Community Training: Your time, your way!
With a mixture of short and long presentations on a wide range of topics, you have complete flexibility to choose courses at a time that suits you! It's flexible and great value.
Welcome to the Academy
Created by Dorset Community Action, our Training Academy combines live and pre-recorded talks, workshops and networking. Containing a variety of free and premium training modules from short “top tips” to longer conversations with experts, the Academy covers a wide range of subjects to benefit your Organisation, all accessible at a time that suits you.
Creating a free account will allow you to access content.
Content
Browse what's on offer
FAQ
Your questions answered
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How do I use the Academy?
You will have to do a short sign-up process using your name and email to access the Academy. This is free and we keep your data safe (You can download our privacy policy below.) Once you have found an interesting course, you can click on it to see the details. Each course page will also suggest other linked material and other resources.
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How do I take a course?
If you like what you see, you click on the "purchase now" or "sign up now" button to register for the course. Once you have done that, the courses will appear on your dashboard (which you can access from the top bar) and you can access the courses at anytime. Please note that some courses are only available to DCA members,
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How do I find what I need?
You can search within "all of the courses". The search is done by the title of the course, so you may have to think of other ways of describing what you need.
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What are some common search terms?
- Funding, also known as income generation, raising money, bids - Trustee, use governance, board, meetings, leading, oversight, roles and responsibilities - Financial is linked to auditor, budget, core cost - Policies you might also search for risk, safeguarding, governance - Marketing includes stakeholders, communications, social media, stories - Business plans can also be planning, strategic, management
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What will it cost?
Most of the public courses are free because they were funded or donated. Live events and courses are priced individually. For the courses that are exclusive for DCA members, the membership fee will need to be paid,
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How long are the courses?
The pre-recorded courses range from about 5 minutes to an hour. The live events may be longer, but we try to keep the online courses compact. In-person courses or events booked through the Academy may be longer.
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How do I sign on for the live courses and events?
Live online courses are delivered via Zoom. You do not need to download anything to use a Zoom link as it is web-based. For live events, you can go to your dashboard, pick the courses and click on the Zoom link that is there. We will usually send you an email (to the address you used to sign up) with the Zoom link on the morning of a live course.