{"id":87,"date":"2006-12-18T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2006-12-18T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=87"},"modified":"2006-12-18T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2006-12-18T22:43:08","slug":"help-is-available-from-learningnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Help is available from LearningNet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had an interview with someone from LearningNet<\/a> today. <\/p>\n

LearningNet is a workforce development project created by a group of voluntary sector organisations. It aims to identify and meet the learning needs of staff and volunteers working in the voluntary and community sector. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They’re an interesting organisation that I first heard of a little while ago. They’re working with us in Solent Youth Action<\/a> to produce a learning needs analysis of the staff and directors. <\/p>\n

For the staff, it is an opportunity for a thorough and independent review of their training needs which is not normally possible within an organisation as small as us. <\/p>\n

Perhaps more importantly, for the trustees, it is an independent perspective on any gaps in our knowledge and skills. As volunteers from a variety of professions who came together to start this organisation essentially in our spare time, I think this is very valuable. When we started, we knew nothing of the laws or regulations we would encounter in starting a charity and company, being an employer, leading an organisation, or managing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money. We’ve learnt a lot, but what don’t we know? What skills don’t we have that we don’t realise – skills that could potentially help us to do a better job? Or more worryingly, what don’t we know that could help us avoid a future pitfall we haven’t considered?<\/p>\n

They’ve gone to our SYA office, and met with the staff both as a group, and individually in personal interviews. They attended an evening meeting with the trustees and led a discussion with us as a group. Now, they’re meeting with the trustees individually. They offered to meet with me either at SYA, at home, or at my office – either during the day or in the evening if that was easier for me. I chose to do it at work, and someone from LearningNet came to visit me at Hursley<\/a> in the afternoon for a in-depth review of my skills and experiences, and what I bring to SYA. <\/p>\n

Each member of staff and trustee will get a confidential personal report, and we get a collective report for the organisation. Where training needs are identified, they also help to identify training providers to help us address them. <\/p>\n

Oh – and did I mention that they’re doing all of this for free?<\/p>\n

If this is all sounding like a bit of an advertisement, sorry! But I’ve been really impressed with them so far, and I’m looking forward to seeing their reports. I think it will be a really useful start to the New Year for us, and even if nothing else, I found the chance to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses, and my contribution to SYA very valuable. I came away from the interview with a bunch of ideas for what we can do, and aware of a few things about myself I hadn’t really thought of before. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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