Are you ready to win a public sector contract? The third sector is at the heart of the Government’s plans for the ‘Big Society’. Massive cuts in public spending will give the sector major opportunities to take up many of the new contracts on offer.
This two day course will help you to plan your organisation’s direction and include tendering in your strategic planning. It will include training on partnerships, consortia and collaborations – will figure strongly in the Government’s plan for integrated contracts.
We will also look at key policies that need to be in place for your organisation to be ‘tender ready’.

The course covers areas such as:
- Overview of the third sector and its challenges
- An objective review of your organisation
- Considering and evaluating strategic options
- Funding Considerations
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Tendering and how you should go about this

The course will enable participants to:
- Implement careful strategic planning
- Understand policies and new legislation
- Develop a framework for charting the future direction of your organisation
- Understand different models of collaborative working.
- Identify suitable stakeholders
- Understand terms and use of partnership agreements