Reading Voluntary Action has received funding to deliver an in-person 16-month training programme in our town centre training suite, for health and wellbeing practitioners (open to paid staff and volunteers) active in local voluntary and community organisations (VCOs).
The funding is enabling us to commission sessions from a number of local VCOs, valuing their experience and knowledge and, where possible, funding them to deliver sessions.
Feedback from those attending our in-person events, post-pandemic, is telling us how useful VCO staff and volunteers find them – networking; sharing ideas and raising issues of concern in their communities. Not so easy to achieve in online sessions!
Sessions will include the following (click on dates to book):
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ADHD / autism spectrum condition awareness 11.9.24
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Alcohol – Brief Interventions 22.5.24
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Dementia awareness 22.1.25
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Equality, diversity and inclusion (two half-days)
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Learning disabilities awareness PART 1 13.11.24 & (optional) PART 2 18.11.24
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Managing healthy boundaries 9.4.25
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Menopause awareness
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Making Every Contact Count 10.4.24 or 12.3.25
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Mental health first aid (2-day course) 12.2.25 & 26.2.25
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Motivational interviewing and behavioural change (whole day CPD accredited) 9.10.24
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Safeguarding Adults 17.9.24
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Time management
Places are limited to 20 per session. Most sessions will be from 9.30am to 1pm on Wednesdays between March 2024 and May 2025. Please click here for a flyer to share with staff and volunteers.