Organising Steward Training

20 November 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 20, 21, 22, 23, 27 November 2023.

This course is 30 hours learning in total.

Branch Charge: £125 per delegate

Sickness Absence Policies

23 – 24 November 2023

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.

The course is designed for activists who have some experience of dealing with sickness absence issues and who wish to understand the issues in more depth. It can also be used by those activists with less experience but who are faced with an unfair sickness absence policy and wish to know more.

Branch Charge: £50 per delegate

Tackling Bullying & Harassment at Work

16 – 17 November 2023

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: £50 per delegate

Discussion Leading Skills

13 – 14 November 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 course is designed for branch activists and officers who wish to improve their discussion leading skills and help build branch organisation.  It also forms the first part of a programme aimed at developing lay tutors.  The course introduces activists to education methods for use in branch activities.  It aims to give activists the skills and confidence to run small branch workplace discussions. 

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

How to be an Effective Ally

13 November 2023 10:30am–12:00pm

Virtual Training via Zoom

Delivered by Show Racism the Red Card. Allyship provides the opportunity to better support members of your work/friendship group who may be from marginalised groups. This workshop will help you recognise the power and influence you may have, and how this can be best utilised in order to take effective action to help provide a more inclusive workplace and society.

To register your interest for this course, please complete the form.

Workplace Reps Refresher Training (ERA Re-accreditation)

7 – 8 November 2023

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

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

Organising Steward Virtual Training

7 November 2023

Virtual training via Microsoft Teams (3 x Tuesdays, 2 x Fridays, 9.30-16.00 each day)

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

This training will run on 7, 10, 14, 17, 21 November 2023 (3 x Tuesdays, 2 x Fridays).

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 tutor.

Branch Charge: £30 per delegate

Union Learning Representatives (ULR) Training

1 – 3 November 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 is an introductory session for new UNISON learning reps. 

The course will run on 1, 2, 3 November 2023 and will cover: 

• the role of the UNISON learning rep 
• how to find out what people want to learn – and how 
• making the case for learning 
• managing expectations 
• networking and making contacts 
• advertising and communicating with members 
• where to find help and resources 

Branch Charge: £75 per delegate

Writing a Motion and UNISON Structures

17 October 2023 10:00am–3:00pm

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 workshop is aimed at activists who are considering submitting motions to National Delegate Conference, service group conferences or self-organised group conferences.

Branch Charge: £25 per delegate

How to Effectively Challenge (Fully Booked)

16 October 2023 10:30am–12:00pm

Virtual Training via Zoom

Delivered by Show Racism the Red Card, this session aims to help participants feel more confident recognising prejudicial incidents and ensure they understand the value of effectively challenging prejudicial actions, behaviours, and statements we may witness.

To register your interest for this course, please complete the form.