A big thank you to all of the people who attended our Lunch and Learn event at All Saint's Church Centre on Tuesday 9th December. The event was attended by 50 people representing 22 groups.
- Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust
- Digital NNS
- Commissioning team - Birmingham City Council
- Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council
- Sutton Coldfield NNS
- Birmingham Community Matters
- Additional materials provided by BVSC
We received great feedback from community assets and our team was engaged in many useful conversations which will guide our work in the future. The capacity support organisations were also kept very busy all afternoon and plenty of networking was taking place between the groups themselves. It was a thoroughly great event and something we will definitely organise again in 2026.
Feedback from event included:
Resource Library
Good
practice policies and procedures please
Digital Marketing/Promotion and top tips
Printing
facilities (especially posters)
Training that assets would like to see
LGBT+
Training
First aid
training
Bid writing
Food
hygiene
Organise
events
New
volunteer inductions
Running a
team
Equality training
Helping
carers to prepare for their role
Safeguarding
training
Recommended training providers
Recommend
Our Place safeguarding training
Recommend
Training Express for Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and First Aid
4. Preferred Format of training
Online
training great
1-to-1
training
Online
video/portal to watch in own time
Happy
with any format
Online
group- staff more likely to engage
5. Specific training/support around accessibility
Basic BSL training
Awareness
training- autism, mental health, BSL
Digital training for volunteers
Prevent falls
by giving respite to carers
Mental
health/ stress and anxiety and Digital Inequality
Focus on
isolated carers needs
