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Lay Tutor Training

11 – 13 March 2024

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 introductory course on tutoring methods is aimed primarily at branch activists who want to use education methods to run organising-focused branch-based training for members. 

Activists will need to complete both this course and the UNISON ‘Equalities for Tutors’ course to become UNISON lay tutors.

This face-to-face training will take place at UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House. This is a non-residential course. 

Branch Charge: £90 per delegate

Supporting Reps Wellbeing

8 March 2024 10:00am–1:00pm

Virtual Workshop run via Zoom

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

This Supporting reps wellbeing virtual workshop is open to all branch officers and reps.

This is an interactive workshop which explores issues affecting reps using the stress container model.

This is a virtual workshop which will be run via Zoom.

There is a branch charge of £25 per delegate for this training.

Women’s Health

8 March 2024 10:00am–12:00pm

Virtual training via MS Teams

This session is aimed at women who are interested in building good habits to improve their overall health and wellbeing. Whatever stage you are at on your journey, we feel sure that you will benefit from joining us.

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

Manage your Well-Being

7 March 2024 1:00pm–2:00pm

Virtual training via MS Teams

Identify sources of stress and hindrances to your wellbeing. Plus consider a range of strategies for keeping stress at bay together with exploring how to make time and space to implement solutions.

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

Digital & Social Media Awareness (for career development and job searching)

7 March 2024 10:00am–11:00am

Virtual training via MS Teams

This workshop delivered by the National Careers Service will help you understand the role of social media in career development and job search including how to build professional networks and how to use the internet and new technology to research, plan and enhance career prospects.

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

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice

6 March 2024 9:30am–4:00pm

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.

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

Understanding Anxiety

5 March 2024 10:00am–12:00pm

Virtual training via MS Teams

This workshop provides an introduction to anxiety and explores what an anxiety disorder is; the general symptoms of anxiety and the different types of anxiety disorders.

To register your interest for this virtual workshop please add your details to the form below.

Further Representation Skills

4 – 5 March 2024

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

Enhance Your Excel Skills

4 March 2024 10:00am–1:30pm

Virtual training via MS Teams

Microsoft Excel is the most popular and widely used spreadsheet software in the workplace and this course is for people who want to extend their spreadsheet skills beyond the basics.

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

Health & Safety Representative Training

26 February – 1 March 2024

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.

This course will take place on 26, 27, 28, 29 February, 1 March 2024.

Branch Charge: £150 per delegate