Families Outside CPD-accredited training for professionals - Module 2 Supporting children and young people who have a family member in prison Families Outside's training modules are for any professional who wants to improve their knowledge and confidence when supporting families affected by imprisonment in their role. All of our modules will aim to meet the […]
Families Outside CPD-accredited training for professionals - Module 3 Prison and prison visiting Families Outside's training modules are for any professional who wants to improve their understanding and confidence when supporting families affected by imprisonment in their own role. All of our modules will aim to meet the following objectives: Understand the impact imprisonment has […]
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to. This course provides an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income. The course covers: State pension Who is eligible for pension credit How to work out guarantee credit entitlement Claiming pension credit and how […]
Eat Well Age Well is a national project from Scottish Charity Food Train that works to tackle the issue of malnutrition in older people, specifically those at risk of becoming under-weight and under-nourished. Malnutrition affects at least 10% of older people and emerging evidence suggests 16% of older people may be at risk of malnutrition […]
Play your part this World Suicide Prevention Day 10th September marks World Suicide Prevention Day, with the theme of, ‘Change the narrative, start the Conversation’. One way of helping to change the narrative is to keep informed about how you can help someone. With this in mind the North East Suicide Prevention Team, hosted by […]
Join our Sensory Awareness Training to explore the practical and emotional impact of sight loss, hearing loss, Deafness and deafblindness. Find out how you can be more confident supporting and communicating with people living with a significant sensory impairment. The training takes place in two parts, with the first part being e-learning, that you can […]
Suitable for: For all levels of staff working in Children’s Care and Play Settings, including Early Years, and school aged children as well parents/carers looking for information and guidance on children rights. Course Description: The course will look at new and updated guidance from Scottish Government and reflect on ‘how children’s rights can be promoted, […]
Connecting Aberdeen’s third sector with Higher Education through internships Join Sarah, one of ACVO TSI’s Development Officers for a chance to hear about Third Sector Funded Internships. Following a successful pilot scheme in 2023 at the University of Aberdeen, another round of ‘Interns with Impact’ internships in the sector funded by the Wood Foundation are […]
Do you advise or support former members of the British armed services and their families? You will know that it can be difficult to work out how their benefits are affected by the many different pensions and other payments they can get after leaving the armed services. This course will help you solve these problems […]
Are you a social housing tenant? Join us for a FREE online learning session using Slido and Zoom. Topics for discussion are: - Youth Engagement - Partnership Working - Hearing From Young Tenants - Tenants Together - A Tenant Participation Expert - Scottish Social Housing Charter - Tenant Involvement Journeys There is also a quiz […]
Join us for the 'How to Make your Idea Work' drop-in online event to help you guide through the process of transforming ideas into a viable successful project as part of the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund. Date: Friday, 13th September 2024 Time: 19:00 - 20:00 Online Zoom Book your spot through TicketSource https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nescanhub/t-yavxzkv For […]
"Today over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech. In addition to children and adults with communication and learning difficulties and the community around them – for example, teachers, health professionals, friends, public service bodies etc. Makaton is increasingly […]
