Try our free workshops and explore the skills you have, how to make the most of them and how to develop new ones.
Forthcoming courses for September and October. The courses are all online using Zoom or MS Teams platforms and free to UNISON members. To book your place, contact the relevant person of the course you are interested in with your name, membership number (if you have it to hand) and your email address.
Dyslexia Understood: 20th September at 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Gain an understanding of dyslexia and look at workplace barriers for those with dyslexia.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Your Skills Your Future: 21st September at 10.30am – 11.30am
Identify your existing, transferable, and potential skills for the purpose of personal or professional development.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Caring for Adults (Open University): 22nd September at 9.30am – 1.00pm
Suitable for those working in the care sector or those with caring responsibilities – a look at good communication, palliative and end-of-life care plus positive risk-taking.
Contact Y&HMemberLearning@unison.co.uk to book your place
Interview Skills: 23rd September at 1.30pm – 2.45pm
Recognise different types of interviews you may encounter. Understand what employers look for in an interview and deconstructing interview questions.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Hope Not Hate – Unconscious Bias: 24th September, choice of 10.00am – 11.30am or 1.30pm – 3.00pm
This workshop’s purpose is for participants to explore how various structural biases and social power dynamics act in maintaining inequality and analyse the effect these have in the workplace.
Visit https://yorks.unison.org.uk/events/ to complete the form and register your interest
Confidence Building: 27th September at 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Exploration of what confidence looks like and ideas and tips for addressing your own confidence.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Strategies for Stress: Looking after Your Wellbeing: 30th September at 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Identify sources of stress and hindrances to your wellbeing. Consider a range of strategies for keeping stress at bay and stress reduction tips.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Managing Your Financial Well-Being Webinar with Lighthouse Financial: 4th October at 10.30am – 11.30am
A look at financial well-being and how to work towards it and the impact of financial worries on our general wellbeing.
Contact Clarice Head on clarice.head@quilter.com to book your place
Pre-Retirement workshops
I am pleased to advise you that we still have spaces on the following Pre-Retirement On-Line Workshops. These workshops are for UNISON members who plan to retire within the next 18 months.
The dates for this training are:
- Pre-Retirement Workshop for Local Government Pension Scheme Members – 1 October 2021
- Pre-Retirement Workshop for Local Government Pension Scheme Members – 3 October 2021
The online workshops are run by True Bearing Chartered who will make you aware of your choices and aid you in your decision making around retirement.
The workshops will be run via Teams and will take place from 13.00pm – 15.40pm.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
• Create your own route path from the world of work to the world of retirement
• Identify changes in both pensions and financial regulations which will affect your retirement decisions
• Identify the long term issues affecting your retirement
• Identify personal and lifestyle actions which will help to improve your retirement
• Start the process of planning for a successful retirement
To be eligible you need to have plans to retire within the next 12-18 months.
To apply please complete the online form at: Pre-Retirement Workshop for Local Government Pension Scheme Members | UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside
CV and Application forms: 4th October at 10.30am – 11.45am
Gain confidence to build, update and tailor your CV. Also understand what employers are looking for when screening CVs from job applicants.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Poems for Change – 7 October 2021( 10 am – 1 pm)
A national online “Poems for Change” course for members on National Poetry Day – 7 October 2021 (10 am – 1 pm).
The workshop is free to members and the session will be delivered by Hydrocracker – who ran the previous popular workshop – via Zoom.
For more information: Poems for Change poetry workshop
Get Online: 7, 14, 21 October at 6.00pm – 8.00pm (three Thursday evenings)
This course will ease you into the world of online communication. Learn how to access and use online meeting tools such as Zoom and Teams plus explore the fundamentals of some learning platforms.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Assertiveness (bitesize): 11th October at 6.00pm – 7.00pm
An opportunity to explore times and places you would like to be more assertive and to build the strategies to do so.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Introduction to Mindfulness: 12th October at 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Understand what mindfulness is and the benefits of practising it regularly including some short mindfulness exercises.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Dementia (Open University): 14 October at 9.30am – 1.00pm
Define dementia with types and causes and how dementia affects the way a person behaves and functions.
Contact Y&HMemberLearning@unison.co.uk to book your place
Autism Understood: 14th October at 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Gain an understanding of autism and look at workplace barriers for those who are autistic.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
Introduction to Mindfulness: 19th October at 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Understand what mindfulness is and the benefits of practising it regularly including some short mindfulness exercises.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
21st Century Job search and the Hidden Jobs Market: 21st October at 1.30pm – 2.45pm
Understand how employers tend to promote their vacancies. Receive hints and tips on how to plan your job search.
Contact Rose Bent on r.bent@unison.co.uk to book your place
ONLINE and DISTANCE LEARNING
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Skills Academy
Access to over 600 free online courses, full list here Courses are CPD and ROSPA accredited. Find out more and register here: https://learning.unison.org.uk/skills-academy/
Distance Learning
Accredited Level 2 fully funded courses in partnership with local colleges. Due to changes in funding in some parts of the region these will be Bradford College (West Yorkshire area), The RNN Group (South Yorkshire area) and Leicester College (all other areas in the region). To find out more and how to apply, contact Rose on r.bent@unison.co.uk
For further details of courses available please visit Member learning Autumn 2021 programme
