Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) exists to support and develop Cardiff’s third sector. We are delighted to partner with The Open University (OU) in Wales, offering free online courses and resources to our communities, members and third sector groups to support them on their learning journey and to help develop new skills.
We run The Cardiff Volunteer Centre @C3SC where we help people who want to volunteer and organisations recruiting volunteers to find the right opportunities. For more support, call us on 029 2048 5722 / 07973 725 335, email enquiries@c3sc.org.uk, visit www.c3sc.org.uk or why not drop in to our office in Butetown Community Centre, 40 Loudon Square, Cardiff CF10 5JA anytime between 10am-4pm.
Free learning resources!
Below you will find a selection of free online courses and other learning resources on a range of subjects. You will get the most from OpenLearn if you create an account (this is free). Creating an account will give you full access to a range of features that are not available to guests, such as enrolling on free courses. From your MyOpenLearn profile, you will be
able to track your progress and download an activity record.
Browse:
- Core skills (Communication, Numeracy, Digital)
- Volunteering and community work
- Learning for society (Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability, Law and Citizenship)
- Career development
- Life skills (Wellbeing, Personal finance, Preparing for study)
Mae Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd (C3SC) yn bodoli i gefnogi a datblygu trydydd sector Caerdydd. Mae’n bleser gennym bartneru â’r Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru, gan gynnig cyrsiau ac adnoddau ar-lein rhad ac am ddim i’n cymunedau, aelodau a grwpiau trydydd sector i’w cefnogi ar eu taith ddysgu ac i helpu i ddatblygu sgiliau newydd.
Rydym yn rhedeg Canolfan Gwirfoddoli Caerdydd @C3SC lle rydym yn helpu pobl sydd eisiau gwirfoddoli a sefydliadau sy'n recriwtio gwirfoddolwyr i ddod o hyd i'r cyfleoedd cywir. Am fwy o gefnogaeth, ffoniwch ni ar 029 2048 5722 / 07973 725 335, e-bostiwch enquiries@c3sc.org.uk, ewch i www.c3sc.org.uk neu dewch draw i'n swyddfa yng Nghanolfan Gymunedol Butetown, 40 Loudon Square, Caerdydd CF10 5JA unrhyw bryd rhwng 10am-4pm.
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Pori:
- Sgiliau craidd (Cyfathrebu, Rhifedd, Digidol)
- Gwirfoddoli a gwaith cymunedol
- Dysgu ar gyfer cymdeithas (Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant, Cynaliadwyedd, y Gyfraith a Dinasyddiaeth)
- Datblygu eich gyrfa
- Sgiliau bywyd (Lles, Cyllid personol, Paratoi ar gyfer astudio)
Core skills
Sgiliau craidd
Discover resources to help develop your communication, numeracy and digital skills.
Dewch o hyd i adnoddau i helpu i ddatblygu eich sgiliau cyfathrebu, rhifedd a digidol.
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Everyday English 1
This free course, Everyday English 1, will develop and improve your essential speaking and listening, reading and writing skills for work, study and everyday life.
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Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
This free course will develop and improve your essential maths skills for work, study and everyday life. The course has four sessions, which cover the following topics: numbers, measurement, shapes and space, and handling data. There will be plenty of examples to help you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding. A...
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Mathemateg bob dydd 1
Bydd y cwrs rhad ac am ddim hwn yn datblygu ac yn gwella eich sgiliau mathemateg hanfodol ar gyfer gwaith, astudio a bywyd bob dydd. Mae gan y cwrs bedair sesiwn, sy'n ymdrin â'r pynciau canlynol: rhifau, mesur, siapiau a gofod, a thrin data. Bydd digonedd o enghreifftiau i’ch helpu i symud ymlaen, ynghyd â chyfleoedd i ymarfer eich dealltwriaeth.
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Simple coding
Have you ever wanted to try out simple coding? Want to understand the basics of what it entails? This course introduces you to the skills, concepts and jargon of coding.
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Talk the talk
This free course introduces the mechanics of effective, persuasive oral presentations, by giving you the opportunity to analyse examples and then create your own. Using resources such as TED Talk videos, you will see how experts deliver professional talks and famous speeches, observe what works, and identify how language connects ideas and keeps...
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Presenting information
Tables and charts are a great way to present numerical information in a clear and concise form. This free course, Presenting information, explains how to use the Windows calculator to carry out basic operations and calculate percentages. You will then learn how to use charts and tables to represent and interpret information.
More on communication / Mwy am gyfathrebu
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Everyday English 2
This free course, Everyday English 2, will inspire you to improve your current English skills and help you to communicate more effectively in everyday work and life.
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Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
This free course, Croeso: Beginners' Welsh, is taken from Croeso, a beginners' language module that concentrates on Welsh as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Welsh societies and cultures through printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to ...
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Describing language
This free course introduces you to the basics of describing language. Using examples from English, you’ll learn how words are built, how they fit together to make sentences, and what labels like noun, verb and adjective mean. You’ll see how language patterns in regular ways and how the meaning of a sentence is more than the sum of its parts. ...
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Grammar matters
Grammar matters because, combined with vocabulary choice, it is our main way of making meaning. This free course introduces you to one approach used to understand how meanings relate systematically to different aspects of grammar and shows how this deeper understanding can be applied to make everyday communication more effective.
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How to be a critical reader
In this free course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to recognise the writer's purposes and opinions in their writing.
More on maths and numeracy / Mwy am fathemateg a rhifedd
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Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
This free course, Everyday maths 2 (Wales), will build on your existing maths skills and help you to feel more confident tackling the maths you come across in everyday situations.
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Mathemateg bob dydd 2
Bydd y cwrs rhad ac am ddim hwn yn adeiladu ar eich sgiliau mathemateg presennol ac yn eich helpu i deimlo'n fwy hyderus wrth fynd i'r afael â'r fathemateg rydych chi'n dod ar ei draws mewn sefyllfaoedd bob dydd.
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Diagrams, charts and graphs
Diagrams, charts and graphs are used by all sorts of people to express information in a visual way, whether it's in a report by a colleague or a plan from your interior designer. This free course will teach you how to interpret these tools and how to use them yourself to convey information more effectively.
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Numbers, units and arithmetic
Do fractions and decimals make you apprehensive about maths? Do you lack confidence in dealing with numbers? If so, then this free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic, is for you. The course will explain the basics of working with positive and negative numbers and how to multiply and divide with fractions and decimals.
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Visualisation: visual representations of data and information
Modern society is often referred to as 'the information society' - but how can we make sense of all the information we are bombarded with? In this free course, Visualisation: visual representations of data and information, you will learn how to interpret, and in some cases create, visual representations of data and information that help us to ...
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Succeed with maths: part 1
If you feel that maths is a mystery that you want to unravel then this free course is for you. It will guide you through how numbers are put together, give you confidence with using percentages, fractions and negative numbers and provide you with problem solving skills for your everyday life and the wider world.
More on digital skills / Mwy am sgiliau digidol
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Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online
This free course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how to recognise the threats that could harm you online and the steps you can take to reduce the chances that they will happen to you.
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An introduction to computers and computer systems
This free course, An introduction to computers and computer systems, challenges how we view computers through the examples of processors in kitchen scales and digital cameras, as well as examining the work of art that, at heart, is a computer. You will also explore how computers are connected together to achieve even more than when working alone.
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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world
This free course, Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world, will develop your confidence and skills for life online, whether study, work or everyday life. It explores a range of digital skills and practices, including digital identity, digital well-being, staying safe and legal, finding and using information and online tools, and dealing ...
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Internet of everything
The internet of everything (IoE) is the networked connection of people, process, data and things. As more people, data and things come online, we develop processes to harness the vast amounts of information being generated by all these connected people and things. The goal of this free course is to introduce you to fundamental concepts and ...
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What is Blockchain?
Professor John Domingue and Doctor Alexander Mikroyannidis help decode the meaning of "blockchain". How do blockchain technologies work, and what do they do? Read the article to find the answers.
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Systems thinking and practice
What is systems thinking and practice? The essence of systems thinking and practice is in 'seeing' the world in a particular way, because how you 'see' things affects the way you approach situations or undertake specific tasks. This free course will help you to learn about the problems of defining a system and meet some of the key concepts used ...
Volunteering and community work
Gwirfoddoli a gwaith cymunedol
Resources that feature the voluntary sector, social work and care.
Adnoddau sy'n cynnwys y sector gwirfoddol, gwaith cymdeithasol a gofal.
The Cardiff Volunteer Centre @ C3SC
Y Ganolfan Gwirfoddoli Caerdydd @ C3SC
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Introducing the voluntary sector
This free course, Introducing the voluntary sector, will guide you through some of the distinctive features and values of the voluntary sector, how organisations are funded and involve volunteers and other ‘stakeholders’ in their work. It will also provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering as well as ...
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Volunteering Free Courses
Expand your skills and knowledge and open the door to new opportunities in the world of volunteering.
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Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
How should we, as a society, best respond to and prevent gang and knife crime and violent extremism?
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Introducing social work: a starter kit
This free course, Introducing social work: a starter kit, provides a glimpse into some of the things that social workers do and looks at why and how social work is done. The course is designed for people who might be interested in and curious about social work practice. It will also be a useful initial resource for those who may be thinking ...
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Caring for adults
Caring for adults is an introductory course for anyone in a caring role, either paid or unpaid. It builds on what you already know to give you a better understanding of your role as a carer. It also supports your own well-being by giving you some ideas and information about looking after yourself and dealing with stress.
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Gofalu am oedolion
Mae gofalu am oedolion yn gwrs rhagarweiniol i unrhyw un sydd â rôl ofalgar, naill ai'n daladwy neu'n ddi-dāl. Mae'n adeiladu ar yr hyn yr ydych eisoes yn ei wybod i roi gwell dealltwriaeth i chi o'ch rôl fel gofalwr. Mae hefyd yn cefnogi'ch lles eich hun trwy roi syniadau a gwybodaeth i chi am ofalu amdanoch eich hun a delio â straen.
More on volunteering / Mwy am wirfoddoli
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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
This free course, Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations, will help you to reflect on and develop collaborative leadership practices that will make a difference. The course is aimed at people who work within voluntary organisations as paid staff or as volunteers or for people who work regularly with voluntary organisations, such as ...
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Social care in the community
Social care involves the challenge of supporting people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to function without assistance or supervision. This free course, Social care in the community, focuses on one important area of social care, home care for older people.
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Working in the voluntary sector
This free online course, Working in the voluntary sector, will introduce you to some of the main activities carried out by volunteers and staff, will give you some background on how different organisations work and will provide you with knowledge and skills you can apply to your own work or volunteering, as well as to your every day life.
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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
This free course, Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market, explores how engaging in voluntary work can enhance your employment opportunities
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Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi
Mae'r cwrs hon yn ystyried i sut y gall ymgymryd â gwaith gwirfoddol wella eich cyfleoedd cyflogaeth.
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What do you know about volunteering?
Do you want to get into volunteering? Have you got what it takes? Test yourself with this quiz.
More on youth and community work / Mwy am waith ieuenctid a chymunedol
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Working with diversity in services for children and young people
This free course, Working with diversity in services for children and young people, will provide you with an understanding of the ways in which diverse and intersecting social identities structure the lives and experiences of children and young people, and the implications of those identities for professional practice. Although designed ...
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Empowering communities
This free course, Empowering communities, discusses the most common forms of community empowerment, and explores the barriers to community empowerment and ways that these can be overcome. It will conclude by looking at crime and criminality: a particular challenge that can arise if communities are not sufficiently empowered and supported.
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Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing
Do you have a professional or personal interest in the mental health issues affecting young children? Are you working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing, is designed to give insight into the factors that are contributing to our youngest citizens’ poor mental health; ...
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Introduction to adolescent mental health
This free course provides an introduction to adolescent mental health. The course is designed to encourage a greater understanding of mental health issues as well as to explore the variety of strategies that can be employed to support young people.
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The homeless problem
Why do people become homeless? How many people does it affect? This series of short films explores the complex reasons that lead to people finding themselves on the street and the difficulties in supporting them in light of the consequences of austerity policy.
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Understanding economic inequality
This free course, Understanding economic inequality, explores the causes of economic inequality in modern times and its consequences for success for the economy. The course will encourage you to reflect on your personal experiences of inequality before looking at how the issue is approached in economics. You will study some of the different...
More on health and social care / Mwy am iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol
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Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
This free course, Innovation in health and social care: social and historical, focuses on digital technologies and innovations in health and social care and explores the types of innovations that are available and the impact this has on the individuals using them. You will also gain an insight into the potential advantages and disadvantages of ...
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The science of nutrition and healthy eating
This free course, The science of nutrition and healthy eating, looks at the science behind nutrition, covering aspects of biology, chemistry and physics as well as giving some insight into healthier eating. Reading food labels, choosing healthier foods, hydrating appropriately and understanding how we taste food will allow you to be more ...
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Could you work in end of life care?
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in end of life care as a health care professional supporting dying patients and their families? Working with people who are dying can be both rewarding and emotionally draining.
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Population ageing: a global health crisis?
This free course, Population ageing: a global health crisis?, focuses on two major issues of our time – ageing societies and global health. It provides you with an introduction to ageing societies and their implications for global health – implications which are only just beginning to be fully understood. The course will help you to deepen your ...
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Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Are you a carer? Or do you work with a carer, or know someone who one? This free course, Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role, is designed to give an insight into the demands, both physically and mentally, of the caring role and look at how taking part in physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing ...
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The caring manager in health and social care
In this free course, The caring manager in health and social care, particular attention will be paid to stress and change, the relationship between stress and organisational change, and the ways in which management can lead with a caring face in the context of ongoing organisational change in health and social care.
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An introduction to social work in Wales
Respecting the individuality of each person is a central value of social work but, as the term suggests, social work is not only about individual perspectives: it also takes place in a social context. Society, demography, geography, national legislation, national policy, and language all play an important part, both in the lives of service users...
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Cyflwyniad i waith cymdeithasol yng Nghymru
Mae parchu hunaniaeth pob person yn un o werthoedd canolog gwaith cymdeithasol ond, fel y mae'r term yn awgrymu, mae gwaith cymdeithasol yn golygu mwy na safbwyntiau unigol: mae hefyd yn digwydd o fewn cyd-destun cymdeithasol. Mae cymdeithas, demograffi, daearyddiaeth, deddfwriaeth genedlaethol, polisi cenedlaethol ac iaith oll yn chwarae rhan ...
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Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
In this free course, Accessibility and inclusion in digital health, you will consider some of the ways that people can access digital health in the UK and how they are able to take more control over their physical and mental health.
Learning for society
Dysgu ar gyfer cymdeithas
Get to grips with the wider societal issues that shape our past, present and future.
Mynd i'r afael â'r materion cymdeithasol ehangach sy'n llywio ein gorffennol, ein presennol a'n dyfodol.
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Historical perspectives on race
Race is not biological. It is a social construction. Yet we know that in our contemporary world and in history, this construction has real consequences. From enslavement and colonisation to resistance and revolution, the stories of people of colour are often left untold in accounts of the past. This free course, Historical perspectives on race, ...
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LGBTQ hub
Take a look at our collection of free resources focusing on LGBTQ+ history.
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Eating for the environment
This free course, Eating for the environment, will explore the links between food, nutrition and environmental sustainability.
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Understanding devolution in Wales
This free course charts the transformation of the Welsh devolution settlement in the 20 years following the referendum on devolution in 1997. You will consider how an Assembly with minimal public support and limited law-making powers became a Parliament with the power to set taxes. You will explore some of the biggest challenges facing ...
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Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Mae'r cwrs am ddim hwn yn dilyn y ffordd y mae setliad datganoli Cymru wedi cael ei drawsnewid yn yr 20 mlynedd ers y refferendwm ar ddatganoli yn 1997. Byddwch yn ystyried y ffordd y daeth Cynulliad â chefnogaeth mwyafrif bach iawn o'r cyhoedd a phwerau deddfu cyfyngedig yn Senedd â'r pŵer i osod trethi. Byddwch yn archwilio rhai o'r heriau ...
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An introduction to sustainable energy
The search for sustainable energy will dominate the twenty-first century. This free course, An introduction to sustainable energy, provides an introductory overview of the present energy systems and takes a brief look at where the world may find energy in the future - cleaner use of fossil fuels or renewable energy sources?
More on diversity and inclusion / Mwy am amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant
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Race and Ethnicity Hub
Check out our FREE resources - from articles to courses - that explore the themes of race, racism and ethnicity.
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Working in diverse teams
This free badged course, Working in diverse teams, will help you consider your experience of working in teams and the different roles you play in them. It will increase your confidence in marketing this key skill to employers as well improve your ability to perform well in teams you are currently part of.
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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
Religion is not necessarily what you think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, introduces you to a selection of the vast variety of religious beliefs and practices in Britain today. Having some familiarity with religion and belief is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and international...
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The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and you'll look at the ways in which the Women's Social and Political Union, the National Union of Women's Suffrage ...
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How To Be A Better LGBTQI+ Ally
So you think you're supportive? But are you really an LGBTQI+ ally? Test yourself by using our immersive film-based interactive.
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Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class
What is intersectionality and why are race, gender, social class and intersectionality important to social research? This series of videos explores...
More on sustainability / Mwy am gynaliadwyedd
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Can renewable energy sources power the world?
We ask the question ‘Can renewable energy sources power the world?’ as a response to the growing awareness that increased use of renewable energy technologies is making a major contribution to global efforts to limit anthropogenic climate change. The course begins by examining the environmental concerns that have caused a rise in interest in ...
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Climate change and the importance of COP26
Learn about climate change from different disciplinary perspectives and how that knowledge and experience may explain and inform the outcomes of COP26.
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Plastics in our ocean
Test your knowledge about plastics in our oceans, and learn about how they impact the environment by clicking on the image below...
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Fighting Food Waste
Ann Storr explores simple options to tackle food waste.
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What you need to know about carbon footprints
Jo Hand explores carbon footprints and how we can all make an environmental impact.
More on law and citizenship / Mwy am y gyfraith a dinasyddiaeth
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Free online resources to help you think critically about society and politics in Wales, and to help you use your voice as a citizen.
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Dinasyddiaeth Weithgar yng Nghymru
Adnoddau ar-lein am ddim i'ch helpu i feddwl yn feirniadol am gymdeithas a gwleidyddiaeth yng Nghymru, ac i'ch helpu i ddefnyddio'ch llais fel dinesydd.
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Modern slavery
This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection.
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What is politics?
This free course, What is politics?, introduces you to the world of politics. It is dedicated primarily to answering the question of what politics is. Although the question might seem rather simple, it elicits various, often contradictory responses. As you will realise, in politics as in much of the humanities and social sciences definitive ...
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Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Disinformation is a defining feature of our time. Why has it become such a problem, and what can we do about it?
Career development
Datblygu eich gyrfa
Help with finding a new job, advancing your career and learning new professional skills.
Cefnogaeth i ddod o hyd i swydd newydd, datblygu eich gyrfa a dysgu sgiliau proffesiynol newydd.
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Personal branding for career success
This free course, Personal branding for career success, considers what a personal brand is and whether you currently have one. You’ll look in detail at theories and examples of personal branding, and relevant marketing processes and practices. You’ll identify the values, skills, knowledge and expertise that you want to promote to employers, and ...
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Understanding your sector
This free course, Understanding your sector, will help you to understand the difference between sectors, industries and professions. It will also help you to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored to you.
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Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Learn about the essential numerical skills required for accounting and bookkeeping. This free course, Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, explains the fundamental rules of double-entry bookkeeping and how they are used to produce the balance sheet and the profit and loss account.
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The importance of interpersonal skills
To succeed in management you need good interpersonal skills, you need to understand how to deal with other people. This free course, The importance of interpersonal skills, will help you gain an awareness of your own skills and understand that an awareness of the interpersonal skills of others can help us enormously in dealing with the work ...
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Pwysigrwydd sgiliau rhyngbersonol
Er mwyn llwyddo fel rheolwr, mae angen sgiliau rhyngbersonol da arnoch, mae angen i chi ddeall sut i ymdrin â phobl eraill. Bydd yr uned hon yn eich helpu i feithrin ymwybyddiaeth o'ch sgiliau ac i ddeall y gall ymwybyddiaeth o sgiliau rhyngbersonol pobl eraill fod o gymorth mawr i ni wrth ymdrin â'r tasgau gwaith rydym yn gyfrifol ...
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Leadership and followership
This free course, Leadership and followership, will help you to explore what makes a good leader, recognise common leadership challenges, and identify the skills you need to develop if you want to enhance your own leadership experience.
More on employability / Mwy am gyflogadwyedd
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Succeed in the workplace
Do you want to change jobs, are you just starting in the job market or may be returning after a break? If so, then this free course, Succeed in the workplace, is for you. It will help you explore career opportunities. You will also gain the skills to write strong CVs and application forms, and to handle different types of interviews. By the end ...
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Conversations and interviews
This free course, Conversations and interviews, explores how to ask and answer questions in interviews and conversations.
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Developing career resilience
Do you sometimes wish you were more resilient when faced with changes at work? Do you have career plans but feel unsure about progressing with them? If you do, then this free course, Developing career resilience, will help you to build your resilience and approach career-related change with greater confidence and motivation.
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Employability Hub
Welcome, in this hub you’ll find a range of FREE resources that may help you develop your employability. It is searchable by the ten components of the OU’s Employability Framework.
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Planning a better future
Planning a better future is an introductory course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those who might be looking to aspire to better things.
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Cynllunio dyfodol gwell
Mae Cynllunio dyfodol gwell yn gwrs rhagarweiniol ar gyfer unrhyw un sy'n ystyried newid swydd, sydd eisiau gwybod sut i symud i fyny'r ysgol neu ddychwelyd i'r gwaith ar ôl seibiant, a rhai sy’n awyddus i anelu at bethau gwell.
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How to write a CV
A CV (curriculum vitae) is a brief account of your education, qualifications, skills and work-based experience, used mainly when applying for a job. Your CV is your first opportunity to tell an employer what you can do. A well written CV can make the difference between getting an interview and not being considered for the role.
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Exploring career mentoring and coaching
This free course, Exploring career mentoring and coaching, will explain what mentors and career coaches do and how a colleague or expert who can ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and help an individual to find the best solutions for themselves, can make a significant difference in a wide range of situations and contexts.
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Internships and other work experiences
In this free course, Internships and other work experiences, you’ll begin by learning more about what an internship is and how it might differ from other forms of work experience. You’ll find out what you can gain personally and professionally, and consider the practicalities of obtaining work experience, from how to choose what’s right for you,...
More on work skills / Mwy am sgiliau gwaith
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Effective communication in the workplace
This free course, Effective communication in the workplace, explores the importance of communication as a skill in the workplace. It aims to increase your understanding of communication skills and to help you to consider how your communication could be perceived by others. You'll cover areas such as verbal and non-verbal communication, written ...
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Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
This free course, Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis, is designed to develop your writing skills for business. You will be taken step by step through the process of writing a SWOT analysis, with clear advice on selecting key information from a case study text, making concise notes, choosing an appropriate structure and using ...
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Employee engagement
Engagement is a key buzzword in 21st century management. Strategic human resource management rests on the belief that people are the key to achieving competitive advantage. Employees need to be seen as assets to be developed, not costs to be controlled. This free course explores three key themes: employee engagement, employee involvement and ...
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Using data to aid organisational change
This free course explores how to use data to inform a change you would like to make within your business or organisational context. It looks at the type of evidence you can gather to inform your proposed change, and how to evaluate data with a view to using it as part of this transformation. Specifically, you will learn about internal and ...
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Fundamentals of accounting
Learn about the essential numerical and double-entry skills required for accounting. This free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will explain the fundamental purpose and role of accounting as well as the double-entry rules that are the foundation of all financial records and reports in any modern business.
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Risk management
Recent decades have seen an array of news stories where risk management failings have undermined an organisation and dented the credibility of its management. These failings have led to the demise of some companies – for example Lehman Brothers, World-Com and Enron. Worse than this, in many instances the failings have resulted in deaths and ...
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Groups and teamwork
Are you always the quiet one when it comes to group discussion? This free course, Groups and teamwork, will help you improve your working relationships with other people in groups of three or more. The course also deals with project life cycles, project management and the role of the leader.
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Facilitating group discussions
Gain an insight into facilitating meetings and discussions in the workplace. In this free course, Facilitating group discussions, you will look at some of the behaviours effective facilitators exhibit. Informative and engaging videos will introduce you to examples of facilitation in practice.
More on leadership and management / Mwy am arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth
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Collective leadership
This free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with ‘followers’ in an organisational setting.
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Contemporary issues in managing
This free online course, Contemporary issues in managing, introduces three contemporary approaches (managing through organisational culture, managing through internal marketing, and managing through collective leadership). These approaches require you to think critically and challenge ideas and received wisdom.
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Business models in strategic management
In this free course, Business models in strategic management, you will be introduced to the theory and practice of business models as they have developed in strategy literature. In particular, you will explore the emergence of the business model idea, types of business models and how business models can be designed.
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Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
This free course introduces basic ideas of probability. It focuses on dealing with uncertainty in a financial context and explores decision trees, a powerful decision-making technique, which can help you to simplify and formulate business decisions. The course also includes videos that introduce the key ideas and guide you through numerous ...
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Managing and managing people
This free course, Managing and managing people, will introduce you to the world of management. We will be looking at a range of topics, including what managers do, what skills they require, and how you can develop as a manager.
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Leadership: external context and culture
Through studying this free course, Leadership: external context and culture, you will develop your understanding of the impact of external context and culture on the practice of leadership. The course begins by exploring the nature ‘societal culture’, identifying how culture, at a number of levels, impacts on leadership. We then explore how the ...
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An introduction to public leadership
In this free course, An introduction to public leadership, you will learn more about leadership in the context of public service provision, by public sector organisations, community and voluntary groups, and political bodies.
Handy resources for your personal journey - covering wellbeing, finance and preparing for studying.
Adnoddau defnyddiol ar gyfer eich taith bersonol - yn cwmpasu lles, cyllid a pharatoi ar gyfer astudio.
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Your Wellbeing MOT
Do you consider yourself to be healthy? Check out our interactive quiz where you will get feedback on your lifestyle, diet and physical activity.
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MSE’s Academy of Money
The Open University has joined forces with MoneySavingExpert (MSE) to produce this new free course to give you the skills and knowledge to master your finances. Packed with videos, audios, quizzes and activities the course covers all the key aspects of personal finance in six sessions of study that each take around two hours to complete.
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Academi Arian MSE
Mae'r Brifysgol Agored wedi ymuno â MoneySavingExpert (MSE) i gynhyrchu'r cwrs rhad ac am ddim newydd hwn i roi'r sgiliau a'r wybodaeth i chi feistroli eich arian. Ysgrifennwyd y cwrs gan y Brifysgol Agored, gyda chyngor ac arweiniad MSE.
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Take a new and different look at mental health. This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, invites you to think differently about life's dilemmas by taking account of the views of all concerned, especially people experiencing mental distress. It explores ideas and practice in mental health, and will appeal to a wide range of people.
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University Ready
A collection of resources from all of Wales' universities to help you get started with higher education. Ar gael yn Gymraeg
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Barod ar gyfer prifysgol
Casgliad o adnoddau o bob un o brifysgolion Cymru i'ch helpu i ddechrau gydag addysg uwch. Available in English
More on mental health and wellbeing / Mwy am iechyd meddwl a lles
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Wellbeing and mental health collection
The mental health and wellbeing collection (Wales) provides a hub of free, bilingual resources that aim to promote positive wellbeing and support good mental health.
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Casgliad llesiant a iechyd meddwl
Yn y casgliad Iechyd Meddwl a Lles (Cymru), mae hwb o adnoddau dwyieithog, rhad ac am ddim, sydd yn ceisio hybu lles cadarnhaol a chefnogi iechyd meddwl da.
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Making sense of mental health problems
Over the past century there has been a radical shift in responses to people who experience mental health problems. In this free course, Making sense of mental health problems, you will learn about how key perspectives in the field have made sense of mental health problems. By directly relating key perspectives to a case study, you will reflect ...
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Exercise and mental health
Each year thousands of pounds are spent on medications to treat conditions such as anxiety and depression. These medications often have negative side effects. Exercise is an alternative treatment that is low cost and has few side effects. In this free course, Exercise and mental health, we will look at the links between exercise and improved ...
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Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Yn flynyddol caiff miloedd o bunnoedd eu gwario ar feddyginiaethau i drin cyflyrau megis gorbryder ac iselder. Mae gan y meddyginiaethau hyn sgil effeithiau negyddol yn aml. Mae ymarfer corff yn driniaeth amgen sy'n isel ei chost ac yn isel o ran niferoedd o sgil effeithiau. Fel rhan o'r cwrs rhad ac am ddim hwn, Ymarfer Corff ac Iechyd Meddwl, ...
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Work and mental health
Although being at work during periods of mental illness can be difficult for those with mental health problems, most people with these difficulties could take paid employment if it were not for numerous barriers in the workplace and the wider community (Centre for Mental Health, 2013). In this free course, Work and mental health, you will look ...
More on personal finance / Mwy am gyllid personol
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You and your money
An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context.
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Managing my money for young adults
This free course, Managing my money for young adults, will help you start to think about managing your finances. You will learn how to budget effectively, and will be encouraged to start thinking about your financial future.
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Understanding mortgages
Understanding mortgages is a free, short course produced in collaboration with MoneySavingExpert.com.
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Managing my investments
Gain the skills to manage your investments: analyse portfolio risk and plan your pension, with this free online course.
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Retirement planning made easy
This free course on money and retirement planning has been produced by The Open University in collaboration with Legal & General.
More on preparing for study / Mwy am baratoi ar gyfer astudio
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Taking your first steps into higher education
What is university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this free course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher education provides insights into how subjects are studied at university. This introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to study. You will be ...
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Succeed with learning
This course is for people who want to feel more confident about their learning skills. Informal in approach, the course builds on each person's own qualities, knowledge and skills to develop a deeper understanding of the nature of learning and of their own potential. It introduces some core ideas about learning and academic study, and some ...
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Learning how to learn
Learning how to learn: a process we all engage in throughout our lives, but no single method of learning guarantees success. This free course, Learning how to learn, aims to make the process of learning much more explicit by inviting you to apply various ideas and activities to your own study as a way of increasing your awareness of your own ...
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Essay and report writing skills
Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report. This free course, Essay and report writing skills, is designed to help you develop the skills you need to write effectively for academic purposes.
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Revision and examinations
Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision.
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Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Distance learning can open up opportunities for study. You might have not studied for a while, you might be returning to education, or you might not have had the chance to study at a higher level before. This free course, Am I ready to be a distance learner?, will help to boost your confidence. You'll explore useful skills so you can discover ...
More about C3SC | Mwy am C3SC
Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) has been in operation
since 1997. Working with the Welsh Government and WCVA, we are committed to
increasing the knowledge and skills of the sector to ensure that groups and
organisations in Cardiff can make themselves sustainable and meet the needs of
their communities. We are proud to be part of a diverse society and is striving
to be an inclusive organisation where individual differences are accepted and
valued, and where all communities are able to fulfil their potential. One of
our priorities here at C3SC is to keep you informed about what’s happening in
the third sector in Cardiff, including funding opportunities, events and
training, and other support – to equip you in the essential work you’re doing.
- C3SC’s
Membership Portal offers a mapping database with FREE access for our
members; this will provide the opportunity for members, groups and
organisations to advertise, promote and connect your activities and
services. All current C3SC members can claim your existing listing to update your
details and set up a password to edit and manage your own profile. You can
select the information you want to be publicly available. The information you
provide and select will be searchable, so people can find out more about the
range and types of community activities and services taking place
across the city. New members can register here or email: membership@c3sc.org.uk
- You
can join the Cardiff Community Platform (https://community.c3sc.org.uk/) – a FREE virtual
social network for residents of Cardiff, where you can start forums and follow
discussions on various social and business topics, join networks, participate in social action, engage with
your community and other communities in Wales. Follow @C3SC_Community
on Twitter.
To find out more about our services and what support is available, contact us and one of the team will be happy to help. You can also follow us on social media:
Cardiff Volunteer Centre on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
C3SC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Get more support from C3SC
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One-to-one specialist support
C3SC’s Third Sector Development Officers can help you with setting up a community group, social enterprise, CIC or charity, and provide guidance on good governance and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
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Funding and advice
Our third sector officers can give you support in looking and applying for funding for your organisation and help you to make yourselves sustainable.
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FREE Training & Networking
C3SC provides training for the third sector and FREE for our members – on running, funding, planning and growing your organisation. We facilitate a range of thematic third sector networks, enabling C3SC members to engage together and with public sector service partners to inform and shape public policy, and optimise partnership working.
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Volunteering and work experience
We help people who want to volunteer and organisations recruiting volunteers to find the right opportunities. We provide support through face-to-face and virtual meetings, drop-ins at our offices and site visits.
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Become a member of C3SC
C3SC gives all community and voluntary groups, and social enterprises, the opportunity to become a member and take advantage of a number of benefits.
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Join Cardiff Community Platform
The Cardiff Community Platform is a free virtual social network for residents of Cardiff. Once registered, set up your profile so you can start or follow discussions on various social and or business topics, get support to run or start a project, Community Interest group or charity, find funding, share documents and photos, follow and meet new ...
Mae Cyngor Trydydd Sector Caerdydd (C3SC) wedi bod ar waith ers 1997. Gan weithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a CGGC, rydym wedi ymrwymo i gynyddu gwybodaeth a sgiliau'r sector i sicrhau y gall grwpiau a sefydliadau yng Nghaerdydd wneud eu hunain yn gynaliadwy a diwallu'r anghenion o'u cymunedau. Rydym yn falch o fod yn rhan o gymdeithas amrywiol ac yn ymdrechu i fod yn sefydliad cynhwysol lle mae gwahaniaethau unigol yn cael eu derbyn a'u gwerthfawrogi, a lle mae pob cymuned yn gallu cyflawni eu potensial. Un o’n blaenoriaethau yma yn C3SC yw rhoi gwybod i chi am yr hyn sy’n digwydd yn y trydydd sector yng Nghaerdydd, gan gynnwys cyfleoedd ariannu, digwyddiadau a hyfforddiant, a chymorth arall – i’ch arfogi yn y gwaith hanfodol rydych chi’n ei wneud.
