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Branch Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer are all roles designated as a Branch Officer and, as such, there is an expectation that you should register for and undertake training yourself and encourage other committee members to do likewise. The following training requirements are outlined in RBL policy to ensure that you have the relevant skills and competencies to reach a set minimum standard to meet membership objectives now and in the future:
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Branch and County Treasurers must attend the Treasurer course. However we recommend that all Branch Officers take the course so that they fully understand the role of their treasurer.
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Branch Chairmen (and Vice-Chairmen where appointed) must attend the Branch Management training. We recommend that the Treasurer as a Branch Officer and all committee members also attend both to increase their knowledge base and also to improve succession planning
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Branch Secretaries are expected to attend the full Branch Management training and the bespoke secretaries course
As you are aware, all training is delivered on or booked through the Discovery platform. This system also maintains your training profile and ensures that you can access other training relevant to your role. To date, very few of you are actually registered on the training programme but it is a requirement placed on us by the Charities Commission to ensure that we operate legally and in the most efficient way. The training protects the RBL, our beneficiaries, the public and, more importantly, you.
Having spoken to a few of you, I know that some consider this to be an imposition because you are volunteers but, with the volunteering comes both responsibility and accountability. Others have been doing this for many years and consider that they do not need training. Unfortunately, the mistakes that we see would tend to belie that assumption. Additionally the rules have changed in many cases and we need to stay abreast of those changes. Others consider themselves to 'old' to assimilate the training. It is not that onerous or difficult and I can think of many 'younger' persons that do not have the mental acumen of our Branch Officers!
For those of you that have registered and completed training, thank you for your example. Those that have registered and are still to complete training, please do so. For the rest, please get registered.
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I will do all that I can to ease the 'perceived' burden of training but it requires your buy-in and your example.
Kind Regards
John Davies
Hampshire County Training Officer
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