21 January 2026 10:00am–1:00pm
UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, 24 Livery Street, Birmingham, B3 2PA
IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre This new session is designed to give all UNISON representatives the knowledge, confidence and skills required to write effective motions. It will be delivered jointly by a Regional Officer and the West Midlands representative on the National Stading Orders Committee in order to give a broad perspective on […]
20 – 21 January 2026
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ONLINE Get a grip of spreadsheets! This course will help you gain 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. Course content: Easy techniques that enable you to select […]
20 – 21 January 2026
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ONLINE This follow on course is aimed at existing UNISON stewards who want to further their skills. The course reinforces some approaches and procedures introduced in the initial stewards training and explores in more detail: – Process for identifying needs and exploring what is and isn’t a case – Recap on sources of information, especially […]
22 January 2026 10:15am–12:45pm
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ONLINE This online workshop is open to any UNISON member that wants to reflect on the grieving process and gain a greater understanding of current models that can help. It will also look at the impact of loss on families, individuals and the role communication can play. This course is free for UNISON members Application […]
28 January 2026 4:00pm–5:30pm
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ONLINE UNISON College at head office are running a course on Mental Health Impact of Climate Change on Children and Young People. Full detatils and the applicaiton for can be found at the link below: https://learning.unison.org.uk/events/mental-health-impact-of-climate-change-on-children-and-young-people/ This course is free for UNISON members Outcome
29 January 2026 9:30am–12:30pm
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ONLINE This session is aimed at any UNISON member that would like to gain better knowledge and understanding of dementia. It will explore some of the features, causes and look at how the condition may be managed that will be of use to both carers and service users. This course is free for UNISON members […]
3 February 2026 9:30am–12:30pm
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ONLINE This half day course is a tutor-led session that will help your general understanding of good versus poor mental health. What are the factors that contribute to mental health problems? What signs and symptoms should you be aware of – in yourself and in others? What help is available for mental health problems? And […]
3 February 2026 10:00am–4:00pm
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ONLINE This one day course will examine the principles and priorities to consider when representing a UNISON member at a sickness absence review meeting. It will explore the basics of preparing yourself and the member for a meeting and possible outcomes. No prior knowledge of representing a member at a review meeting is required. Please note […]
5 February 2026 2:00pm–3:00pm
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ONLINE 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 and will offer the chance for you to learn about: How your pensions work, including the state and workplace pensions When you can take your pensions and how […]
9 February 2026 10:00am–4:00pm
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ONLINE This one-day course is aimed at all UNISON representatives, it will be of particular interest to trained stewards, equality and health & safety representatives. The course will introduce and explore key themes around neurodiversity in the workplace, it will cover: What is understood by neurodivergence How neurodivergent members may face barriers at work The […]
20 January – 10 February 2026
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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 help and resources You must be able […]
13 January – 10 February 2026
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5 Tuesdays ONLINE 10am – 12pm You will be required to attend all 5 dates below: Tuesday 13 January – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 20 Janaury – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 27 January – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 3 February – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 10 February – 10am – 12pm This is a five-day […]
15 January – 12 February 2026
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ONLINE You will be required to attend all 5 dates set out below: Thursday 15 January – 10am – 12pm Thursday 22 January – 10am – 12pm Thursday 29 January – 10am – 12pm Thursday 5 February – 10am – 12pm Thursday 12 February – 10am – 12pm Even though the course is online, we […]
12 February 2026 9:30am–12:00pm
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ONLINE This course will be of benefit to members who may work with Autistic people or come into contact with them throughout the course of their work (adult service users etc). How this course will benefit you: On completion of this Autism Awareness Training course you will be able to: Have a better understanding of […]
12 February 2026 10:00am–4:00pm
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ONLINE This course is being run by UNISON and Show Racism the Red Card. The course is aimed at senior branch representatives so that they can take forward a branch strategy to tackle this issue. The aims of the course are: – To raise your awareness of the opportunities equality law provides to identify institutional […]
