Fees

VST's courses are primarily intended for people working or volunteering with charities and voluntary organisations or community groups.

VST works to support the training and development needs of voluntary and community organisations across Essex. We organise a programme of open training courses to meet the declared needs of the sector. Every course place is substantially subsidised; places are charged at £70 where the real cost is c £150.

Course Fees
All courses cost £70 per place per day/£35 half day. You will be invoiced on receipt of your online booking. If booking by post please send in a cheque payable to 'Voluntary Sector Training' with your form.

Concessions
To date we have also operated a concessionary scheme which has been targeted at small organisations (< £20k) who would otherwise be unable to access training.
We currently have no further funding to support this provision. Whilst efforts are made to secure appropriate funding we will only be able to offer further concessionary places in exceptional circumstances.

Please contact the office 01371 876747 to request an application form if you wish to apply.

If an offer of a concessionary place (£20 per day/ £10 per ½ day) is made, you will be required to lodge a deposit cheque for £70/ £35 before the date of the course. This cheque will be banked in the normal way and once you have attended the course a refund of £50/ £25 will be made.
If you fail to attend the course, no refund will be made.

Please note that concessionary places are only open to organisations based or working within the CVS or equivalent training partnership areas (see Contact us page ie not Thurrock or Tendring districts).

Bookings will not be confirmed until payment has been received.

Statutory Organisations/Private Companies
It may sometimes be appropriate for those working for statutory organisations/private companies to attend - fees chargeable for these delegates will be more. Please phone for details - 01371 876747.