Setting up a Branch Mentoring Scheme

7 May 2025 10:00am–1:00pm

  This session will focus on how to set up a mentoring scheme in your branch. There will be a brief introduction to mentoring, along with some practice and then some action and planning around how to get started. This is a pilot so it might be subject to review and update throughout the year. […]

Advanced Employment Law – Sexual Orientation Discrimination 2025

13 May 2025 9:00am–1:00pm

This half-day course is part of our expanding set of courses on discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. It looks at the protection against discrimination in relation to sexual orientation. It covers how to interview a member sensitively; what constitutes legal harassment in this particular context including issues of ‘outing’ a worker and making false assumption; […]

Digital Skills: An Introduction to Excel May 2025

14 May 2025 10:00am–12:00pm

This short online workshop is intended for those who have little to no experience of using Microsoft Excel and who want to build up their confidence and knowledge of using it in personal and professional settings. Please note this course is now full but we are running it again throughout the year. The next available […]

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Spring 2025

15 May 2025 9:30am–1:00pm

An online half-day course delivered over Microsoft Teams is aimed primarily at recently appointed Branch Treasurers.

Connecting Positively Online

15 May 2025 12:00pm–1:00pm

This webinar will cover themes such as online safety and misinformation awareness, helping you navigate the online world with peace of mind. It is taking place as part of our Learning at Work Week series.

Advanced Employment Law – Disability Discrimination 2025

20 – 22 May 2025

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 […]

Climate Crisis and Green Skills May 2025

14 May 2025

This three module online course over three consecutive Wednesdays (14th, 21st and 28th May) is designed to support branch activists to plan a strategy to engage with environmental issues in the workplace and at a wider level. The sessions will be delivered virtually via MS Teams on the following dates: Wednesday 14th May, 9.30 – […]

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Spring 2025

28 May 2025 9:30am–1:00pm

An online half-day course delivered over Microsoft Teams is aimed primarily at recently appointed Branch Treasurers.

Digital Skills: An Introduction to Excel June 2025

11 June 2025 10:00am–12:00pm

This short online workshop is intended for those who have little to no experience of using Microsoft Excel and who want to build up their confidence and knowledge of using it in personal and professional settings. Please note this course is now full but we are running it again throughout the year. The next available […]

Union Learning Rep (ULR) Stage One Training – Summer 2025

21 May – 11 June 2025

Online via Microsoft Teams

Introductory training for new UNISON learning reps.