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16 – 20 October 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.
This course will take place on 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 October 2023.
Branch Charge: £125 per delegate
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
11 – 12 October 2023
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: £50 per delegate
2 October 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 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 October 2023.
This course is 30 hours learning in total.
Branch Charge: £125 per delegate
3 October 2023
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 course is aimed at UNISON stewards, health & safety representatives and other branch officers. The course discusses the menopause as a collective issue for organising in the branch and with employers.
Branch Charge: £25 per delegate
27 September 2023 10:00am–4:15pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
This in-person session is aimed at Black members and will explore how you can develop your skills through being involved with the union.
To book your place you will need to contact your branch for approval to attend. If you are unsure how to contact your branch, please use our branch finder tool – https://branches.unison.org.uk/
18 – 22 September 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 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 September 2023.
This course is 30 hours learning in total.
Branch Charge: £125 per delegate
7 – 15 September 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
13 September 2023 9:30am–4:00pm
UNISON Regional Centre, Quayside House, Canal Wharf, Leeds, LS11 5PS
This course has been cancelled due to low numbers. Please apply for to another course.
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
14 July 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 three-module course is designed to support branch activists to plan a strategy to engage with environmental issues in the workplace and at a wider level.
Dates and times: 14, 21, 28 July 2023 (3 x Fridays, 10:30-12:30)
The virtual course will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. Participants must attend all three sessions to complete the course.
Branch Charge: £30 per delegate
