Aims
This training course will enable you to cost the services provided by
your organisation, and to produce and monitor budgets and cash flows.
Content
In the current funding climate, unfortunately charities and other
voluntary organisations have to compete for income to stay afloat. Anyone who's
ever been unsuccessful in a funding application will know that it's more vital
than ever to demonstrate cost effectiveness and be realistic in your grant
bids.
Funders will want to see evidence that you've taken every cost into
consideration and have robust structures in place to organise your budgets so
that you are keeping track of every penny.
This training course can help you learn how to cost your services in
full and increase the likelihood of gaining enough funding for your
organisation.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
·
Define the term "cost".
·
Classify costs into fixed or variable costs and direct or indirect
costs.
·
Describe absorption based costing, activity based costing and marginal
costing methods for dealing with overheads.
·
Understand the principles of budget preparation.
·
Construct a simple cash flow forecast.
Who this course is
for
Staff or trustees with specific involvement in charity financial
administration.
About the trainer
Shirley David BA Hon., Dip HE, MILM is a management consultant and
trainer working exclusively in the voluntary sector. Following diverse
management experience in both civil service and finance sectors she managed a
hospice at home service before launching Business & Employment Support
& Training in 1998. B.E.S.T works with registered charities and
voluntary organisations across Wales to provide training and consultancy
services covering finance, personnel and general governance issues.
Consultancy projects have included finance reviews, project evaluations
and personnel reviews, as well as independent examination of accounts and
one-to-one mentoring. Shirley David is also a registered QuickBooks
Proadvisor for both desktop and online products.
Training courses developed and delivered to the sector include Charity
Financial Management, Charity Personnel Management, Legislation and Volunteer
Management, People Skills (Handling Difficult Behaviour), SORP Accounting,
Basic Bookkeeping, Finance and Risk Management, Trustee Training and Disability
Equality Training. Shirley is also qualified to level 3 in British Sign
Language and has delivered courses specifically for Deaf people, including
Customer Care for the British Deaf Association.
Shirley has been involved in voluntary work herself all her adult life
including a variety of trustee roles within charities such as Pembrokeshire
Association of Voluntary Services and Pembrokeshire Sibling Group. She is
currently acting as a voluntary Communication Support Worker with the Sign and
Share club in Pembrokeshire and is also involved in volunteering with her local
church youth activities. To find out more and book your ticket visit WCVA