Training Tuesday

As the weather changes and days get shorter, we are looking to face rising energy requirements and cost. Our Know your Energy session aims to explain what is happening in the energy market and how we are getting affected. Join the session to get tips and what savings can be made to energy costs.

The pandemic has revealed a direct correlation between isolation and gambling. Social isolation, lack of support and boredom has led to higher levels of gambling, which has caused many people financial hardship, loneliness, and guilt. Sign up to GamCare‘s CPD accredited training, that aims to help make problem gambling more understandable, with a focus on gambling amongst women.

We aim to create 1000 Dementia Friends! We are getting there slowly but steadily. Help us reach our target towards being a dementia friendly community! Our Dementia Friends Information sessions delivered by Alzheimer’s Society are short informative one-hour sessions that will give you the opportunity to learn more about what it is like to live with Dementia and provide support and understanding.

We always look forward to your emails sharing suggestions of training you would like to see in the future, and feedback on sessions you have attended.

Continue to stay informed and have a good week!

Kind regards,
Monita Marwaha
Training and Skills Facilitator

Know your Energy

This one hour online session on energy aims to explain what is happening in the energy market and how it is affecting clients. The participants will get an understanding of the difference between fixed and variable tariffs and whether clients should be switching energy companies. 

12 October 2022 - 11am - 12pm

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Gambling and Related Harm

This CPD accredited training aims to help make problem gambling more identifiable for practitioners and volunteers working with women, men and young people in both generic and gender specific services. 
It also help to gain an understanding of problem gambling issues specific to women, increase the confidence to discuss the subject and gain vital knowledge about screening tools and referral pathways for support and treatment. It is a zoom event.

18th October 2022 - 2pm - 3.30pm

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Dementia Friends Information Session

A large number of the people we are supporting through the Compassionate Community Connector project and at Vaccination Centres are living with some form of cognitive impairment. This Zoom session will give you the opportunity to learn more about what it is like to live with dementia and turn that understanding into action.

19th October 2022 - 11am - 12pm

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Feeding Your Family on a Budget

This free workshop covers topics such as : *Challenges to feeding a family on a budget; *How meal planning can help to keep costs down; *Shopping tips to stick to the list and the budget.

26th October 2022 - 6pm - 7pm

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Volunteer Management training PART 1 - Recruiting and retaining Volunteers 

Topics for this session will include:

1. Volunteer Motivation 2. Writing Role Descriptions 3. Writing Recruitment Adverts 4. Selection Process 5. Induction and Support.
Ideal for those new to volunteer management and for organisations wishing to complete the 6 point promise

Please note that this is a paid course.

9th November 2022 - 10am - 1pm

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Volunteer Management training PART 2 - Managing and supporting Volunteers 

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 new volunteer managers and for organisations looking to complete the 6 point promise

Please note that this is a paid course.

9th November 2022 - 2pm - 5pm

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Diabetes Awareness training 

This one hour awareness session on Zoom aims to impart knowledge and understanding of diabetes. The session will give an understanding of the signs and symptoms and risk factors of Type 1 and 2 diabetes. It will provide participants with preventive measures they can take and talk about the corelation between food and diabetes.  

14th November 2022 - 11am - 12pm

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Be Scam Aware 

The number of scams reported to the Citizens Advice network has increased sharply in 2021, with a 123% increase when comparing the first five months of the year with the same period in 2020.  This online session will help you recognise scams, common scams circulating at the moment , encourage people to report scams, information about the steps to take if you fall victim to a scam and support available. 

17th November 2022 - 2pm - 3pm

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Vision Loss Awareness Training

This session aims to focus on understanding sight loss and supporting people living with sight loss. It will introduce participants on common sight loss conditions and how they affect vision. 

21st November 2022 - 19m - 2pm

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Dementia Friends Information Session

At present there are around 900,000 people in the UK that have Dementia. It is anticipated this will soon reach 1.6 million in 2040. This session will give you the opportunity to learn more about what it is like to live with dementia and turn that understanding into action..  

23rd November 2022 - 11am - 12pm

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HIV - Awareness and Support
This course explains, among other things, the difference between AIDS & HIV, Identify routes of HIV transmission and ways to support someone living with HIV.

30th November 2022 - 11am - 1pm

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Mental Health First Aid - an Introduction

This introductory course will enable you to develop some introductory knowledge of mental health first aid whether as a volunteer or employee. This course aims to allow you to feel more confident to identify and support individuals who may be experiencing mental health distress or difficulties and signpost them in the correct pathway.

8th December 2022 - 11am - 1pm

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Guide Dogs

A free one hour Introduction to Sighted Guiding session. These are live virtual sessions which are delivered by Guide Dogs expert staff. They are suitable for anyone who feels they would benefit from knowing how to guide someone who is blind or partially sighted. 

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New Health and Social Care programmes

Princes Trust Herts runs three special types of programmes aimed at young people who want to get into the health and social care sector. Each of these programmes are designed to support young people at different stages in their employability journey. 

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