Digital Skills Contact

24 April 2024 2:00pm–4:00pm

Are you interested in finding out about being a Digital Skills Contact? You might want to help others to build confidence and skills to get online. You don’t need to be a digital expert to be help others with digital skills. You do need to be confident in your own digital skills and have the […]

Cruse: Loss and Bereavement Awareness

25 April 2024 10:15am–12:45pm

This online workshop is open to any UNISON members but is particularly aimed at those who regularly deal with bereaved people as part of their job.  The session will reflect on the grieving process, seeking greater understanding of current models on grief that can help those facing loss. The training, delivered via zoom, will last […]

UNISON Learning Café

2 May 2024 3:30pm–5:00pm

Have you seen the benefits of lifelong learning? Do you want to support members to engage with education? The Learning Café gives UNISON activists with an interest in learning and education an opportunity to come together alongside national member learning staff in a friendly, informal virtual setting via MS Teams.

Access to Work

7 May 2024 12:00pm–1:30pm

This 90 minute webinar will help activists and members to better support disabled members in obtaining Access to Work, the government scheme that can help pay for reasonable adjustments at work. We will also look at how to give disabled members the tools to obtain Access to Work for themselves and will hear from members […]

Getting started with Mentoring Skills and Practice May 2024

8 May 2024 10:00am–12:30pm

If you are interested in mentoring skills and want to find out more about it, then this course could be just the right place to start. Mentoring offers the potential to build and develop confidence. It offers techniques to work through a particular issue. It can act as a sounding board to help resolve any […]

Pensions and Pre Retirement Explained

15 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm

This free webinar, presented by an expert financial adviser, is designed to help you understand how to secure the income you need for a comfortable retirement.

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Spring 2024

16 May 2024 9:30am–1:00pm

This online half-day course delivered over Microsoft Teams is aimed primarily at recently appointed Branch Treasurers. The course will show in detail how to use the union’s online branch accounting system (OLBA), including: Recording receipts and payments Reconciling bank accounts Putting the branch’s budget onto OLBA Producing reports for committee meetings and AGMs Making necessary […]

Climate crisis and green skills (Environmental Officer/Green rep)

8 May 2024

The deadline for applications has now passed and places on this course have been allocated. To join the waiting list for future sessions, complete the form located at the bottom of this page. This three module online course is designed to support branch activists to plan a strategy to engage with environmental issues in the […]

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Spring 2024

22 May 2024 9:30am–1:00pm

This online half-day course delivered over Microsoft Teams is aimed primarily at recently appointed Branch Treasurers. The course will show in detail how to use the union’s online branch accounting system (OLBA), including: Recording receipts and payments Reconciling bank accounts Putting the branch’s budget onto OLBA Producing reports for committee meetings and AGMs Making necessary […]

Advanced Employment Law – Disability Discrimination

21 – 23 May 2024

It can be difficult to recognise when members have a realistic chance of proving disability discrimination and activists may lack confidence in this area. This course will give practical skills for discussing the matter with members and recognising possible cases. More generally, it will build skills of interviewing members and analysing evidence which can be […]