Autism Understood

18 April 2024 12:30pm–1:30pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

This introductory 1-hour session will help you gain an understanding of autism and look at workplace barriers for those who are autistic.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk

RNIB Visually Impairment Awareness

25 April 2024 12:30pm–2:00pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

This session with the RNIB will improve your understanding of different types of visual impairment and how they impact people’s lives. Using visual aids, myth busting, videos and more, it will give you key takeaways around facts and figures as well as practical skills, such as how to guide a blind person.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk

Introduction to Employment Law

18 April – 2 May 2024

Virtual Training via Zoom (3 x Thursdays, 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

Writing a Motion and UNISON Structures

13 May 2024 10:00am–4:00pm

UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Leeds

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This workshop is aimed at activists who are considering submitting motions to National Delegate Conference, service group conferences or self-organised group conferences.

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Interview Skills

13 May 2024 6:30pm–7:30pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

In attending this session you will recognise different types of Interviews you may encounter. Understand what the employer looks for in an interview and how to deconstruct interview questions.

To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk

Branch Officer Training Weekend

18 – 19 May 2024

DoubleTree by Hilton Sheffield Park

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from another branch officer to attend. 

This is always a big weekend in our calendar , bringing together UNISON activists from across the region to learn and develop their skills together, make new contacts and extend networks.

These courses are designed for Branch Officials and committee members who have taken on responsibilities at Branch Level.  The courses will help develop the knowledge and skills needed for the different roles.

Courses scheduled to take place are: Chairing Meetings, Branch Secretary, Branch Education Co-ordinator, Equalities Officer, Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator, Health & Safety Officer, Communications Officer, Labour Link Officer and Branch International Officer

Branch Charge: £230 per delegate residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night) or £60 non-residential (2 days)

Further Representation Skills – Sheffield

23 – 24 May 2024

Niagara Conference Centre, Niagara Road, Sheffield, S6 1LU

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

Local Learning Hubs – This is a new initiative where we are working to bring regional training opportunities closer to you.

This  2 day course is designed to follow on from the 5 day Organising Stewards course or equivalent and is aimed at existing UNISON stewards. The course reinforces some approaches and procedures introduced in the 5 day course and explores in more detail:

• Process for identifying needs and exploring what is and isn’t a case
• Recap on sources of information especially the ACAS code
• Preparing for a grievance and a capability case
• Planning and building a case including interviewing witnesses
• Possible outcomes from cases.

Branch Charge: £40 per delegate

Organising Steward Training – Leeds

10 – 14 June 2024

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 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 June 2024.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: £150 per delegate

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice

19 June 2024

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

Health & Safety Representative Training

17 – 21 June 2024

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 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 June 2024.

Branch Charge: £150 per delegate