brighton and Hove.

Courses over the coming months cover employment law issues and how to run a successful campaign. More will be organised this year so keep in touch to let them know your training and learning needs.

Terms and Conditions for Community Works courses can be found on their website here. Please follow the links below for more details about each course, including course fees.

Courses in 2014 

• Managing Ill Health and Disability in the Workplace Weds 30th April, 10.00am – 12.00pm
• Introduction to Campaigning Workshop Tues 3rd June, 9.45am to 4.00pm
• Maximising Staff Performance Tues 8th July, 10.00am – 12.00pm 

Bespoke Training

Community Works can develop and deliver bespoke training courses for your organisation. To find out what this involves, please contact Community Works on training@bhcommunityworks.org.uk.

Other Training Available

The “Find Support with” training page on the Community Works website will signpost you to a wealth of other useful training happening for the Voluntary and Community sector in the city.

How to book

To book on a course, send in your training needs or talk about bespoke training for your organisation, email training@bhcommunityworks.org.uk or phone 01273 234031.