Support when you need it

Our advisers and consultants can help you with almost any aspect of managing or running a voluntary, charity or social enterprise organisation. We can steer you to the correct resources, point you to the appropriate training and give you tools & templates. The consultation can involve other colleagues of yours in the Zoom call. 

Our advisers Julie John and Caro Hart are experienced and knowledgeable - and if we don't know that answer, we will find it out for you!

Once you have purchased a session, we will be in touch with you to arrange a convenient time and date.

Cost

Choose from an hour or a half hour's 1:1 session

Our consultants have a range of expertise to offer

Community Training Consultant

Caro Hart

Caro is an experienced third-sector trainer, manager and Trustee. She has been working with DCA since May 2021. Caro has been involved in VCSE organisations from grass-roots groups to large international charities - and has run her own social enterprise. She has been a trainer, mentor and coach for most of that time. Her specialisms are planning and governance, although she can turn her hand to anything. She has lead on the development of the Academy. For more information, please see her Linkedin profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/carohartmbafrsa/

Community Advisor (Projects & Engagement)

Julie Johns

Julie Johns MBE joined the DCA team as a Community Advisor for Projects and Engagements in December 2022. Julie has worked in the charitable sector for 20 years, first as a charity Co-founder and CEO setting up an arts-based charity supporting those affected by domestic abuse to overcome trauma through the arts. Through this, Julie gained extensive experience of the challenges of the voluntary sector, managing a charity and fundraising. After 10 years Julie felt it was time to take a step back, whilst volunteering for a local art therapy charity. This led to working part-time as a project manager and fundraiser. Simultaneously Julie set up a sole-trading business, Safe Space Consultancy, to continue her work to raise awareness of domestic abuse through offering CPD accredited training provision to all sectors on awareness of domestic abuse and related topics such as stalking and harassment. In 2019 Julie was awarded an MBE for her work over the years supporting people suffering from domestic abuse and to charity. See more about Julie at her Linkedin profile; https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-johns-mbe-5362aab8/

Our support is backed up with information and training in these areas:

Subscription options

Manage your organisation's training costs with affordable subscriptions for small, medium and large organisations. Alternatively take out subscription for one person. Both cover more than 80 courses.

Charging policy

DCA is committed to producing as much affordable training as we can.  While some of the courses are charged-for, we offer subscription options to ensure that they are affordable (as above).  Our courses still remain some of the best value in the industry.

We will offer money-off  vouchers and special offers every month, so do look out for Academy news and promotions in our e-newsletters and at networking events.  Sponsored courses will be free of charge. 

You will receive a receipt upon purchasing this course, so don't forget to claim the course fee back from your organisation if you are able to do so. 

We are a registered charity and our number is 1060910. You can donate towards our work here. Your support is appreciated.