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Organising Steward Training

20 – 24 March 2023

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: £125 per delegate

Manage Your Time Effectively

23 March 2023 12:15pm–1:15pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

Assess how you currently manage your time with ideas on how to save time.

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

Interview Skills

20 March 2023 10:00am–11:15am

Virtual Training via MS Teams

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

Healthy Workplaces

17 March 2023 10:00am–12:00pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

An overview on how workplace practices can impact our mental health and what can be done to lower the risk.

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

UNISON Workplace Reps Refresher Training

14 – 15 March 2023

UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS

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: £50 per delegate

Communication Skills

13 March 2023 10:00am–1:00pm

Virtual Training via Zoom

Explore skills needed in order to listen, respond and reflect effectively.

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

Race Protocol Workshop

8 March 2023 10:00am–12:30pm

Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams

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

This workshop is aimed at Branch Officers, Stewards and Health & Safety reps.

The workshop will give an overview of the UNISON’s Race Discrimination Protocol and identify organising opportunities for branches and activists.

Branch Charge: £10 per delegate

Health & Safety Representative Training

23 February – 3 March 2023

UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS

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.

• What is the job and rights of a Health and Safety Representative?
• How do you interview a member? How do you start to prepare a case?
• How do you carry out a Health and Safety inspection?

Branch Charge: £125 per delegate

Confidence Building for Women

23 February – 2 March 2023

Virtual Training via Zoom (Two Thursday evenings on 23rd February, 2nd March at 6.30pm - 8.00pm

A look at barriers which can get in the way of building confidence and strategies for overcoming them.

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

Prudent Punctuation!

2 March 2023 12:30pm–1:30pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

A gentle reminder of some of the basic rules of punctuation.

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