Network Meeting - December 2023
The next Network Meeting will be:
Tuesday 19th December @ 10:30.
This is an opportunity for you to present topics, learning or issues of interest or concern for members to share, discuss or learn from.
In this meeting, we will be covering:
- Introductions
- Feature: James Austin, Great Winter Get Together (Jo Cox Foundation)
- Network Updates
- CML Feature: TBC
- Discussion Groups
If there are any other topics which you would like to be covered, please email info@communitylibrariesnetwork.org.
Community Managed Libraries - Coventry Mini-Conference
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Health and Wellbeing in the Digital Age – the vital role played by Community Managed Libraries
A day of discussion bringing together partners from the Community Managed Libraries Network, other voluntary sector and statutory sector organisations to start to build:
A Social Prescriber Pathway – a preferred referral route to utilise Community Managed Libraries for support when patients are looking to manage health conditions, including how to find information online, or access community groups to improve mental health and other conditions;
A Digital Inclusion Toolkit – for Community Managed Libraries as a reference toolkit when supporting customers to use either the library computers or their own devices.
Speakers include:
Chris Neath, Network Manager, Community Libraries Network
Kamal Shah, Chair of Trustees, Community Libraries Network
Julie Rubridge, Trustee and Lucy Winter, Fundraising and Events Manager, Earlsdon Carnegie Community Managed Library
Isobel Hunter MBE, Chief Executive, Libraries Connected
Jacqueline Ewers, Tech Champion for Email Marketing, Digital Culture Network, Arts Council England
Bryony Evans, Recruitment and Activation Manager, Good Things Foundation
The National Academy of Social Prescribing
Training
Introduction to Ticket Tailor (Events Platform)
This training session is an introduction to the online events platform Ticket Tailor. When considering how to setup and monitor your events, there are many different options available. We take a look at the features and benefits of using Ticket Tailor, including: The...
Basic tech options: guide to making choices for your small charity or community organisation
If you are a small community group or charity based in the UK, you might be interested in the free or low-cost software options that are available to you. In this session, we will explore the different types of software that you can access depending on your group's...
DBS Online Workshop – Eligibility for DBS checks
This free workshop will help you to understand more about the DBS process, what counts as regulated activity and who is eligible for which DBS check. This will help develop your knowledge and confidence around the process. The eligibility workshop covers: The benefits...
Lloyds Banking Group – Mentoring and Trustee Recruitment
The support available from Lloyds Banking Group draws upon the broad range of skills and expertise their employees have. These employees volunteer in addition to their role at Lloyds Banking Group and their support is available to access in two ways: Ongoing...
What is Digital Accessibility and why is it so important?
In this webinar, Digital Culture Network Champion for Digital Accessibility, Roberta Beattie, explores what digital accessibility is and the role it plays in creating successful content. What level is it? Beginner: This session will be useful to anyone who wants to...
Good Conversations Training from Linking Lives
We recently had the pleasure of training with David from Linking Lives and hope that all the participants found it very useful - we certainly picked up lots of brilliant tips for starting and exploring conversations with customers. This training is still available...
Do less and achieve more!
Digital Culture Network's Ollie Couling, Tech Champion for Digital Marketing and Strategy, outlines techniques to help you prioritise your marketing goals in a more strategic way and turn them into the framework of a focused and coherent marketing plan. It covers:...
Get Online London Meet-up: Partnerships for Digital Inclusion
At the first meet-up they'll be talking about partnerships for digital inclusion. We'll hear from experienced hubs about how they work in partnership with a range of organisations to reach and support people who are digitally excluded. Then, attendees will have the...
Supporting ESOL Learners Using Learn My Way
North Manchester Community Partnership draw on their experience of supporting learners of English to gain digital skills using Learn My Way. Boh Ng and John Curtin from North Manchester Community Partnership draw on many years of experience of supporting learners of...
Digital Culture Network: Emergency email marketing repair kit
When your email marketing campaign doesn’t perform as well as you need or as well as expected, there are some simple questions to ask. Using the 5 W’s, the basis of the classic police investigation, are a good place to start your investigation: Who, What, When Where,...
Ethical Property Foundation
Ethical Property Foundation are a dedicated property advice charity in the UK serving the voluntary sector. They offer free impartial guidance and online support, plus webinars, workshops and affordable tailored advice. Visit the EPF website to view a range of...
Data First Aid
Struggling to make your volunteer or budgeting spreadsheets do what you want them to? Need an expert to look at demographic data or analyse the need of your service users? Know you have great data but not sure how to make it visually appealing or tell the right story?...
Learn My Way: the next generation is launching soon
Good Things Foundation are proud to announce a new and improved Learn My Way, the free platform for digital learning, coming in spring 2023. Learn my Way provides digital skills and increased digital confidence to those supported by the National Digital Inclusion...
Libraries & Homelessness
This webinar highlighted some of the innovative work being done within libraries to ensure they meet the needs and expectations of people experiencing homelessness. London Libraries members reflected on their pioneering homelessness training programme. Representatives...
The Curve – Free digital skills training for the third sector
The Curve is a series of free, 90-minute workshops for third sector organisations. These online workshops aim to build knowledge around best digital practices, raise awareness of digital tools and ultimately help increase impact with digital. Workshops are open to...
Supporting people experiencing homelessness – library toolkit
A toolkit for libraries supporting people experiencing or threatened by homelessness. The toolkit contains: - Libraries and Homelessness Offer Framework; - Information, case studies and useful tools; - Sources of local and national support; - Reading Agency programme...
Community Libraries Network – 2023 Events Calendar
A list of events, key dates and awareness weeks to help inform activities in your Community Managed Library: You can also download a PDF version of the calendar here, to display in your Library: Download PDF
Cost of Living guidance for Trustees
The Charity Commission recognises that many charities are facing difficult circumstances resulting from rapidly increasing costs. This may include their own cashflow but also concern for those they serve and for their own staff facing cost of living pressures. Some...
The Foundation for Social Improvement
UK Charities, CICs or Community Organisations with an annual turnover of less than £1 million can register as members, giving you access to a range of free and heavily subsidised training. FSI are running a number of webinars and training sessions (30 minutes to full...
Essentials to Excellence: How to create a business plan for your charity
Be successful at business planning – what has changed forever and why you need to revisit your business planning approach. Make your business plan robust and avoid being ‘blindsided’. Use your business plan as a focus for funders. Do business planning with half the...
Webinars
Engaging Communities with Local Heritage – Libraries Connected
New technology is an area of tremendous growth within the cultural sector. Smartphone compatible history trails, and interactive community engagement platforms can bring library and archive collections to life. This webinar took an in-depth look at innovative digital...
How to Reward and Thank Your Volunteers – Webinar
12 May, 2023 at 10:00am Volunteers are invaluable to the work that we do but how can we show appreciation and thanks that is meaningful, timely and inexpensive? Any reward and recognition scheme also needs to take into account volunteers that work remotely, those that...