CVST provides courses and training to its staff, affiliated members and organisations, charities, voluntary organisations, and individuals. 

Courses take place at CVST’s Imperial House in Clacton-on-Sea, at our Dovercourt and Harwich Hub, or can be completed online.  

With friendly and knowledgeable trainers, our courses will: 

• increase your confidence in the workplace; 
• increase your chances to get a new job;
• enrich your CV; 
• make you more knowledgeable; 
• upgrade your skillset.  

We regularly run courses on mental health awareness, emergency first aid at work, dementia friend awareness, identifying and addressing fuel poverty, speaking with confidence, and more.

For more information call 01255 425692 or email:   becky.dowling@cvstendring.org.uk   

CVST Training Courses

For availability and booking for the courses please click here

Training with other providers

Introducing Black Leadership – Open University

In this free course, you will develop skills to empower yourself as a leader. Guided by the Five Ps model of leadership (person, process, position, product and purpose), you will learn about the challenges and possibilities of Black leadership. Developing skills in communication, critical analysis and teamwork will promote competence in a wide variety of contexts – from formal organisations to voluntary groups and social movements.

Introducing Black leadership | OpenLearn – Open University

This course contains 10 lessons and covers: Fingerspelling, Numbers, Colours, Deaf Awareness, Introductions, Family, Relationships, Descriptions, Hobbies, Time, Money, Days, Months, & Seasons, Food & Drink, Emotions, Relationships, Animals, Clothing, and Conversation. Also specialist vocabulary for education, medical, retail, transportation and home settings.

Online British Sign Language Course – Learn BSL Today (british-sign.co.uk)

Anti-Harassment Training – Suzy Lamplugh Trust

These free 1-hour webinars are available to book throughout the year, focusing on the 5 D’s of bystander intervention, which was originally pioneered by Right To Be.

Tackling the prevalence of unwanted and aggressive behaviours such as harassment that underly the broader cycle of violence against women and girls is a key priority for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. The programme drives awareness of harassment, upskilling and empowering bystanders across various settings such as public transport, educational institutions, festivals, public spaces, and workplaces, to help defuse situations, discourage harassers, and support victims.

Anti-Harassment training (suzylamplugh.org)

Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (DAPP)

The programme is for indivduals who want to stop being abusive towards their (ex) partners and are motivated to change. The programme accepts both statuory and self-referrals for both male and females.

For more information, and to make a referral, please contact:

Email: clare.whalley@thechangeportfolio.org

Phone: 07713307636