Forthcoming training and events
Details of upcoming training events are listed in the table below. Places are limited and all courses must be booked in advance – see booking details listed next to each course.
Training courses offered by the Ethical Property Foundation
The Ethical Property Foundation provides training on a range of key property topics including relocating, colocating with other organisations, greening your office, and property management . Organisations interested in the Foundation running courses on their behalf should contact Victoria Howse on 020 7065 0762 / victoriahowse@ethicalproperty.org.uk to discuss requirements.
Course title: Through the Maze - a guide to buying property
Course content
- How to decide if your organisation is ready to buy a property
- Top tips on assembling your finances, working with agents to find and secure your perfect property and understanding the legal processes involved.
- Case studies from organisations who have successfully undertaken property purchases
- Put your questions to professionals from
- ‘Social lenders’ Triodos Bank
- Commercial property agents Ashwell Rogers
- Charity lawyers Bates Wells and Braithwaite
Target audience
- Individuals from charities, voluntary sector or community groups who are planning to buy a property to occupy and want to get a better understanding of all the stages involved in the process
What you will learn – key outcomes
- Understand the key stages of a property purchase
- Become an ‘informed client’ and improve your confidence in working with property professionals
Course title: Everything you wanted to know about Section 106
Course content
- An Introduction to Section 106
- The law and policy of Section 106
- Question Time with a panel of professionals
Target audience
- All Bath and North East Somerset based community groups, community development workers, neighbourhood planning groups and charities
What you will learn – key outcomes
- Understand the leverage that community groups have over S106 negotiations
- Understand what it is that shapes Section 106 opportunities
- Feel confident in applying learning to real life scenarios
Course title: Relocation
Course content
- Working out what you need - how to put together a premises brief (to guide your own search or brief an agent)
- Finding premises - types of office space on the market, using an agent and doing your own search
- Decision making - comparing facilities, services and cost
- Agreements with your landlord -understanding and negotiating leases and licences
Target audience
- London based charitable organisations planning to take on their first premises, or looking to move to new premises
What you will learn – key outcomes
- a clear understanding of the steps involved in a successful office relocation
- understand how to construct, and use, a brief to guide a premises search
- understand the types of agreement between a tenant and landlord, and your options for negotiating a better deal
Course title: Co-location (developing successful shared premises)
Course content
- Different co-location models
- Key property issues to be considered
- Getting the right legal structures in place
- Making the most of a shared building - crucial do’s and don’ts when deciding upon physical attributes and internal layout
Target audience
- Charities, voluntary sector support groups and CVSs looking to lease or buy premises jointly
- Groups looking to set up a resource centre or managed workspace to lease out to other organisations
What you will learn – key outcomes
- Clarify your vision for your co-location project
- Appreciate the practical benefits and challenges of sharing a building
- Understand the common pitfalls in developing a shared premises resource and how to get the most from your building
- Understand the range of different models for co-locating with other organisations and the key legal and property issues to consider
Course title: An introduction to greening your workplace
Course content
- the true benefits of a greener office
- reviewing your current performance
- practical suggestions on reducing the environmental impact of your organisation
- how to overcome common obstacles to making changes and getting staff buy-in
- top tips on communicating your achievements both internally and externally
Target audience
- Charities and voluntary groups looking to reduce the environmental impact of their workplaces
What you will learn – key outcomes
- a clear understanding of the wide-ranging benefits to your organisation of becoming greener
- understand where and how you can make changes to your current practice
- feel confident to implement your environmental policies
Course title: Property management for non-property managers
Course content
- an overview of your key legal responsibilities
- top tips on using contractors
- practical advice from property management professionals in the charity sector on how to address key areas including
- Health, safety and fire
- Risk assessments
- Security
- Disabled access
- Environmental impact of your building
Target audience
- Individuals from charities, voluntary sector or community groups who have responsibility for managing a building but are not property management professionals
What you will learn - key outcomes
- Appreciate the benefits of good property management
- Understand your legal responsibilities as well as those of your tenants and/ or landlord
- Become more confident in managing all aspects of your building whilst minimising the amount of time you spend on property management
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