• Making Information Easy to Read & Understand Level 2

    Swansea Swansea

    This Learning Disability Wales course will include a recap on the principles of Making Information Easy to Read and Understand Level 1 and then look at how delegates can develop and improve their skills. This course will help delegates work with longer and more complex documents and will focus on: developing your use of easy...

  • South Wales Fundraising Network Group

    South Wales South Wales

    Chair - Sheleagh Llewellyn Secretary - Andy Warnock The South Wales’ Group continues to grow, attracting fundraisers from a wide range of third sector organisations, voluntary groups, charities, NHS Trusts, freelance professionals an students interested in the sector. In the last six months round table sessions have been held on the impact of Welsh Language...

  • Refugees: What do we owe them and why?

    : Conference Room 21, Ty Hywel, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay : Conference Room 21, Ty Hywel, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay

    Event sponsored by David Melding AM Gorwel invites you to attend: Refugees: What do we owe them and why? With Professor Phillip Cole – University of Bristol Europe is facing deep challenges in its collective response to the numbers of people seeking shelter within its borders from conflicts and instability in North Africa and the...

  • Public engagement: theory and practice

    : Barry YMCA : Barry YMCA

    Three-day Participation Cymru training course - other dates: Thursday 10 March and Thursday 14 April This comprehensive, three-day accredited course is aimed at providing a greater awareness and understanding of participative engagement. Participants will gain a range of skills as well as build confidence in engaging with citizens and the community. Day one will focus...

  • Eating Disorders in Children and Young People

    Cardiff Cardiff

    Half-day Children in Wales course Problems with food can begin when it is used to cope with those times when you are bored, anxious, angry, lonely, ashamed or sad. Food becomes a problem when it it used to help you cope with painful situations or feelings, or to relieve stress, perhaps without you even realizing...

  • POVA Chairing Skills

    Cardiff Cardiff

    This Cardiff Council SCWDP training course is for managers in social care homes/agencies who chair POVA strategy meetings or who are in a position where they might be expected to do so. The aim of this course is to bring together those who chair POVA Strategy meetings to identify and build on the necessary chairing...

  • Sexuality, Gender Dysphoria and Mental Health

    Cardiff Cardiff

    This Children in Wales course is for those working with, or caring for, children and young people experiencing issues regarding sexuality and gender dysphoria. The course will cover issues surrounding both sexuality and gender dysphoria in children and young people. Demonstrating ways as to how we can best promote mental health and ameliorate mental distress...

  • Care Council for Wales – Development of an agreed fitness to practice disciplinary, capability and professional regulatory process in social work and social care in Wales

    : St Mary's Golf Club Bridgend : St Mary's Golf Club Bridgend

    The Care Council for Wales recently appointed Blue Turtle Consultants to carry out a piece of commissioned work, on their behalf, which entails the development of a process model for disciplinary, grievance and capability investigations. In particular this project aims to support private and third sector employers. The deliverables for the project will include a...

  • Substance Misuse Awareness (Accreditation available)

    Cardiff Cardiff

    This NewLink Wales course is aimed at people with little or no knowledge of substance misuse. It will describe the most commonly misused categories of substances and list the effects of alcohol and the risks. It will also describe the different patterns of substance misuse and discuss the service provisions available. Voluntary Sector £140.00, Statutory...

  • Fuel Poverty Stakeholder Workshop

    : The Urdd, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL : The Urdd, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay CF10 5AL

    Community Action Partnership: Working together to tackle fuel poverty in Cardiff National Energy Action Cymru, the fuel poverty charity which campaigns to ensure everyone in Wales can afford to keep their house warm, would like to invite you (or a representative) to attend an event to find out more about the support and assistance available...

  • Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales Annual Human Rights Lecture: Migrants to Wales – What about Human Rights?

    : Gate 7, Principality Stadium (formerly the Millennium Stadium), Cardiff : Gate 7, Principality Stadium (formerly the Millennium Stadium), Cardiff

    You're invited to hear Reverend Aled Edwards deliver the EHRC 2016 human rights lecture.  The lecture will explore the experience of Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Refugees and the key human rights challenges for Wales.  There will be an opportunity to discuss: Is Wales really a welcoming country? What does respect and dignity mean in practice?...