Maternity and Parental Rights (For Workplace Stewards)

10 November 2026 10:00am–4:00pm

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This course will help participants to understand the law on maternity and parental rights. It will focus on how stewards and health & safety representatives can advise members of their rights with employers. The course will also explore how to negotiate improvements to contractual agreements in […]

Making Equality Central to your union practice ONLINE (For Workplace Stewards)

17 November 2026 10:00am–4:00pm

ONLINE

ONLINE This course has been designed to cover 4 modules: · Equality in UNISON · Introduction to Equality legislation · Equality and your role as a rep The aim of the course is to enable reps to gain an understanding of equality issues and to encourage them to embed an equality angle across all of […]

Branch Welfare Officer training 2026 (For Welfare Officers)

13 May – 18 November 2026

ONLINE

This two half day session course will be delivered by There for You tutors. Course 1 Day 1: Tues 13 May Day 2:  Tues 20 May Course 2 Day 1:  Tues 9 Sept Day 2:  Tues 16 Sept Course 3 Day 1: Tues 11 Nov Day 2:  Tues 18 Nov NB: Completion of the Branch […]

Branch Treasurer OLBA training 2026 (For branch treasurers)

29 April – 20 November 2026

Online

This one day course will be delivered by UNISON’s National Finance Team. Course 1 Weds 29 Apr Course 2 Fri 1 May Course 3 Thurs 7 May Course 4 Fri 15 May Course 5 Thurs 28 May Course 6 Thurs 25 Jun Course 7 Thurs 10 Sep Course 8 Fri 20 Nov Learners will need […]

TUC Reps Stage 1 ONLINE (For Workplace Stewards)

16 September – 25 November 2026

ONLINE

10am-12pm for 10 Wednesday Mornings ONLINE This 10 week course will provide an opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge required to represent members effectively and strengthen union organisation. In addition to the once a week 2 hour online sessions, you should expect to be doing an extra 3 hours of coursework a week. You […]

Dealing with Capability Cases ONLINE (For Workplace Stewards)

24 – 25 November 2026

ONLINE

ONLINE This two day course looks at all the major areas of contention in regards to capability. It examines the legal framework which defines capability and looks at how this is different from misconduct. The course activities are bases on providing the maximum practice of identifying and dealing with capability cases. The course also briefly […]

Challenging racism in the workplace ONLINE (For Workplace Stewards)

1 December 2026 10:00am–4:00pm

ONLINE

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 […]

The Organising Steward ONLINE (For Workplace Stewards)

10 November – 8 December 2026

ONLINE

5 Tuesdays ONLINE 10am – 12pm You will be required to attend all 5 dates below: Tuesday 10 November – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 17 November – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 24 November – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 1 December – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 8 December – 10am – 12pm This is a five-day […]

Introduction to Health & Safety ONLINE (For Health and Safety Representatives)

12 November – 10 December 2026

ONLINE

ONLINE You will be required to attend all 5 dates set out below: Thursday 12 November – 10am – 12pm Thursday 19 November – 10am – 12pm Thursday 26 November – 10am – 12pm Thursday 3 December – 10am – 12pm Thursday 10 December – 10am – 12pm Even though the course is online, we […]

Data Protection and GDPR training (For UNISON stewards and activists)

1 January 2026 – 1 January 2027

ONLINE E-learning

At the link below reps and activists can access the UNISON GDPR and Data protection e-learning which they are required to complete every 12 months. To log into the e-leanring site, simply use your MYUNISON log in details. https://e-learning.unison.org.uk/ Outcome