Training Tuesday

If you are looking for fun, creative and engaging activities during these summer holidays, why not spend half a day with your children on our free

Creative Fun with Numbers?
 

Come along to our cooking session with an Air Fryer session. Learn to cook with one, add new recipes and learn about the cost savings. Cooking tips will be provided on this free course along with a chance to taste food cooked in the air fryer. Attending the course will also give you a chance of WINNING an air fryer (eligibility criteria applies). Browse through more Multiply courses via the link Community Learning.

 

We’re always working hard alongside our training partners to bring you engaging and interesting Awareness sessions. These bite sized sessions are delivered online free of charge and provide valuable information covering various topics related to the support our communities need. Next month we will be focussing on Self-Care . Sign up to this introductory session via the Training Calendar.

We hope to see you at some of these sessions. We’ll continue to keep you informed through these newsletters! As always, we look forward to hearing your views on our training; what more would you like to see? Send us an email. Enjoy the sunshine! 

 

"Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country" .
David Hilbert, German mathematician

 

Kind regards,

Juli Riley
Head of Engagement and Skills
COMMUNITIES 1ST TRAINING
MULTIPLY WORKSHOPS

Introduction to Air Frying

Have an Air fryer or considering buying one? Looking to cook cheaper and healthier? Come along to our cooking with an Air Fryer 3 hour session. Learn to cook with one, add new recipes and learn about the cost savings. Cooking tips will be provided on this free course along with a chance to taste food cooked in the air fryer.
Attending the course will also give you a chance of WINNING an air fryer. (eligibility criteria applies)

 

Creative Fun with Numbers

Come and join us for 3 hours of free summer fun with your child!
Help them explore numeracy through a range of creative and physical activities. Make new friends and play with numbers!
Please note parents and guardians are required to participate with their child/children at this event.  

  • 15th August, 2023, 10am - 1pm
  • Wayside Jubilee Centre, Potters Bar, EN6 5NE

Register here

Creative Fun with Numbers

Come and join us for 3 hours of free summer fun with your child!
Help them explore numeracy through a range of creative and physical activities. Make new friends and play with numbers!
Please note parents and guardians are required to participate with their child/children at this event.  

  • 17th August, 2023, 10am - 1pm
  • WGC Library, Campus West, Welyn Garden City, AL8 6AJ

Register here

Help your Child love Numbers

This in person session will teach you how to improve your child's confidence in numbers by incorporating activities and awareness in everyday tasks.

The best way to improve confidence in numbers is by doing tasks where children are focused on something they enjoy and numbers are part of an activity. This in turn will improve your confidence as parent to continue to help your child develop this important life skill. Introducing Arlo the Alien our Children's storybook. 

  • 11th September, 2023, 10am - 1pm
  • Aberford Community Centre, Borehamwood - WD6 1PN

Register here

Family Budgeting

Budgeting can be very stressful in these difficult times. Simple tips and techniques can help us in sticking to a budget and control costs.  

This course helps you understand the benefits of budgeting. It will help you look at how you spend your money, what are your current shopping habits and highlight areas where savings can be made. It will improve your confidence in planning lists on budgets whilst improving your numeracy skills. 

This course is funded by Multiply, a nation wide project to help adults improve their numeracy skills.  Please note this is an in-person course. 

 

  • 13th September, 2023, 10am - 1pm
  • Phillimore Community Centre, Radlett - WD7 8NN

Register here

Money Management

Managing personal finances and making decisions about money are an important part of everyday life.

In this session you will understand how to budget and keep track of your spending and gain an overview on how finance is designed whilst improving your numeracy skills.

This course is funded by Multiply a nationwide project to help adults improve their numeracy skills.  Please note this is an in-person course. 

  • 25th September, 2023, 10am -1pm
  • Hatfield Hub, 56 Town Centre, AL10 0JT

Register here 
AWARENESS TRAINING SESSIONS

Self Care Webinar
An engaging hour-long webinar to present ideas for looking after yourself. The webinar will walk through the eight categories of self-care, discuss how to implement change, and focus on mechanisms to better look after yourself.

  • 28th September 2023, 12pm - 1pm

Register here
TRAINING FOR ORGANISATIONS

Volunteer Management Training parts 1 and 2

 

Am Session (10am - 1pm)

Topics for this session will include:

1. Volunteer Motivation; 2. Writing Role Descriptions

3. Writing Recruitment Adverts ; 4. Selection Process

5. Induction and Support

 

PM Session (2pm - 5pm)

Topics for this session will include:

1. Volunteer Supervision; 2. Managing changing motivations 3. Dealing with challenging or difficult behaviour ;

4. Saying “Goodbye”; 5. Rewarding and recognising volunteers; 6. The Six-Point Promise

 

Ideal for those new to volunteer management and for organisations wishing to complete the 6 point promise.

 

Please note there is a charge to attend this training

 

  • 6th September 2023, 10am - 5pm
  • 1st Floor, Ver House, Park Estate, Frogmore, AL2 2WH 

Register here

Online training

We have over 500 training courses online, available to your staff and volunteers. Including Safeguarding, manual handling and GDPR.

Prices start from £125 for up to 25 staff. 

 

For more information see online training.
TRAINING OFFERED FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Masterclass Webinar: Strategies to motivate inactive older adults

Study Active, the UKs leading provider of CIMSPAaccredited fitness qualifications, are joining theLive Longer Better in Hertfordshire Revolution!
In this bespoke Masterclass webinar for Hertfordshire Revolutionists, Study Active will provide strategies and tools for professionals and volunteers working with older adults to increase motivation and improve adherence to exercise programmes.

  • Thursday 17th August, 10am -11pm on Zoom

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Live Longer Better in Hertfordshire Celebration Day

Bookings are open for the Live Longer Better in Hertfordshire.
Celebration Day on Thursday 7th September 2023 at the University of Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire Sports Village in Hatfield. The event will run from 9.30am-3.30pmand you are welcome to enjoy the whole day or come and go as you please. This event is free of charge to attend and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
The event’s aim is to promote the importance of physical activity for living longer better, and to heighten awareness of the range of opportunities available forgetting and staying active aimed at adults aged 50+.
The day will feature a number of talks, interactive workshops, marketplace and practical physical activity and sports sessions. You can expect seated dance workshops, walking football sessions, pickleball sessions and lots more.

  • Thursday 7th September, 9.30am -3.30pm

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Living Well Courses

These courses have been designed to support people make positive changes in their lives. Courses and workshops will be delivered online and in their local centres by experienced and passionate Mind in Mid Herts trainers.

 

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Discover a new skill this Autumn with Step2Skills 

The Autumn timetable of courses and workshops at Step2Skills is now live on the website!

There’s lots of adult learning opportunities to browse!!

 

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Think CO- An Introductory workshop to Carbon Monoxide(CO) risks at home

The aim of this virtual Zoom workshop is to raise awareness of carbon monoxide risks for people who work in the homes of vulnerable people. This online, hour long workshop is aimed at front line staff and volunteers from social care, NHS, FRS, voluntary and private sectors working in the UK who visit vulnerable people in their homes every day. 

 

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Spot the Signs Training Dates

Anyone working in primary care or in the voluntary sector with adults is able to sign up to either a 1 hour or a 3 hour fully funded training sessions on learning how to Spot the Signs of those at risk.

 

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