Please note, we are always updating this page with new resources and training opportunities. If you have any suggestions, please email Kate Lawman, TfS Contract Manager.

Charities & community groups.

London Plus operates as a network of networks, connecting charities and community groups to enable effective collaborative working. Here you can find lots of data, research and resources that may be of interest. For more information, please take a look at the London Plus website here.

Children & young people.

For all concerns around Health of a child/young person, please refer to a medical professional or use the Healthier Together website.

Safeguarding of a Child/Young Person, please use the LSCP website.

Suicide prevention.

For possible funded suicide prevention training in your area, please look at the Papyrus webpage here.

From coping techniques to conversation starters, distraction techniques and dealing with anxiety, Papyrus have a broad range of help and advice resources for you to access here on their resources section of the Papyrus website.

Should any of your younger clients need urgent support around suicide prevention, please refer them to Papyrus Hopeline 247 website here.

You can also look into the Zero Suicide Alliance website here for workplace training.  

Trauma-informed practice training workshops.

Thrive LDN is working with Nicola Lester Psychological Trauma Consultancy to offer free, pre-recorded Trauma-Informed Practice training workshops to support individuals and organisations. There are three, free levels of training available for staff to explore online, as part of their e-learning and personal growth.

They also offer general wellbeing training, whether looking for yourself, for clients, to help a friend or others in your community, explore simple tools, ideas and inspiration to help improve wellbeing here on the Thrive Training webpages.

Also worth looking at the SWL Training Hub website for free training, although designed for Primary Care services, sometimes this knowledge can be transferrable. 

FREE mental health first aid training.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has been running mental health training for local residents and businesses, find out more on their website here. 

LSCP training facilities.

Sutton Council's local offer for training facilities can be found on their Learning Management System, managed jointly by the Council and Cognus Limited as part of a shared commitment to deliver a high quality learning and development offer to the workforce in the London Borough of Sutton and more widely for schools.

Community Action Sutton training programme.

You can find out more about any training opportunities via Community Action Sutton's Training Programme Eventbrite page here. 

Community Action Sutton offer training for voluntary organisations throughout the year. If you have a specific training requirement, they are able to look at designing a bespoke session specifically for your organisation, please email them here with your details and information about the training you are looking for. 

Support with funding searches & applications.

Community Action Sutton can support you with your funding needs, whether you need support to look for funding or simply advice on what to include in an application. They carry out basic funding searches through their database of over 2000 charitable funders in the UK and help guide you through the funding process. For more infromation, check out their funding pages on the Community Action Sutton website, or email them here.

Money Helper.

If you or a client are struggling to keep up with bills and debt payments, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Money Helper is an amazing tool which provides resources from redundancy to savings. To explore more, take a look at the Money Helper website here. 

Training & support sessions at your local library.

Please have a look at the Sutton Libraries calendar of events here to see up-and-coming training, support sessions and events going on at your local Sutton library.

Training, information & advice from the Met Police.

Here you’ll find police advice directly form the Metropolitan Police website to keep you safe and help you understand the law.

Training around scams.

Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards Scams Team initiative which aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams. You can find out more about this on the Friends Against Scams website. 

Cyber crime.

Exercise in a Box is a free National Cyber Security resource which helps organisations find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and practise their response.

Fire prevention & safeguarding e-learning.

This training is available on the Sutton Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) platform and is for anyone who comes into contact with people who are at an increased risk of fire in their homes, managers, supervisors and safeguarding leadership roles. Please take a look at these resources here on the SSAB website.

Basic DBS checks and your organisation.

The Disclosure and Barring Service is responsible for processing DBS checks, issuing DBS certificates, and making decisions about whether individuals should be barred from working with vulnerable groups, including children. Learn more about this on their short YouTube video here.

SSAB FREE training & development.

For more training and development, please take a look at the SSAB programme on their website here.

Sutton Safeguarding Adults Board - Available Training

Deaf awareness training.

The Empowering Deaf Society offer Deaf Awareness Training which looks to equip participants with essential knowledge about the Deaf community, culture and the barriers Deaf individuals face. The training session covers communication strategies, Deaf culture and how to make environments more inclusive for the Deaf. Ideal for businesses, organisations, educators and anyone working closely with Deaf staff and the Deaf community.

Gambling harm support services & training. 

GamCare offer a range of information, advice and support to people affected by gambling. They have a wealth of GamCare training resources for professionals here.

There are also practical tools and resources available for self help, resources you can share with clients. Take a look here at their GamCare toolkit for more information.

And to support Children and Younger People, try the YGam website for training and development resources. 

FREE domestic abuse & disclosure training for charities.

Free and interactive Domestic Abuse & Disclosure training for Youth Charities based in London can be found here.

Or you can contact Sutton Women's Centre and join their Ask Me Ambassador Training. 

Hate crime.

The Stop Hate UK website offer a training and education space for all staff here with FREE webinars.

The Sesame Organisation offer a free, one-day online CPD-certified cultural competence training for support workers and professionals. The reflective session enhances awareness and skills for working effectively with ESEA communities.

Sutton College.

Sutton College have some courses that may be free depending on eligibilty. If you cannot find the course you are looking for, please contact their customer enquiry centre on 020 8289 4700. Take a look at their programme of training and courses on the Sutton College website here.

The South London Partnership.

The South London Partnership is a sub-regional collaboration of five London boroughs: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton. Here you can tap into current projects and training for your teams.

Apprenticeships.

Amazing Apprenticeships offer a series of informative webinars for careers advisers and workplace staff supporting young people that provide an abundance of tips, advice, and information around the topic of apprenticeships. they also support employers looking to offer apprenticeships. Take a look at the Amazing Apprenticeships offer here.

Inclusive Employers DEI workplace training.

Needing bespoke workplace training? Try the Inclusive Employers website where they go beyond the Equality Act and offer comprehensive DEI workplace training from supporting organisations starting their inclusion journey to more in-depth projects. They provide personal development and learning opportunities for existing workforces from the front line to C-Suite and consider ways to engage all new employees onboarding.

Ten tips to encourage green remote working.

Many charities are working hard to reduce their carbon footprint. But with the rise of remote working, how can you support your team to work sustainably when they’re in their own homes? Take a look at the Charity Digital - Topics - Ten tips to encourage green remote working.

AI opportunities.

Earlier this year the UK Government announced the AI Opportunities Action Plan, which aims to ‘ramp up’ AI adoption across the UK to “boost economic growth, provide jobs for the future and improve people’s everyday lives”.

Reacting to this announcement, the Charity AI Task Force have published their response which has been sent to the Government and are calling on them to engage with the Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector “as a matter of urgency”, read their response here.

Charity Digital take a look at how AI can improve your customer relationshop management (CRM), take a look at their resources here. 

Political literacy.

Voice4Change England (V4CE) is a charity and national advocate for the Black and Minoritised voluntary and community sector (BME VCS). They presented to Community Action Sutton recently and shared the following slides about the importance of understanding politics.

London Councils is the collective of London local government; the 32 boroughs and City of London Corporation. It is a cross-party organisation that works on behalf of all its member authorities regardless of political persuasion. To read the London Council's latest briefing on the 2025 Spending Review, click here.

Healthwatch Sutton news & reports.

Our TfS partner, Healthwatch Sutton, are commissioned to carry out research into problematic areas throughout the year. Take a look at their latest news, reports and research on their Healthwatch Sutton website here.