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SCVO Training

People are an organisation’s biggest asset so investing in staff professional development is vital to its continued and sustainable business growth and success.

Professional development is proven to enable career development and progression, allowing people to excel and shine within their current role and beyond.  It is something to be valued and actively pursued through learning, which is all about gaining skills and knowledge by studying, practicing and being taught.   

Our training programme delivers a range of engaging and inspiring courses to help people learn and enhance their performance and productivity. 

If you are looking for e:learning, the SCOPE platform provides entry-level information and learning to help you run your voluntary sector organisation.

 What we offer

Professional development is a lifelong process, in which you must assess your skills and qualities, consider your aims and set goals in order to realise and maximise your potential. Our training programme is designed to provide quality training for anyone looking to improve their skills, qualifications and future career prospects.
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 Our training programme

People love to learn, they feel good when learning new things and have a great sense of achievement when they have finished studying or completed a training course. We want you to love learning too! Whether you are a manager, staff or volunteer we want to ensure you get the most out of learning so we work with trainers with a genuine interest in the voluntary sector to create a training programme packed full of sector specific courses.
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Answers to some frequently asked questions about our training programme.
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In-house training is a cost-effective alternative to upskill or refresh existing knowledge and skills a group of staff at the same time.
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