Discover what Business Continuity truly means and why it is important for voluntary organisations.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe what business continuity means
- Explain why business continuity is important for voluntary organisations
- Recognise common types of disruption that could affect their services

Key Objectives

- Build a shared understanding of business continuity
- Challenge assumptions that business continuity is only for large organisations
- Help participants relate continuity planning to their own services and users

Content Covered

- Simple definition of business continuity
- What business continuity is not (e.g. emergency response, health and safety paperwork)
- Why continuity matters: impact on service users, safeguarding, funders and reputation
- Typical disruptions for voluntary organisations (premises, IT, people, weather)
- What a proportionate or “good enough” approach looks like

This course is fully funded for Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance members

And is subsidised for non-member VCSE organisations.

To enable as many groups & organisations to access this course, we limit bookings to two per member organisation. Please note we are unable to accept multiple bookings in one name. If you would like to book more than two spaces, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk and we will aim to accommodate individual needs where possible.

Our events are often oversubscribed, and we will activate our waiting list process if this happens. We advise anyone interested in booking a place to book asap.

Please ensure that you read our Terms & Conditions of Booking before you book your place: Booking Terms & Conditions

If you book a place and cannot attend for any reason, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk asap so that we can allocate your place to someone else.

If you have any enquiries about this course, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk and a member of our team will get back to you.

We look forward to welcoming you on 23rd September

Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance team