YHGeneralEnquiries@unison.co.uk
0113 218 2627
16 – 20 March 2026
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Leeds
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch.
This course is essential for new Health and Safety Representatives, or for those Health and Safety Representatives who have more experience but who haven’t yet had the chance to go on this course.
This course will take place on 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 March 2026.
Branch Charge: £150 per delegate
23 – 24 March 2026
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This course is designed for branch activists and officers who wish to improve their discussion leading skills and help build branch organisation. It also forms the first part of a programme aimed at developing lay tutors. The course introduces activists to education methods for use in branch activities. It aims to give activists the skills and confidence to run small branch workplace discussions.
This face-to-face training will take place at UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House. This is a non-residential course.
Branch Charge: £60 per delegate
27 April 2026 9:30am–4:00pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Leeds
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
Equality is written into our rule book and into our objectives and policies, but making equality part and parcel of everyday business is no small task. Making equality central to your union practice is a course that explores internal and external tools, which can support equality bargaining, negotiating, and representation. The course also looks at how to identify equality themes in organising and recruitment, as well as considering the different equality roles in UNISON and how you can utilise their support.
Branch charge: £30 per delegate
17 April – 1 May 2026
Virtual Training via Zoom (3 x Fridays, 9.30-13.00)
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This course is designed as a general introduction to the law on employment rights and contracts of employment and is aimed at stewards with little experience of employment law and no previous training in employment law beyond what is covered in the general stewards’ induction course: The Organising Steward.
Branch Charge: £50 per delegate
27 April – 1 May 2026
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Leeds
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch.
This face to face training looks at what the roles of the steward are and gives you the skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out these roles, for example recruiting members and involving them in the union and how to work with members to tackle problems at work.
This course will run on 27, 28, 29, 30 April, 1 May 2026.
This course is 30 hours learning in total.
Branch Charge: £150 per delegate
9 – 17 June 2026
Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams (10:00-12:00 each day)
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This virtual training course will be delivered in 4 modules and it is designed to meet the requirements of the Employment Rights Act (ERA) re-accreditation for further training of steward and workplace reps.
Branch Charge: £50 per delegate
9 June 2026
Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams (3 x Tuesdays, 2 x Thursdays)
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This training will run on 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 June 2026 (3 x Tuesdays, 2 x Thursdays).
Our virtual steward course delivers the same learning outcomes as the face-to-face Stage 1 + Stage 2 workplace representatives course combination. We have transformed our classroom based course into an virtual course, delivered by an experienced tutor.
Branch Charge: £50 per delegate
22 – 23 June 2026
Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This two-day course is aimed at activists with little experience of negotiating, or those with some experience but who wish to improve their skills.
This face-to-face training will take place at Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE. This is a non-residential course.
Branch Charge: £60 per delegate
24 – 25 June 2026
Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This training course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work.
This face-to-face training will take place at Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE. This is a non-residential course.
Branch Charge: £60 per delegate
29 – 30 June 2026
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Leeds
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This two-day course is aimed at experienced activists and branch officers who will be supporting and mentoring new reps within the branch. Mentors will need to have the full branch support and engagement for these skills be put into practice within the branch. This course is designed introduce UNISON activists to some key mentoring skills.
Branch Charge: £60 per delegate
