This is a one day training course designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of self-injury. The course will consider why people self-injure and what their needs might be, as well as how workers can provide helpful responses to self-injury. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own practice and identify some of the challenges that they might encounter when working with people who use self-injury. The training will explore how to manage these challenges and use strategies to help reduce self-injury and relieve distress of clients.

This is a one day training course designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of self-injury. The course will consider why young people self-injure and what their needs might be, as well as how workers can provide helpful responses. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own practice and identify some of the challenges that they might encounter when working with young people who use self-injury. The training will explore how to manage these challenges and use strategies to help reduce self-injury and relieve distress of clients.

Building Research Partnerships Workshop, 25 October 2018

Have you ever wanted to get involved in research, but don’t know where to start?

Are you a researcher who would like to involve the public in your research, but don’t know how to recruit or train them?

For: People interested in getting involved in research, and researchers interested in involving patients and carers in their research

The Volunteer Organisers’ Forum was a valuable forum for volunteer coordinators across the city to come together, share best practice and network. There has been some interest from several quarters in re-establishing the forum and we are pleased to say that a group of us have decided to get things up and running again.  Please note that this event was previously organised by Voscur, but is now being organised by 1625IP, UWE Volunteering and University of Bristol Students' Union.

‘Really useful and presented very well… Great overview of issues that can arise and how to deal/adapt them’ (Course Participant 2017)

This information-packed event will equip you with all the knowledge and confidence you need to be able to talk about Fair Trade at events in Bristol.

Whether you'd like to volunteer to represent Bristol Fair Trade at events around the city, put on your own event in support of Fair Trade, or simply use your knowledge to inspire friends, colleagues, classes and community groups, you'll leave with a solid understanding of the world of Fair Trade today.

This seminar has been designed for staff, support workers and volunteers working with individuals in the trauma services, for example Social Care, Refugees Services ESOL, Counselling. 

The training aims to provide an opportunity to learn and relflect on trauma within a safe and supportive environment. Please see attached flyer for further details.

Institute of Learning Management (ILM) Development Award - Mediation Training

• Would you like to be able to handle conflict in a variety of settings including workplace, community and educational settings?

• Would you like to develop a range of techniques and models for managing conflict at a localised level?

• Would you like to understand the concepts, principles and values of mediation?

• Do you want to learn and develop mediation skills and become a mediator?

Welcome.

FGM affects over 200 million women and girls worldwide. This issue is becoming increasingly relevant to health and social care providers in this country and therefore a good understanding of the practice is important.

We are inviting all social and healthcare professionals including doctors, midwives, nurses, social workers, nursing and medical students to improve their understanding of the medical and psychological implications of FGM, discuss the importance of language used and ensure awareness of their professional legal obligations.

The Diploma in Digital marketing is a distance learning 15 month part-time course.  It covers the use of all the social media channels, creating images and video, marketing and business principles, search engine optimisation, WordPress websites and much more. 

Concise Training is offering a fully funded place (unfunded price is over £3,000) for two learners on each of the October and February intakes of the course.  Learners need to meet the following criteria: