YHGeneralEnquiries@unison.co.uk
0113 218 2627
1 November 2022
Virtual training via Microsoft Teams (5 x Tuesdays 9.30-16.30 each day)
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
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 TUC tutor.
Branch Charge: £30 per delegate
16 November 2022
UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Leeds, LS11 5PS
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.
This face to face course 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.
• Recruiting members
• Keeping members informed
• How to raise issues in UNISON
• Proportionality and fair representation
• Interviewing members
• Understanding your grievance and disciplinary procedures.
Branch Charge: £100 per delegate
17 – 18 November 2022
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 training course will be delivered in over two days, face to face at Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre in Leeds. 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: £40 per delegate
28 October – 11 November 2022
Virtual Training via Zoom (3 x Fridays, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm)
To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend. Applications must be received before Friday 23 September 2022.
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: £30 per delegate
19 – 20 October 2022
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: £40 per delegate
8 October 2022 12:30pm–4:00pm
UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
Join us to celebrate Black History Month! An opportunity to meet Black members from across the region as we come together to celebrate Black heritage and culture.
8 October 2022
If you are a UNISON member and would like to join the region’s Black Members Self Organised Group, please contact your branch office. If you are unsure how to contact your branch, please use our branch finder tool. Outcome
15 – 16 September 2022
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 training course will be delivered in over two days, face to face at Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre in Leeds. 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: £40 per delegate
25 June 2022
If you are a UNISON member and would like to join the region’s Black Members Self Organised Group, please contact your branch office. If you are unsure how to contact your branch, please use our branch finder tool. Outcome
16 – 24 June 2022
Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams (4 modules)
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: £30 per delegate