- Mae Porth Aelodaeth C3SC yn cynnig cronfa ddata fapio gyda mynediad AM DDIM i’n haelodau; bydd hyn yn rhoi cyfle i aelodau, grwpiau a sefydliadau hysbysebu, hyrwyddo a chysylltu eich gweithgareddau a gwasanaethau.Gall holl aelodau presennol C3SC hawlio eich rhestriad presennol i ddiweddaru eich manylion a sefydlu cyfrinair i olygu a rheoli eich proffil eich hun. Gallwch ddewis y wybodaeth rydych am iddi fod ar gael i'r cyhoedd. Bydd modd chwilio'r wybodaeth a ddarperir gennych ac a ddewiswch, fel y gall pobl ddarganfod mwy am yr amrywiaeth a'r mathau o weithgareddau a gwasanaethau cymunedol sy'n cael eu cynnal ledled y ddinas. Gall aelodau newydd gofrestru yma neu e-bostio: membership@c3sc.org.uk
- Gallwch ymuno â Phlatfform Cymunedol Caerdydd (https://community.c3sc.org.uk/) – rhwydwaith cymdeithasol rhithwir AM DDIM i drigolion Caerdydd, lle gallwch ddechrau fforymau a dilyn trafodaethau ar bynciau cymdeithasol a busnes amrywiol, ymuno â rhwydweithiau, cymryd rhan mewn gweithredu cymdeithasol, ymgysylltu â’ch cymuned a chymunedau eraill yng Nghymru. Dilynwch @C3SC_Community ar Twitter
I gael gwybod mwy am ein gwasanaethau a pha gymorth sydd ar gael,cysylltwch â ni a bydd un o’r tîm yn hapus i helpu. Gallwch hefyd ein dilyn ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol:
Canolfan Gwirfoddoli Caerdydd ar Twitter, Facebook ac Instagram.
C3SC ar Twitter, Facebook ac Instagram.
Mwy o gefnogaeth gan C3SC
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Cefnogaeth arbenigol un-i-un
Gall Swyddogion Datblygu Trydydd Sector C3SC eich helpu i sefydlu grŵp cymunedol, menter gymdeithasol, CBC neu elusen, a rhoi arweiniad ar lywodraethu da a Chydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant.
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Cyllid a chyngor
Gall ein swyddogion trydydd sector roi cymorth i chi chwilio a gwneud cais am gyllid ar gyfer eich sefydliad a'ch helpu i wneud eich hun yn gynaliadwy.
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Hyfforddiant a Rhwydweithio AM DDIM
Mae C3SC yn darparu hyfforddiant i’r trydydd sector ac AM DDIM i’n haelodau – ar redeg, ariannu, cynllunio a thyfu eich mudiad. Rydym yn hwyluso ystod o rwydweithiau trydydd sector thematig, gan alluogi aelodau C3SC i ymgysylltu â’i gilydd a chyda phartneriaid gwasanaethau sector cyhoeddus i lywio a llunio polisi cyhoeddus, a gwneud y gorau o ...
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Gwirfoddoli a phrofiad gwaith
Rydym yn helpu pobl sydd eisiau gwirfoddoli a sefydliadau sy'n recriwtio gwirfoddolwyr i ddod o hyd i'r cyfleoedd cywir. Rydym yn darparu cefnogaeth trwy gyfarfodydd wyneb yn wyneb a rhithwir, sesiynau galw heibio yn ein swyddfeydd ac ymweliadau safle.
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Dewch yn aelod o C3SC
Mae C3SC yn rhoi cyfle i bob grŵp cymunedol a gwirfoddol, a menter gymdeithasol, ddod yn aelod a manteisio ar nifer o fanteision.
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Ymunwch â Phlatfform Cymunedol Caerdydd
Mae Platfform Cymunedol Caerdydd yn rhwydwaith cymdeithasol rhithwir rhad ac am ddim i drigolion Caerdydd. Unwaith y byddwch wedi cofrestru, sefydlwch eich proffil fel y gallwch ddechrau neu ddilyn trafodaethau ar bynciau cymdeithasol a/neu fusnes amrywiol, cael cymorth i redeg neu gychwyn prosiect, grŵp Buddiant Cymunedol neu elusen, dod o hyd ...
The Open University in Wales | Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru
As Wales’ largest provider of part-time undergraduate university study, The Open University in Wales offers a wide choice of qualifications in a broad range of subject areas. As part of the biggest university in the UK, we can provide a world-class education, helping you to meet your professional and personal goals.
With tuition fee loans, financial support, and pay as you go options available, studying with The Open University is a lot more affordable than you might think.
Fel darparydd mwyaf astudiaeth ran amser prifysgol yng Nghymru, mae’r Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru yn cynnig dewis eang o gymwysterau mewn ystod eang o bynciau. Fel rhan o’r brifysgol fwyaf yn y DU, gallwn ddarparu addysg o safon byd-eang, gan eich cynorthwyo i gwrdd a’ch amcanion proffesiynol a phersonol.
Gyda benthyciadau ffioedd dysgu, cymorth ariannol, ac opsiynau talu wrth fynd ar gael, mae astudio gyda’r Brifysgol Agored yn llawer mwy fforddiadwy na’r disgwyl.
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Success is affordable
Live in Wales? Get up to £4,500* maintenance funding on our paid courses.
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Mae llwyddiant yn fforddiadwy
Ydych chi'n byw yng Nghymru? Sicrhewch hyd at £4,500* o gyllid cynnal a chadw ar ein cyrsiau taledig.
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Access courses
The OU offers innovative and unique ways for people to return to formal education and work towards gaining a diploma or degree. Join the thousands of people who have studied with us.
* Eligibility rules apply for financial support. / Mae rheolau cymhwysedd yn berthnasol ar gyfer cymorth ariannol.
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