YHGeneralEnquiries@unison.co.uk
0113 218 2627
11 March 2025 10:00am–11:30am
Virtual Training via MS Teams
You will be guided through the skills you need to produce highly efficient and productive workbooks including how to: create a VLOOKUP table, create a Pivot Table and Pivot Chart, sorting and filtering, use the IF function and more.
To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
11 – 12 March 2025
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 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: £60 per delegate
12 March 2025 10:00am–4:00pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
Aimed at Black members, the Empowered Leadership is designed for the individual to identify the links between empowerment and successful leadership. It will demonstrate the power of language and communication in affecting positive changes, within the workplace and the home environment. It will also explore what it means to take responsibility and how your thinking can create your reality.
To book your place you will need to contact your branch for approval to attend.
10 – 14 March 2025
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 March 2025.
This course is 30 hours learning in total.
Branch Charge: £150 per delegate
15 March 2025 10:00am–4:45pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
This course helps women members to explore the possibilities of getting more involved in the union. It gives an outline of the way the union works and invites women to explore their own skills and gain confidence in their ability to use these skills in the union.
To book on this course please contact your branch as you will need approval to attend.
17 March 2025 12:30pm–1:30pm
Virtual Training via MS Teams
Join in a Spanish class to learn the basics of going on holiday in Spain. Including how to order things and sound Spanish enough so that you (maybe) don’t get charged tourist prices! It will be done in a fun and relaxed environment with the teacher Spanish Dan. ¡Olé!
To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
18 March 2025 9:30am–12:00pm
Virtual Training via MS Teams
How wisely do you currently manage your time? This session will look at the key skills of managing time effectively including how to prioritise and organise your workload, recognise productive and unproductive work behaviour, identify your own personal style when managing difficult interruptions and the benefits of effective time management.
To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
20 March 2025 12:30pm–1:30pm
Virtual Training via MS Teams
Neurodiversity is an umbrella term for autism, dyslexia, ADHD and dyspraxia. In attending this session you will gain a clear and practical understanding of Neurodiversity including: recognising and celebrating the positives of thinking differently, understand how to unlock the potential of neurodiversity plus explore what your organisation can do to become inclusive.
To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
21 March 2025 10:00am–4:00pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
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.
24 March 2025 6:30pm–8:30pm
Virtual Training via MS Teams
This workshop will explore all things menopause. The aim of this workshop is to offer a better understanding of issues related to menopause and the lead up to it peri-menopause. We will discuss some of the best ways to keep healthy and minimise the symptoms as well as the impact on relationships, work and mental and physical health.
To register your interest for this course, please email Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
