Events

Building positive Relations - Cross-Community and Intercultural Event Join ArtsEkta, one of Northern Ireland’s leading arts and cultural organisations, for a free 13-week community programme exploring cultures from across the world.

Join Team, our 12-week personal development programme. Gain new skills, earn a qualification and meet new people. You’ll be involved in a community project, do some work experience and take part in outdoor activities all while having fun!! We also help with employability skills and you’ll have a chance to take part in other workshops to help add to your CV. To be able to take part you need to be between 16-24 and not in education, training or full-time employment.

We have received funding Supported by the Public Health Agency Through the CLEAR Project to run Financial Wellbeing Sessions in the following Trust Areas - Belfast, Southern and South Eastern. We have Financial Wellbeing Webinars, Clinics for 1-1 advice and Online Modules that anyone can complete.

Futures Project is a personal development training programme for 16-24 year olds in Northern Ireland and we are looking for participants for our January intake!

The Labour Relations Agency (LRA) is inviting applications for its 2021 ‘Certificate in Line Management Practice, which is free and open to 30 participants across Northern Ireland.

CANS Mental and Physical Wellbeing Project is organising 6 week remote workshop Take 5 Steps Wellbeing looking after your Emotional Wellbeing in Greater Belfast areas.

Learn simple steps to help maintain and improve your wellbeing every day.

CANS Mental and Physical Wellbeing Project is organising 6 week remote workshop Living Life To The Full in Northern Trust area.

A virtual community network meeting to support the growth of intergenerational connections within the Causeway Coast & Glens Council Area

Have you often thought of using Twitter but didn't know how to get started? This online course will answer all your questions including how to set up a profile and what not to post.

CANS Mental and Physical Wellbeing Project is organising 6 week remote Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing Programme Belfast citywide.

This is a key consultation for NIACRO, so please engage - this legislation needs to be changed as it does effect so many people in so many ways.

*****Please note this course will run on Friday 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th February 2021 at 9:30am - 1:00pm. You must attend all days to obtain the award***** Course Overview Did you know 1 in 4 people in the UK are likely to experience mental health problems each year? Mental health is just as important as physical health, yet whilst we know how to take care of our own physical health, many people do not know how to support relatives, friends and even colleagues who are experiencing poor mental health. By developing a greater understanding of common mental health issues, as well as how best to support and guide someone to professional help, you can help further reduce the stigma associated with mental health in the UK. The QA Level 3 Award in Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace (RQF) is a regulated and nationally recognised qualification that has been specifically designed for those who would like to raise their awareness of mental health, develop an understanding on how best to support, reassure and signpost colleagues to professional support. What’s more, candidates will develop the knowledge, skills an confidence to actively promote positive mental health within their workplace, making it an ideal qualification for mental health champions/first aiders, human resources, managers, supervisors and team leaders. What's Covered Understanding mental health and its importance - The roles and responsibilities for mental health in the workplace - Importance of own wellbeing as a mental health first aider - Common mental health conditions, including: o Characteristics and features o Work-related stress o Anxiety o Eating disorders o Depression o Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) o Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) o Phobias o Bipolar o Self-harm o Psychosis o Suicide - Promoting positive mental health first aid in the workplace o Best practice for employers o Mental health first aid at work action plan o Appropriate coping strategies - How employers can provide support to employees in the workplace o Assisting those off work or returning to work - Procedures to support employees who are off work whilst experiencing poor mental health - Types of support available both locally and nationally

The course provides a general practical introduction to the field of video. It introduces basic concepts of the moving image with a limited amount of theory. You will learn how your DSLR/digital camera can introduce a new world of practical and creative options, however the field is vast and the uses and techniques available are many. The course therefore is intended to get you started on the path of further individual experimentation and exploration. Further training is available in the following 'Level 2' course, which deepens the knowledge and introduces new skills and techniques to accelerate your process towards general competence.

The three-week ‘Creating a Photobook’ course, developed and delivered by photographer Christopher Barr, will guide you through the process of creating a contemporary photobook. This course will cover initial ideas, photographic terminology, editing and sequencing, publishing and marketing, printing and binding, expectations of production costs, and other issues you may encounter when producing a photobook. During the course there will be a guest speaker discussing the joys and follies of their photobooks.

This course will provide an overview of the legislation and case law on Orders Charging Land and Orders for Sale in Northern Ireland and the process for obtaining and challenging these orders.

Aim of Training: To raise awareness of the potential impact of ACEs on individuals and communities. ***This training is accredited by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland and not Ofqual Regulated through Qualsafe.*** Aim of Training: To raise awareness of the potential impact of ACEs on individuals and communities. Objectives: To develop - • An awareness of ACEs and their potential impact on children and adults across the lifespan. • An ability to identify the potential impact of trauma and ACEs on the brain and possible subsequent behaviour. • An awareness of the use of an ACE/trauma sensitive lens. • An awareness of the importance of preventing and mitigating ACEs. • An ability to identify appropriate pathways to support wellbeing for staff, volunteers and service users.

Level 2 Developing Trauma Sensitive Approaches to Practice Training Aim of Training: To build on learning from awareness sessions and develop skills that promote a trauma sensitive response Objectives: You will be able to- • State key objectives of ACE and trauma-sensitive training. • Enhance your skills and confidence to use a trauma sensitive LENS in order to support and develop resilience for those you work with. • Identify the impact of secondary and vicarious trauma. • Identify ways in which you can support the health and wellbeing of all staff, including volunteers.

You will learn new camera settings and develop your photography skills, focusing on how to use white balance, metering, bracketing, focusing, histogram and more. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.

You will gain knowledge of studio lighting setups and techniques to enable you to take quality studio images from family portraits and stylish fashion shots, to interesting still lifes and eye-catching products. You will learn how to set up the lights and various lighting techniques that you can easily replicate in your home as the cost of studio lighting has fallen dramatically.

This course will equip money advisers with the skills and knowledge of the action that they can take to stay an order for eviction.

This session will build on learners existing knowledge of employment law matters. The session will take a brief look at employment law as a whole before concentrating on redundancy. It will take the participant through the basics of redundancy, looking at eligibility, calculations, employers responsibilities. This course is recommended for all users.

This course will be run over 2 x three hour sessions starting with picture taking, through to editing, processing, and printing your negatives. We also look at composition and taking images in full frame capturing the entire scene and obtaining correct exposure and metering techniques. The image taking skills are mirrored in our post-production learning.

This course is taught largely from the front & draws from the latest thinking in eating disordered clinical research, evidence based treatments, coaching, health & counselling psychology.

Emotionally suffocating relationships are ones where one of the parties is putting most, if not all their emotional, relational, and socialising needs onto their partner, causing the partner to feel trapped and manipulated. Explored from a Psychodynamic perspective this workshop will explore when emotional dependency becomes pathological. Now taking place over Zoom!