Events

This session aims to help participants feel more confident recognising prejudicial incidents and ensure that they understand the value of effectively challenging prejudicial actions, behaviours, and statements we may witness. Delivered by Show Racism the Red Card

To register your interest for this course, please complete the form.

It’s vital to understand what employers actually want, and match your experience in and outside of work to their needs.  This course will cover: how to create, update and tailor your CV, explore the job application process and application forms, increase your confidence in demonstrating your skills and experience for CVs and application forms plus understand what an employer looks for in an interview and how to deconstruct interview questions.

To book on this course please contact your branch as you will need approval to attend.

Explore online selling through social media. During this session you will learn how to list an item through MarketPlace in Facebook. We will discuss the importance of photography when advertising an item for sale and how to research a fair price for the item you wish to list. You will learn the importance of description and marketing the product through your description and photographs taken. This is an ideal first step course to introduce you to online selling together with online safety tips to keep yourself safe when using the internet.

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

Microsoft Excel is the most popular and widely used spreadsheet software in the workplace and this course is aimed at those with little or no knowledge of the software. The session covers creating a new workbook, adding and editing data, working with formulas and charting.

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

Join in a Spanish conversation class with a twist. It caters for all levels because Spanglish is allowed. If you don’t know a word or a sentence in Spanish just simply use the English. The fun and relaxed environment will get you used to hearing this beautiful language more and allow you to speak at your own pace. ¡Olé!

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

This course will explore the use of a camera on a mobile phone. This will predominantly be centred around the iphone, however you can bring other devices and help and support will be given. You will explore the camera settings for your phone or your mobile device and learn what the different types of camera mode do and what they are used for including time lapse, slo-mo, cinematic, video, photo, portrait and pano.

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

A chance to explore what confidence means for you and to learn some core principles and key techniques.

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

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

This session will explore the issue of personal impact and the different ways we try to influence others. Clarifying the impact, we have on colleagues and others is fundamental to be able to communicate and influence effectively. During the session you will understand what personal impact is, learn the basics of influence, understanding the key people who we have to influence and touch on communication strategies.

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

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