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Ocean Road Youth Centre 

Ocean Road Centre

Youth Centre in South Shields for young people aged 8-18. 

South Tyneside's Community Page is for all residents to find out what's going on and where. From arts and crafts, jobs fairs, mental health groups, training courses, children's groups, exercise classes, food support and more. If you're in South Tyneside and want to know which services, activities and support that is available to you, this is your platform to find it! Free and easy access to events ran by our community, for our community. Inspire South Tyneside are working in partnership with Plinth to ensure our community can find everything in one place for all needs. So no event or opportunities go unnoticed.

South Tyneside's Community Page

Here you will find local free training providers in South Tyneside. You will also have access to the LIO online VCSE training called Elements. 

Training for South Tyneside VCSE sector

Online courses available for South Tyneside's VCSE sector, covering subjects on Volunteer involvement, Safeguarding, Govounrance and more.

Elements Elearning Portal

Fully Funded training courses provided by EMS (Enterprise Made Simple)

Enterprise Made Simple 

South Tyneside's Care academy offers different training and courses aimed for individuals either in Social care roles, or looking to find pathways into Health and Social Care. This training is also provided through Training in Care. 

South Tyneside Care Academy 

South Tyneside Council's 'A Better U' Training programme (provided through First Contact Clinical). 

A Better U Training 

TEDCO offer courses and training workshops specific to South Tyneside CIC or Business Start ups. You must be a new start up organisation in South Tyneside to access this courses. 

TEDCO Start Up Work Shops

Inspire have gathered safeguarding information, advice and guidance specific to the voluntary sector. Take a look at these resources to support your organisations Safeguarding awareness and standards. 

Safeguarding in the VCSE sector

South Tyneside Council offer online E-learning training which covers both adult and children safeguarding subjects, through their virtual college. Various safeguarding topics covering sexual exploitation, vulnerable groups, mental health, understanding capacity, how to manage disclosures, and ranges from Levels 1-3. 

South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults and Children E-learning

The NSPCC have a helpful guide on safeguarding children, specifically aimed at the voluntary sector. 

NSPCC's Safeguarding Children in the Voluntary Sector

Safeguarding duty for charity Trustee's

Safeguarding for Volunteers

The Direct Gov have produced a DBS Quick guide that is a useful resource to consider when employing new staff or volunteers who may be involved in safeguarding roles with children and vulnerable adults. 

DBS Checking Quick Guide - Direct Gov

This section will offer you guides to volunteering, from policy guidance, templates, under 18's volunteering, how to conduct volunteering and more. 

Volunteering Guides

Here you will find our guide to creating Volunteer Inclusion Guides, how to support vulnerable volunteers, what inclusion plans should include, why they are important and a template example. 

Volunteer Inclusion Plan Guide

Inspires risk assesment template for Volunteering

Volunteer Risk Assessing

See Inspires template for a Volunteer Agreement Form

Volunteer Agreement Template

Take a look at Inspires guide on what to consider when adopting roles or placements specifically for young volunteers

Under 18 Volunteering Guide for VCSE and Businesses

Inspire's template of a volunteer induction checklist. 

Volunteer Induction Checklist Template

Singmeup.org have produced an descriptive and informative guide that focuses specifically on DBS checking for volunteers and charity's. It covers eligibility, cost, best practice and management for dbs checking with volunteers, the process, case studies and examples. 

Understanding DBS Checks for Charity Volunteers and Organisers in England

Inspire has created a generic volunteer policy template that VCSE organisations can use as a guide for what a volunteer policy should include. 

Volunteer Policy Template

DBS checks can often become a grey area within volunteering. It's important that DBS checks are carried out lawfully, and in some circumstances DBS checks are not always needed or essential. Read our guide that gives an over view of DBS checking specifically for a variety of Volunteering roles. 

DBS Grey area guide

Browse this section to take a look at some supporting documents that will help your organisation strengthen it's internal policy, framework, funding and governing processes. 

Structure and Governance

Inspires guide explaining the difference between a CIC and CIO structure, how to start the process and what the process entails. 

CIC vs CIO

This document outlines what an unincorporated association is, otherwise known as unregistered community groups. What they are, how they are set up, and information regarding the start of a constitution. 

Unincorporated Associations

View our guide on how to write a strong constitution, what it involves and examples. 

Writing a Constitution

AI is becoming increasingly relevant in todays technology and is becoming a popular tool within VCSE organisations. But it can come with risks - See our guide on AI use within the voluntary sector, with tips, tricks and ethical do's and dont's. 

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