3SG offers a wide range of events to help third sector organisations in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) thrive. We’ve also compiled events being run independently of 3SG that you may find beneficial.
View the complete list of events below and use the category buttons to filter the content to your needs.
Upcoming Events
Ripple Effect Mapping
An introduction to a form of developmental evaluation that demonstrates contribution rather than attribution.
Resilience & Recovery: Understanding and Addressing Gambling Challenges in the LGBTQ+ Community
Join us for a live webinar on LGBTQ+ identity and gambling harm. We aim to break down barriers to accessing support, highlighting unique challenges and addressing the impact on young people. Through expert discussions and personal stories, we seek to gain understanding and drive positive change
Resilience & Recovery: Understanding and Addressing Gambling Challenges in the LGBTQ+ Community
Lunch & Learn: Neurodiversity Awareness & Understanding in the Workplace
Join us for an inspiring lunch and learn session exploring the spectrum of neurodiversity. Learn how to create inclusive environments within your workplace and unlock the full potential of every team member.
Lunch & Learn: Neurodiversity Awareness & Understanding in the Workplace
Digital Divide Collective Meeting
This is the next planning and design meeting of the Digital Divide Collective. We will be using our time together to scope out our ideas around the creation of a Digital Playground, building on our last conversations, to work alongside Southside Family Project amongst other key organisations.
Small Charities Conference 2024, 'People Partnerships and The Pinch'
Join The Small Charity Friendly Collective on Wednesday 1st May from 9.45am for a day of learning, sharing experiences, connecting with other 'smalls', and thinking outside the box when it comes to dealing with the ongoing impact of 'The Pinch'.
Framing comms for success in an election year and beyond
Who are the Connectors in your community?
In this webinar we will explore the vital role of Connectors in bridging this gap. Connectors are the individuals within our communities who simply signpost friends, family, colleagues and strangers to places where they can find out about support and opportunities.
Integrated Community Based Commissioning for B&NES VCSE
Are you feeling confused about the current Integrated Community Based Commissioning Tender? Catherine Phillips, from BSW Communities Together, will be joining us to speak about the current process and answering your questions. Please join this explainer event online from 11.30 am to find out more.
Trustees play a vital role in creating space for people with lived experience to help drive impact and bring about change. Share this free event with your board to further embed lived experience into your charity's governance and decision-making.
Meet The Funder: The National Lottery Community Fund
We are delighted to be partnering with the National Lottery Community Fund, Voluntary Action North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CVS, for this Meet The Funder event.
Meet The Funder: The National Lottery Community Fund
Successful Property Decision Making for Charities
DSC have collaborated with the Ethical Property Foundation to discuss how trustees and CEO's can make well thought out property decisions for their charities.
We are inspired when we attend a presentation that captivates us. Have you ever wondered how the presenter creates this feeling? What abilities do they possess to carry the presentation out so successfully?
Building connections in community to reduce social isolation and loneliness
How to Use Canva for Social Media
Canva is the great free-to-use online graphic design tool which you can use to create great graphics as well as presentations and videos amongst other things.
Led by Nikki Archer, this 3-part course is designed to support people working in Health, Care & Community organisations consider their approach to bereavement. The course references grief theory, different models and approaches and NICE guidelines
Bath Unlimited and Bath Bridge joint networking event - Digital Leadership
Bath Unlimited and Bath Bridge are holding their third event in their quarterly leadership series on Tuesday 14th May 5:30pm-8:30pm at Newark Works in Bath, part of this year’s Bath Digital Festival.
Bath Unlimited and Bath Bridge joint networking event - Digital Leadership
Writing a Successful Funding Application
This short course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example.
Citizens Advice Data Insights: Is the cost of living crisis really over?
Meet The Funder: The National Lottery Community Fund
We are delighted to be partnering with the National Lottery Community Fund, Voluntary Action North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CVS, for this Meet The Funder event.
Safeguarding Training, Standard Child and Adult - Online Course
Bath Women's Fund May Potluck Picnic
Join Bath Women's Fund at BRLSI (Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution) on 16th May to celebrate extraordinary women and 200 years of sharing science, literature and art in the city.
This course will equip you with the tools you need to secure more funding from trusts and foundations, showing you how to identify valuable funder prospects, develop a more compelling case for support, write more impactful applications and build strong long-term relationships with funders.
Effective Impact Reporting: Improve how you collect and report on data - Lunch & Learn with Core Insights
Volunteering in 2024 and Beyond: Inspire, Engage, Celebrate - Online conference
This conference will look at many aspects of volunteer management, including how to recruit and retain volunteers, how to manage difficult situations effectively and explore what the future looks like for volunteering in the UK.
Join fellow leaders across the local 3rd sector for an early evening networking event with food and drink provided. The focus of this session will be 'Commissioning outside help: myth debunking, some dos and don’ts'
Whether you chair internal meetings, an organisation, a health board, or committee or would like to, everyone agrees that chairing meetings can be challenging and is a skill few of us ever receive training for.
Join 3SG for an informal networking social with fellow colleagues, peers and volunteers from local third sector organisations, with catering from the wonderful Bath Community Kitchen.
This year, we've revamped our approach to embrace the pulse of the third sector by focusing on more diverse streams: fundraising, finance, leadership, and innovation.
Effective PR for small charities (size really doesn't matter!) - Lunch & Learn with Clearly PR
In this Lunch & Learn session, Bath-based Clearly PR will take you through real-world examples of charities who have used PR to successfully gain the media and public attention they needed.
Effective PR for small charities (size really doesn't matter!) - Lunch & Learn with Clearly PR
Writing a Successful Funding Application
This short course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example.
Bath Social Impact Network: In Person Networking (June)
Join us for the Bath Social Impact Network in person event on 27th June, 5.30pm - 7.30pm. This session will be led by 3SG. Come along to learn more about Social Economy West, and Cool Ventures' Business Support Services.
This short course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example.
This course will equip you with the tools you need to secure more funding from trusts and foundations, showing you how to identify valuable funder prospects, develop a more compelling case for support, write more impactful applications and build strong long-term relationships with funders.
This short course provides a beginner’s guide to how to write a successful funding application, using the National Lottery Community Fund’s Awards For All online application form as an example.
How to Get Started With Social Media for Fundraising for Your Nonprofit
The Foundations in System Leadership; collaborating for health and care programme
This programme is primarily designed for those working in health, care, local authorities, the voluntary sector and other partner organisations who are curious about understanding what systems are, how they function and how to lead effectively within them.
The Foundations in System Leadership; collaborating for health and care programme
Excel for Nonprofits: Learn the Basics
Do you need help managing your organization's data? In this course, you will build a foundation in the basics: What is Excel, how does it work, how it can reveal critical Information Hidden in your data, and how can it increase the efficiency of record-keeping in your non-profit organization.