Events

This one day certificated training is suitable for Designated and Deputy Designated Child Protection Officers.

This one day certificated training is suitable for Designated and Deputy Designated Child Protection Officers.

This course is designed to help advice organisations understand the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how it impacts on advice services. It will help organisations ensure they are compliant with data protection requirements when carrying out their normal service provision.

This one-day course focuses on better mandatory reconsideration writing, advocating to the department and preparing a case up to appeal. A foundation knowledge of PIP, ESA and Universal Credit is required for participants.

This skilled level course is designed to provide debt advisers with tips and tactics to enable a successful outcome to negotiating with creditors and other key persons involved with debt.

A refresher for those who have already had Advice Pro training and could benefit from further guidance to reinforce their learning and ensure they are accessing all the platform can provide. This course will also be useful to those who are supporting other Advice Pro users in their services to make sure everyone is using the platform in a consistent manner.

Person centred planning is a way of expressing a set of inclusive values through a unique range of tools and techniques. This one-day course enables participants to identify and begin to address the changes that are needed to ensure that person-centred practices are embedded in day to day practice and that people using services have choice and control over how they are supported.

Peace Building Summer School based in Amragh supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reconciliation Fund will provide a unique opportunity for those working on peace-building and reconciliation across Ireland to learn of the impact of the conflict on a rural border community, learn of local actions that have built the present more peaceful society, explore the lasting issues of conflict. The forum of speakers, participants from differing backgrounds will provide an opportunity for networking and learning from the experiences thus assisting in your own peace-building work and obtain an OCN Level III qualification

This is a one-day course for those with a foundation college of Universal Credit.

Day 1 will be based in the Belfast Exposed studio where we will fully prepare you with the knowledge to move into the field of landscape photography with confidence, looking at both historical and contemporary work. Day 2 is on location. The location will be decided on day 1, as well as the choice between a morning sunrise shoot or an evening sunset shoot. Day 3 is back in the studio. The photographs taken on day 2 will be reviewed, with the tutor providing valuable, constructive feedback. Followed by further teaching on the subject.

You will get an introduction to your camera’s manual controls, focusing on how to control aperture, shutter speed and ISO to correctly expose your photographs. This course will also enable you to apply a practical and theoretical knowledge to help you use a digital camera effectively and creatively.

This course is for anyone wishing to develop or improve their training and presentation skills. This can include those who currently train or present, or those wishing to transfer their adviser knowledge into the realm of training and/or presenting.

This intensive in depth 1 day course, will identify which benefits Universal Credit replaces and which remain outside Universal Credit. It will explain the detailed rules of Universal Credit, including the basic conditions of entitlement, financial conditions, benefit caps, under-occupancy penalties and claimant conditionality, including sanctions.

If you are not sure whether Makaton training is for you, try a Makaton Taster session. This short session is designed for people who are interested in finding out about Makaton and deciding whether or not to attend Makaton training. The Taster gives you a general introduction into what Makaton is and who uses it, with the opportunity to learn a few signs and symbols too. Participants receive handouts covering the vocabulary they have learned and general information regarding further Makaton training and Makaton resources.

The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016). Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.

This course will provide a detailed overview of the benefits which can be claimed by nationals from the European Economic Area, as well as covering the Right to Reside Test and the Habitual Residence Test for each specific benefit. It will also cover: Derived Rights; Permanent Residence Rights; Rights for Workers; Croatia, A8 and A2 issues; Recent developments in EU law and Brexit issues

This skilled level course will provide you with the ability to identify when an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) is appropriate for your client. It will explain the IVA procedures and enable you to make appropriate referrals to Insolvency Practitioners.

This skilled level course will provide you with a basic step by step overview of bankruptcy legislation in Northern Ireland. It will enable you to identify when a bankruptcy is appropriate for your client.

This practical, adviser focused, one-day course will raise your awareness of how Human Rights law applies in the Generalist Advice setting including: Social Security, Welfare Reform and Housing; Health and Social Care; Education; Employment

Participants are enabled to identify and demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary to plan and deliver group sessions using community development values to address health and wellbeing within communities.

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.

This course is designed for advisers who are required to meet the Northern Ireland Quality Standard, or student advisers working primarily in this area.

Join Action Cancer on Saturday 23rd May 2020 to conquer the seven peaks of the highest and most spectacular mountain range in Northern Ireland while helping local people affected by cancer. All proceeds raised will go towards the delivery of Action Cancer’s prevention, detection and support services.

Go Nuts @Forest fitness Kids and Adults 1K Mudmayhem Event with an array of obstacles including inflatables, great fun and all the Muck you can handle. Must be 5 years plus, information is on the Forest Fitness facebook page and www.forestfitnessni.com website. Emergency Fire and Safety in partnership with Forest Fitness NI to deliver this event. And providing safety and insurance cover.

Go Nuts @Forest Fitness 5K & 10K Mud mayhem Weekend Event, A mixture of man-made, Natural obstacles and Inflatables. Great fun for all why not do it for Charity. Great Craic and all the muck you can handle!! Recommended age 16 years plus. Emergency Fire and safety are in partnership with Forest Fitness NI to deliver this event and providing safety and insurance cover.