Events/Training
Click on any of the seminars, courses and conferences listed below to find out more about them. Many of our seminars and training courses are free to Sayer Vincent clients. You can book on-line, or print out the booking form and fax or post it to us if you prefer. We will confirm your place by email. We also show some courses and conferences organised by other organisations where our people are speaking or leading the training. Click on the event to find out how to book.
Once you have booked onto the event, you will receive confirmation by email. Invoices will be sent by post where necessary.
| Title | Date | Introduction |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Performance Management Forum | Rolling programme | The adaptive performance management forum is a supported network of member organisations with a common interest in improving planning, budgeting and through this, step change improvements in overall performance. |
| Benchlearning Forum | Rolling programme | The Forum is a supported network of member organisations with a common interest in improving the effectiveness of charities and acts as a platform to share learning to draw out best practice. |
| International Charities Forum | Rolling programme | The Forum focuses on support services in today's fast changing environment including HR, finance, IT and marketing and acts as a platform to share learning, the exchange of ideas, past successes and implementation experiences. |
| Trustee Forum | Rolling programme | The trustee forum aims to support good governance of charities by focusing on key areas such as HR, finance, IT and funding. |
| Preparing charity accounts - LONDON | 22 February 2012 - FULLY BOOKED | This one-day workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of charity accounting, the key stages in drafting a set of year-end accounts and tips on how to prepare for the audit. |
| VAT and gift aid for fundraisers - BIRMINGHAM | 23 February 2012 - FULLY BOOKED | This session will help you to look at practical aspects of managing your fundraising from the VAT and gift aid angle. |
| Preventing fraud with good controls - BRISTOL | 29 February 2012 | This session will look at effective controls to prevent fraud, ways to detect fraud and then response plans if you do suspect fraud. |
| CFDG IT Conference 2012 | 6 March 2012 | Catch up with the latest trends in ICT with the 2012 CFDG IT Conference. This year's key underlying theme is the importance of seeing ICT as an enabler rather than just a cost-centre! |
| Systems thinking | 7 March 2012 | The next workshop in the Adaptive Performance Management Forum series will look at alternative adaptive systems that works with the grain instead of against it. |
| Annual reports to help raise funds - BIRMINGHAM | 14 March 2012 | This is a practical session which will look at approaches other charities have used to improve their annual reports. |
| Preparing charity accounts - BRISTOL | 21 March 2012 | This one-day workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of charity accounting, the key stages in drafting a set of year-end accounts and tips on how to prepare for the audit. |
| Expenses and benefits - LONDON | 29 March 2012 | This session will help you get it right when handling unusual employment situations, temporary staff and payments to volunteers. |
| Preparing charity accounts - LONDON | 17 April 2012 | This one-day workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of charity accounting, the key stages in drafting a set of year-end accounts and tips on how to prepare for the audit. |
| Trading, VAT and social enterprise | 24 April 2012 | This session will cover the basics of VAT and when you have to charge VAT on your income. It will also consider trading and how it should be set up. |
| Expenses and benefits - BIRMINGHAM | 25 April 2012 | This session will help you get it right when handling unusual employment situations, temporary staff and payments to volunteers. |
| Transferring funds overseas - managing the risks | 26 April 2012 | This session will explore the legal and practical considerations in respect of changes made to tax legislation by the Finance Act 2010 and the effect of the HMRC guidance on payments to overseas bodies. |
| Social media | 26 April 2012 | The next discussion in the International Charities Forum series will explore the opportunities and issues that international organisations experience with social media and hears how these challanges have been addressed. |
| Mergers and collaboration: the trustees' perspective | 24 May 2012 | The next discussion in the Trustee Forum series will look at how communication flows should work between management and trustees and how interim working arrangements can be established to help manage change. |
| Annual reports to help raise funds - BRISTOL | 23 May 2012 | This is a practical session which will look at approaches other charities have used to improve their annual reports. |
| VAT for academies - BIRMINGHAM | 29 May 2012 | This session will explain the basic rules and the trickier areas to watch out for. It will be useful for bursars and other finance staff of academies and for governors on finance committees. |
| SORP made simple - LONDON | 30 May 2012 | This session will take you through a set of accounts and provide you with an overview so that you can read and interpret a set of charity accounts. |
| VAT for academies - LONDON | 19 June 2012 | This session will explain the basic rules and the trickier areas to watch out for. It will be useful for bursars and other finance staff of academies and for governors on finance committees. |
| Trading, VAT and social enterprise - LONDON | 21 June 2012 | This session will cover the basics of VAT and when you have to charge VAT on your income. It will also consider trading and how it should be set up. |
| SORP made simple - BIRMINGHAM | 26 June 2012 | This session will take you through a set of accounts and provide you with an overview so that you can read and interpret a set of charity accounts. |
| Rolling forecasts | 27 June 2012 | The next workshop in the Adaptive Performance Management Forum programme will look at rolling forecasts which can be used to replace annual budgets and help to better manage decisions. |
| Charityfair 2012 | 28-29 June 2012 | Organised by the Directory of Social Change, the event offers up-to-date training in compact workshop sessions covering every aspect of the voluntary sector. |
| Managing change | 4 July 2012 | The next discussion in the International Charities Forum series will explore approaches to change and practical steps to achieve a successful outcome. |
| SORP made simple - BRISTOL | 5 July 2012 | This session will take you through a set of accounts and provide you with an overview so that you can read and interpret a set of charity accounts. |
| Reaching better decisions | 18 July 2012 | The next discussion in the Trustee Forum series will look at how to achieve pro-active decision making outside the routine confines of trustee meetings. |
| Trading, VAT and social enterprise | 19 July 2012 | This session will cover the basics of VAT and when you have to charge VAT on your income. It will also consider trading and how it should be set up. |