Organising Steward Training – Leeds

5 – 9 February 2024

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

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 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 February 2024.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: £150 per delegate

Organising Steward Training – Sheffield

5 – 9 February 2024

Niagara Conference Centre, Sheffield

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch.

Local Learning Hubs – This is a new initiative where we are working to bring regional training opportunities closer to you.

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 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 February 2024.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: FREE**

** This course is provided as part of a Y&H pilot initiative to make some core activist training provision closer to Branches via local learning hubs.  On this occasion Branches will not be charged for delegates who are registered to attend for the full course.  Please note a fee of £150 per delegate will apply in cases of non-attendance/late cancellation, or where delegates do not complete the training.

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice

2 February 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

Mentoring in the UNISON Branch

30 – 31 January 2024

Non-Residential at UNISON Regional Centre, Leeds

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

This two-day course is aimed at experienced activists and branch officers who will be supporting and mentoring new reps within the branch. Mentors will need to have the full branch support and engagement for these skills be put into practice within the branch.  This course is designed introduce UNISON activists to some key mentoring skills.

Branch Charge: £60 per delegate

Introduction to Employment Law

11 January 2024

Virtual Training via Zoom (3 x Thursdays, 9.30-13.00)

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 Monday 11 December 2023.

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: £50 per delegate

Organising Steward Training

4 – 8 December 2023

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

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 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 December 2023.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: £125 per delegate

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice

1 December 2023 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: £25 per delegate

Workplace Reps Virtual Refresher Training (ERA Re-accreditation)

22 – 30 November 2023

Virtual Training via Microsoft Teams (10:00-12:00 each day)

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

Team Negotiating Skills

28 – 29 November 2023

UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Region, Quayside House, Leeds, LS11 5PS

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

This two-day course is aimed at activists with little experience of negotiating, or those with some experience but who wish to improve their skills.

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

Branch Charge: £50 per delegate

Healthy Workplaces

27 November 2023 10:00am–12:00pm

Virtual Training via MS Teams

This workshop aims to provide 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 complete the form.