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. […]

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 […]

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.

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 – […]

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 […]

Getting Started with Mentoring – June 2025

18 June 2025 10:00am–1:00pm

An online course via Microsoft Teams for members who are interested in getting started with mentoring

Getting Started in Microsoft Excel: Level 1

1 – 2 July 2025

Online via Microsoft Teams

Attendees will leave this two-day online course with the basic skills necessary to create, edit, format and manipulate spreadsheet data.

No previous experience of Excel is necessary, but attendees should have a basic understanding of PCs, including familiarity with keyboard and mouse.

This course will be delivered via Microsoft Teams over two morning sessions:

– Tuesday 1st July, 9:30 – 13:00 pm
– Wednesday 2nd July, 9:30 – 13:00 pm

How Learning Agreements Can Help You and UNISON July

15 July 2025 12:00pm–1:30pm

Aimed at UNISON activists, this online workshop will focus on how learning agreements can help engage with members and employers. It will introduce how a learning agreement can work and will explore how it can form part of an organising plan or project across any sector. By the end of the session participants will have: […]

Digital Skills: An Introduction to Excel July 2025

16 July 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 […]

Making Progress in MS Excel: Level Two

15 – 16 July 2025

Online via Microsoft Teams

An intermediate level course for those with some experience and knowledge of MS Excel who are interested in building up their skills.
This course will be delivered on Teams and it will take place over two morning sessions:
Tuesday 15th July – 9:30am to 13:00pm
Wednesday 16th July – 9:30am to 13:00pm