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 […]

Digital Skills: An introduction to Excel May 2024

29 May 2024 10:00am–11:40am

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. The course will take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 29 May 2024 from 10am to 11.40am This course […]

Getting started with Mentoring Skills and Practice June 2024

5 June 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 […]

How to tackle sexism and sexual harassment in schools

5 June 2024 4:00pm–5:30pm

This webinar will equip support staff with tools and knowledge on how to combat sexual harassment and sexism in schools.

Disabled Members Branch Officer Training June 2024

12 June 2024 10:00am–4:00pm

Are you a Disabled Members Branch Officer or Contact or a Disabled Member who wants to get more active in your branch? Join us for the one day Disabled Members’ Branch Officer training. This training is for disabled members and will focus on: Working for disability equality in UNISON Role of branch disabled members officer […]

Digital Skills: An Introduction to Excel June 2024

26 June 2024 10:00am–11:40am

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. The course will take place via MS Teams on Wednesday 26 June 2024 from 10am to 11.40am This course […]

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Summer 2024

26 June 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 […]

New Union Learning Rep (ULR) online training Summer 2024

4 June – 2 July 2024

Introductory training for new UNISON learning reps. The course will be delivered online over MS Teams and will cover: the role of the UNISON learning rep how to find out what people want to learn – and how making the case for learning networking and making contacts advertising and communicating with members where to find […]

Advanced Employment Law – Sexual Harassment

3 July 2024 9:00am–4:00pm

This course is part of our expanding set of courses on discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.  It goes well with our course on sex discrimination law which covers flexible working issues and menopause discrimination. This one-day course works through a film and discusses how to interview a member sensitively, how to prove that sexual […]