Training Tuesday

As part of a nationwide project called Multiply, we are delivering a number of courses that are free for adults over 19 years. These courses are aimed to improve numeracy skills that we need in our everyday lives.

"Shopping on a Budget" sessions will help you shop smarter by looking at your current shopping habits and identifying areas where savings can be made. Our "Make Do and Mend" course will impart participants simple hand sewing skills such as button sewing, hemming and altering lengths enabling participants to repair much-loved clothes and save money. A New You session will improve your social, money management and communication skills.

Make Do and Cook course will help you make the most of your store cupboard and highlight where savings can be made. Check out the many dates on offer!

This coming week our awareness sessions focus on the issues surrounding Deaf Awareness, Self-Care, Dementia and Gambling. These online sessions will give you a better understanding of these conditions and support one can provide.

As always we look forward to your Email sharing suggestions of training you would like to see in the future, and feedback on sessions you have attended.
Continue to stay informed and warm.
 

Kind regards,
Monita Marwaha
Training and Skills Facilitator

Shopping on a Budget 

This face-to-face course in Borehamwood helps you understand the benefit of shopping on a budget. It will look at current shopping habits and highlight areas where savings can be made.

22nd February 2023 - 10am - 1pm

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Deaf Awareness training

This online session will give the confidence and basic skills to communicate with those who are living with deafness and hearing loss. It will enable them to understand deafness, signs that someone can’t hear you, body positions and communicating.

22nd February 2023 - 10am - 12pm

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Anyone can Volunteer

If you wish to take your first steps towards volunteering, this one hour online session will aim to answer the how, where, when, why and what of volunteering.

The session will cover an understanding of volunteering and its roles, volunteering with benefits, researching volunteering roles and identifying skills.

This online session is for anybody who is looking to embark on their volunteering journey.

Please note this session is on Zoom. 

24th February 2023 - 11am - 12pm

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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.

2nd March 2023 - 12pm - 1pm

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Shopping on a Budget 

This in person course helps you understand the benefit of shopping on a budget. It will look at current shopping habits and highlight areas where savings can be made.

2nd March 2023 - 10am - 1pm

Register here 

Make do and Cook

This course helps you make the most of your store cupboard. It will look at the current cooking habits and highlight areas where savings can be made.

It will improve your confidence in cooking from scratch on a budget.

A chance to meet with other local people and share money saving tips and recipe ideas. 

Please note this is an in-person course. 

6th March 2023 - 10am -1pm

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Make Do and Mend

In this session, participants will learn simple hand sewing techniques such as button sewing, hemming and altering at waist, that will enable them to repair  much-loved clothes and make them wearable again.

No sewing skills are needed. Just bring a garment that needs a simple hand repair and you will get the opportunity to begin working on it. 

7th March 2023 - 10am-1pm

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Writing Reports Training

Reports are the backbone of organisational writing.

In our two and a half hour workshop, you will:

- Explore the role of story-telling in reports.
- Formulate a structured approach to report writing.
- Build skills in selecting and organising relevant information.
- Appreciate the importance of editing and proofreading.

£25 for members, £40 for non-members.

7th March 2023 -10am - 12.30pm

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Shopping on a Budget
This in person course helps you understand the benefit of shopping on a budget. It will look at current shopping habits and highlight areas where savings can be made.

8th March 2023 - 10am - 1pm
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Children's Safeguarding Training

This online training session is for staff and volunteers working with children and young people in any setting.

During this course, you will learn:

- What abuse is and how to recognise the signs
- To understand the key words and phrases used in

  safeguarding work

- Accountability - including confidentiality, disclosure, 

  reporting concerns, and working within statutory agencies
- What happens next?

The cost for members is £35, and for non-members is £50.

9th March 2023 -10am-1pm

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A New You
This is a 4 days in-person workshop covering the following topics:
- Team Work          13th March 2023 - 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Being Assertive    15th March 2023 - 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Stress Awareness 20th March 2023 - 9.30am - 2.30pm
- Communication/  22nd March 2023 - 9.30am - 2.30pm  

   Life Skills               

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Gambling and Related Harm 

This online 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. 
 

14th March 2023 - 10am - 12.30pm

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Volunteer Management training PART 1 
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 and In-person course.

15th March 2023 - 10am - 1pm

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Volunteer Management training PART 2
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 and In-person course.

15 March 2023 - 2pm - 5pm
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Boundaries Webinar

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. This one hour long webinar explores how to maintain good personal and professional boundaries to assist us to manage our day-to-day commitments. It explores the definition of boundaries, barriers to managing boundaries and how we can implement change.

16th March 2023 - 2pm - 3pm

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Introduction to British Sign Language

An online introduction to the British Sign Language and how it can be applied effectively to communicate with those living with deafness and hearing loss.

22nd March 2023 - 10am - 12pm

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Dementia Friends Information Session

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.

22nd March 2023 -  11am - 12pm

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Anyone can Volunteer
If you wish to take your first steps towards volunteering, this one hour online session will aim to answer the how, where, when, why and what of volunteering.
The session will cover an understanding of volunteering and its roles, volunteering with benefits, researching volunteering roles and identifying skills.
This online session is for anybody who is looking to embark on their volunteering journey.
Please note this session is on Zoom.

23rd March 2023 - 11am - 12pm
Register here

Friends against Scams

This is a National Trading Standards Scams team initiative which aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering people to take a stand against scams. Become a Friend against Scam to inspire action, highlight scale of the problem, change perceptions and make scams a community, regional and national topic.

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Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention

Hertfordshire County Council runs this online training session aimed at anyone working with people living with dementia. This session explores evidence-based risk reduction strategies for individuals over their life course.  To see the full calendar of training session

21st February 2023- 9.30am -12.30pm

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Spot the Signs Suicide Prevention 3 hours webinar

Spot the Signs Suicide Awareness Prevention Training

This online training will increase awareness and knowledge of suicide, introduce practical steps about how to respond and make you feel more confident in spotting the signs of suicide.

22nd February 2023 - 9.30am - 12.30pm

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Social Media made easy

An easy guidance on how to run your social media channels and how to get the most out of them.

14th March 2023 - 10am -12.30pm

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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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Talk Cancer online workshop.

Feel confident talking about cancer with this free online workshop.

You will learn how to: reduce cancer risk, understand the need of early diagnosis, breakdown cancer myths and understand health inequalities.

4th April 2023 - 10am - 12pm

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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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