Events

Short youth work related qualification - 30 hours maximum

Online course - full level 3 qualification

ReStart is an FREE accredited 30 week course delivered by SERC, which gives you the opportunity to achieve four level 2 qualifications in English, Maths, Science and Sociology

These exciting new qualifications cover the skills, knowledge, processes and practice of providing multi-channel advice in relation to social security benefits in Northern Ireland. The course covers all advice skills required for individuals to meet the Northern Ireland Advice Quality Standard and introduces learners to the core advice topics for generalist advisers.

CPD Training and Workshop Program This is a program of half, one and two-day events which are suitable for qualified counsellors, student counsellors, health and education professionals and interested members of the public. All events are theory led and will cover a range of psychological issues. The two-day events will comprise of theory and skills and give targeted interventions for working with the issues presented. Due to current restrictions all events scheduled to run between February-April will be delivered by Zoom. Events in May and June we hope to deliver them in person but in addition to attending in person, each event will be live streamed and so you have the option to join in remotely. Concessions are available for advance booking and if the attendees are students/low income (see booking form for more information). Certification of attendance at all events will be provided.

Join V for Life's virtual lunch club, running monthly on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Each month you'll be given recipes in advance, buy your ingredients and cook the dishes on the day ready for the Zoom chat at 1pm. Talk cookery, recipes and more, and meet likeminded people from across the UK. Open to vegetarians, vegans and meat reducers aged 65 and over. Email [email protected] to find out more, or to book your place and get the Zoom link and password. Or call the VfL office on 0161 257 0887.

Escape to Connemara for our brand new, self-guided walking adventure along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coast!

A series of weekly public talks, organised by Queen's University Belfast to mark the 100th anniversary of the Partition of Ireland

Are you a job hunter? Are you feeling it's time to take the next step in your career? This free course examines how to lay out a CV to present your personal career history to help you get the right job. The course will cover the best layout and format for a CV. It will also describe how to tailor your CV for each new job application.

Fully accredited short qualification - For anyone in a mentoring role or anyone wanting to become a mentor ***Online course - start dates are flexible and learners have up to three months to complete the course as quickly or slowly as they wish ***

This online accredited course is designed to support you in improving your training practice and confidence in both virtual and 'real' spaces.

This qualification is ideal if you are a new manager without formal training or have management responsibilities but no qualifications that reflect your experience. If you are currently supervising projects and staff and are interested in developing your abilities and confidence this is the course for you.

The Transformative Leadership Programme is an accredited leadership training programme funded by the Peace IV programme through Belfast City Council.

The Transformative Leadership Programme is an accredited leadership training programme funded by the Peace IV programme through Belfast City Council.

National Energy Action (NEA) NI, supported by the NI Housing Executive (NIHE) and Public Health Authority (PHA) are offering FREE Energy Efficiency webinars, for community groups and organisation throughout Northern Ireland.

This course will provide you with the required knowledge, skills and understanding in order to effectively coach or mentor others within an organisational context.

This online self-paced course looks at the experience of private renters in Northern Ireland during the pandemic and at the changes that have been made to try to protect this group.    

With more people presenting as homeless, advisers need to have a greater understanding of the homelessness tests applied by statutory agencies.  

This brand new self-paced online learning course considers the issue of temporary accommodation in Northern Ireland.  

Housing Rights’ advisers host this pre-recorded webinar on the effects of COVID-19 for those who are homeless.

Belfast Exposed presents AEON, a solo exhibition by Swiss photographer and artist Marcel Rickli. AEON explores radioactive waste repositories and how they will affect humanity for generations to come. Rickli explores how humanity can create symbols and language that will be capable of warning future generations of the dangerous sites for thousands of years to come.

Belfast Exposed is proud to present “A Lightness of Touch”, the showstopping end-of-year degree show for the MFA Photography graduates at Ulster University. This exhibition connects a broad range of thoughts, experiences, and feelings. The content is far-reaching and diverse with works by national and international artists. What binds the artists of this show together is not the subject of their work, but their sensitive and tender approach towards capturing their subjects; a particular lightness of touch.

Belfast Exposed’s Street View presents Yan Wang Preston’s three bodies of work produced in the last decade, for which she explores ideas around landscape photography, identity and the environment through epic journeys across both time and space. The exhibition explores the politics of landscape representation and its association with national identities, nature, and the environment.

Our Housing Advice Training Programme is the ‘must-have’ foundational course for those working in housing. The course will be held 1 day per week, over a six-week period. This course is currently being delivered online.

Various Dates available