Organising Steward – Leeds

14 – 18 July 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 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 July 2025.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: £150 per delegate

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice

18 July 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.

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

Tackling Bullying & Harassment at Work

29 – 30 July 2025

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 course has been designed to help reps identify, prevent and tackle bullying and harassment in the workplace. The course will enable UNISON branches, stewards, and safety reps to:
• define and recognise workplace bullying and harassment
• identify work organisation and staffing issues that contribute to bullying and harassment
• understand how employment law principles and health and safety legislation apply to workplace bullying and harassment
• make employers aware of what they can do to recognise and eliminate workplace bullying and harassment
• develop a workplace strategy to inform members about what to do if they experience or witness bullying and harassment
• develop a workplace policy to address bullying and harassment

Branch Charge: £60 per delegate

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice – Hull

15 September 2025

Brunswick House, Strand Close, Beverley Road, Hull, HU2 9DB

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.

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

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice – Sheffield

16 September 2025

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.

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

Further Representation Skills – Hull

16 – 17 September 2025

Brunswick House, Strand Close, Beverley Road, Hull, HU2 9DB

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: £60 per delegate

Further Representation Skills – Sheffield

17 – 18 September 2025

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: £60 per delegate