Knowledge Sharing Workshops

Cross Sector Working: The LOCAL Project are active members of the Lancashire Social Value Network facilitated by Lancashire County Council. An initial discussion with Scott Latta, (Eric Wright Group) about information and skills sharing to benefit VCFSE groups led to the creation of a VCFSE/Private sector digital knowledge sharing event.

In September 2025 The LOCAL Project working in partnership with the North West Construction Hub hosted a pilot series of digital knowledge & skills sharing workshops delivered by NWCH members from across the North West.

Resources

Tendering & Bid Writing

Delivered by Galliford Try: This session included –

The difference between tenders and funding bids
What is needed in a successful bid
What is Social Value and Community Impact

Project Management

Delivered by Conlon Construction: This session included the 4 key elements to project management

Scope
Cost
Time
Quality (which includes Social Value)

Marketing & Communications

Delivered by F. Parkinson Ltd: This session included –

Sway 365 document creation software
Importance of having a social media policy for employees & volunteers. 
Canva to create content – free version for charities.
Using metrics on LinkedIn to measure engagement

Social Value

Delivered by Warden Construction: This session included –

Delivering social value on the LCC framework e.g. work experience and paid interns 
Difference between social impact (what the company does) and social value (monetary value that the work or resources would have cost had it been paid for)

Accounts and Finance

Delivered by Eric Wright Group: This session included –

Regulatory requirements for charities and the annual return, financial statements,
Budgeting, forecasting and cash flow
Claiming gift aid, with links to further guidance.

Health & Safety

Delivered by Russell WBHO: This session included –

staff & volunteers’ personal safety and event health & safety.
Lone working
Risk assessments – advice and examples

The Role of HR

Delivered by F. Parkinson Ltd: This session included –

Essential functions, roles & responsibilities of Human Resources in an organisation
HR legal responsibilities incl. employment, payroll, performance management & health and wellbeing of staff on a day-to-day basis.

Feedback

The feedback from all our delivery partners was very positive

– Scott Latta, North West Construction Hub

Attendee Feedback

Thank you everyone, had 3 really good sessions today

Brilliant and really useful sessions!

Thanks for today’s workshop.
It was fantastic.
I really enjoyed the way we got a PowerPoint and then Q&A.
A lot of workshops I attend just put us in groups and expect conversation to flow; I just felt it gave an opening for everyone to focus and ask the questions that matter 🙂

Thank you for organising the NW Construction Hub workshops this morning.
There were some real nuggets of information that I found useful, and it was well worth attending. Each time I come away with something new that I can apply in my work.

I went into 3 and the marketing and funding were particularly helpful with more space to ask questions; the 2 presenters were much more connected to us as small organisations.

Really enjoyed the different delivery approaches/people/organisations to each workshop. This kept them from being boring having the same face, organisation or delivery method all the time.
I got the questions answered and the reassurance I need in the way I am currently running our organisation. Which is one of the main reasons I signed up to these.

Going Forward…

Feedback from the participants included the request to make the individual workshop sessions longer than the initial pilot of 30 minutes. Many attendees told us they loved the format, but would welcome a longer session in order to ask questions and have the unique opportunity to discuss their own organisations and situations.