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Digital Capacity Updates
We have so many good news stories to share, residents who now have laptops, groups who have necessary devices and have received all kinds of support including digital security assessments, website development, document creation and the development of data stories. Don’t forget the on-going access to training and support from EHCVS and our amazing Digital Champions.
There is still lots more training and support available over the next few months, the current Digital Capacity Project ends in January but in the meantime keep a look out for all of the events advertised through our evenbrite pages and book onto anything that might help.
In November we will be doing some specific capacity building workshops by CAP Enterprise and the lovely Social Media expert Aliya as well as our own Cyber Security Digital Champion, Mukesh Malhotra, during the Hounslow Digital Festival.
Date to be confirmed- Deter, Detect and Delete GDPR and Cyber Security
Networking and Training Events
For your networks: Superhighways Training Please find details of Superhighways autumn data training and support programme here
For your networks: NCSC Cyber Security Training The National Cyber Security Centre is offering this free online training course for organisations to build their understanding of cyber security and learn how to stay safe online.
For your networks: Editors for Impact Editors for Impact is a UK-based social enterprise providing charitable organisations with media content creation by matching each charity with an E4I volunteer. They believe charitable organisations deserve high-quality media content to best reflect their value and work, and aim to eliminate barriers of time, cost, and access to great content. Becoming their partner means that you will be able to request projects for your charity and E4I will deliver high-quality content including video editing and motion graphics productions at no cost. For more information, please email partnerships@editorsforimpact.org
JMD Training and Consultancy: Microsoft Excel Basics Creating, Formatting and Printing a Workbook – Tue, 12 October 2021 at 10:30 12:00 Have you the need to set up spreadsheets for storing text and numbers either as a data list or to do simple calculations?
Do you need to use Excel for everyday tasks such as setting up a budget, maintaining an address list, or keeping track of a list of to-do items?
Microsoft Excel Basics is an effective workshop giving plenty of hands-on experience. It will enable you to have the confidence and skills to create, format and print an Excel workbook.
Objectives:
Create an Excel workbook
Format an Excel workbook
Edit an Excel workbook
Print preview a workbook
Print an Excel workbook
Impact:
Confidence to create an Excel workbook
Ability to edit, format and print an Excel workbook
JMD Training and Consultancy: Basic Formulas Getting to grips with Excel calculations – Tue, 19 October 2021 at 10:30 12:00 Would you like to be able to use simple calculations? Do you need to be able to quickly add up columns of figures?
Basic Formulas is an effective workshop giving plenty of hands-on experience. It will enable you to have the confidence and skills to do basic calculations in Excel, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and using the AutoSum button to create totals, averages, counts, maximums and minimums.
Objectives:
Add, subtract, multiply, divide numbers in an Excel workbook
Use the Excel AutoSum feature to total, average or count a range of numbers
Use the Excel AutoSum feature to find the maximum or minimum of a range of numbers
Impact:
Confidence to do basic calculations in Excel
Ability to rely on Excel rather than a calculator when faced with many calculations
JMD Training and Consultancy: Basics of Microsoft Word – Tue, 26 October 2021 at 10:30 12:00 Would you like to be able to create Word documents rather than handwriting all the time? Would you like to be able to edit documents and format them so they look professional?
Creating and Formatting Simple Documents is an effective workshop giving plenty of hands-on practice. It will enable you to have the confidence and skills to create, edit and format Microsoft Word documents.
Audience: Those who have never had formal training in Microsoft Word and those who learnt some time ago but are not comfortable with the package.
Objectives:
To create simple Word documents
To format simple Word documents
To spellcheck a document
To create bulleted and numbered lists
To select text
To move and copy text
To print preview and print
Impact:
Confidence to create Word documents
Creation of professional-looking reports, letters and business plans with ease
JMD Training and Consultancy: Working with Word Tables Laying Out Information with Microsoft Word – Tue, 23 November 2021 at 10:30 12:00 Would you like to be able to format text rapidly and organise it into neat columns?
Do you need more appropriate ways to lay out Word text? Are you currently pressing the SpaceBar key several times to get text lined up?
Working with Word Tables is an effective workshop giving plenty of hands-on experience. It will enable you to have the confidence and skills to create, edit and format Word tables.
Audience: Those who have never had formal training in Microsoft Word and those who learnt some time ago but are not comfortable with the package. This session will be of benefit to anyone who wants to be able to layout text in appropriate ways. Sometimes although people have used tables for some time, they are not aware of techniques such as getting two or more columns to be of equal width. Anyone who uses tables but feels they are not using them to their full potential should also attend.
Objectives:
To create Word tables
Format tables
Insert and delete rows and columns
Adjust column widths, row heights
Merge cells
Split cells
Add or remove borders and shading
Sort data within a table
Splitting tables
Showing column headings on each page of a long table
Impact:
Confidence to create Word tables
Creation of professional-looking reports, letters and business plans with ease
Further Digital Training planned for the Hounslow Digital Festival November 2021
Workshops on:
– Social Media for Community Voluntary Sector Groups Aliya Zaidi
– Improved Digital Working for Community and Voluntary Sector Groups – CAP Enterprise (Kent) cic
– Digital Techniques for Engaging and Supporting Clients for Community and Voluntary Sector Groups – CAP Enterprise (Kent) cic
– A look at improving Digital Capacity for Community and Voluntary Sector Groups – CAP Enterprise (Kent) cic
– Digital Monitoring for Community and Voluntary Sector Groups – CAP Enterprise (Kent) cic
Keep a look out for dates and bookings.
Giving Tuesday Cheat Sheet
“Giving Tuesday is a movement created as a response to the commercialisation and consumerism on the lead up to the holiday season and a chance for people to give back in the season of goodwill. This year it falls on November 30th so now is the time to start planning especially in our current environment to maximise the benefit your organisation can get from Giving Tuesday. Last year, the U.K. alone, over £20m was donated to good causes for Giving Tuesday, a 43% increase in giving from 2019 thats more than £14k every minute! #GivingTuesday is only one piece of the annual fundraising pie which will need to evolve this year, so its never too early to start implementing your strategy. Lets walk through five ways to maximize your end-of-year fundraising.” Click here to read more.
We are still recruiting Digital Champions. If you work for a charity, are a volunteer or a trustee, or would like to make a difference to your local community, please do consider sharing your digital skills with others and volunteer today to be a Digital Champion! We are particularly interested in anyone with Word Press experience as many of our local groups need support updating and maintaining websites.
Advice and Support for Your Voluntary & Community Organisation
Do you need some help developing a digital strategy? Free digital support is available for a limited period for smaller Hounslow community organisations – contact us for a discussion.
To book a 1-to-1 session with an advisor email to digital@ehcvs.org.uk
Would you like to receive support from a Digital Champion?
