Events

Join the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland to plant trees at Glas-na-Bradan Wood high in the Belfast Hills.

This is a 4-hour online CPD Training for Pilates Teachers on how to help clients with stress and trauma and add relaxation/meditation activities to your classes.

ONLINE Information Lecture - A Natural Path to Health for Body and Soul through the Teaching of Bruno Groening

This practical training programme will equip service and project leads with the tools and skills they need to evaluate the impact of their service or intervention in a meaningful way. It is suitable for those who need to understand the basics of evaluation, and those who need to enhance their skills in analysing and reporting data to be able to tell their story. The programme is split into 3 sessions, and you can choose to attend online or in person - you can attend an individual session or all 3 depending on your knowledge and experience.

This 2-hour online training course is designed to assist employers in developing safe, fair, and consistent recruitment practices and better understand what having a conviction means when it comes to employment. It will help them to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, assess risks, dispel myths concerning people with convictions, and enable employers to make informed decisions when deciding whether to employ people with convictions. 

Free showing online: Documentary film: The phenomenon Bruno Groening - His words banish illness.

This qualification recognises the skills, knowledge and competence required of an individual in order to work in an unsupervised capacity, including the values and principles of adult social care and the ability to plan and deliver chair–based exercise to either disabled adults or frailer older adults.

This qualification is aimed to give the individuals the skills and knowledge required to programme, supervise and induct a safe and effective programme for disabled clients.

Positive Steps Outdoors have an upcoming green therapy programme for this spring and summer, focusing on promoting positive mental health through nature walks with mindfulness-based coaching. Here are the key details: • Programme Structure: Half-day midweek and full-day weekend events offer flexibility. • Dates and Locations: Various scenic locations including Divis and Black Mountains, Donard Forest, Tollymore Forest Park, Mournes area and more with events from May to Sep 24. • Accessibility: Suitable for all fitness levels, no prior experience required. • Equipment Loaned: We can provide equipment as part of the fee for hassle-free walks.

As part of activities and events to mark 100 years of the BBC in Northern Ireland, a special series of BBC roadshows are taking place at locations across the region. Downpatrick is the next destination for BBC Comes to Town 2024 from 21-23 May. There will be outside broadcasts, school visits and a host of other activities to enjoy. This year-long initiative has been developed in partnership with Libraries NI and local libraries will be a broadcast and production centre for much of what is taking place.

Learn about fostering with us, the kinds of foster care we offer and hear about the support you can expect. Together we can change lives.

Are you ready to return to work or change careers? Join us for a bespoke Interview Skills Workshop designed to empower you with the tools and confidence needed to perform at your best at any interview.

Gain the knowledge to help your clients who are dealing with issues surrounding antisocial behaviour and its impact on their home.

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.

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🌟 SCALE NEW HEIGHTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH! 🌟 Take the leap and make a difference! Join us on Sunday 9 June to abseil down the iconic City Hotel Derry and show your support for those affected by depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder 💛

The essential course to give you an all-round knowledge of housing in Northern Ireland. This course will be held online over 6 half day sessions.

Join us for a practical session online with the Information Commissioner’s Office to look at data protection issues for volunteer-involving organisations. This course is aimed at developing the capacity and skills of individuals working/ volunteering in the Community/Voluntary Sector in Fermanagh and the West.

We recognise that one of the main barriers, challenges and cause of anxiety for many parents, and prospective parents, is the cost of childcare when returning to work. With this in mind, we are bringing you this online event which is specifically aimed at parents considering or planning a return to work, as well as prospective parents. It will look at financial support for working parents and focus on the key barrier to returning to work – childcare costs.

Gain an understanding the issues in gaining access to the private rented sector.

This qualification is for those who wish to be able to plan and deliver safe and effective weight management programmes to members of the population with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome.

What do you need to include in a volunteer induction? How do you make it visually appealing? Have you considered moving volunteer induction online? Do you value your volunteers, recognise they have other commitments, give them a voice? We will look at good practice and how we ensure we are being proactive and not reactive to our volunteers. We will also look at new ways to carry out Support and Supervision remotely as well as face to face. This session will also examine why Support and Supervision is important for volunteers and your organisation.

Managing change is now a guaranteed part of any manager’s job. Whether you are managing change at a day to day operational level or implementing it at a strategic level—change needs managed. This master class looks at the theory of managing change and how to put it into practice in such a way to keep volunteers motivated. Using case studies and own examples, participants will start to plan for managing change in their own organisation. By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the change process in organisations Outline the characteristics of good leadership Joining information will be sent out the day before the session.

This qualification provides learners with knowledge and skills to apply reliable, evidence-based nutritional science and healthy eating recommendations. Learners will gain an understanding of nutritional science and their application to exercise, sport and athletic performance. This includes the limitations and risks of supplements and performance aids, and the importance of hydration for sports performance. Working within their scope of practice, learners will be able to support their clients in their understanding of the relevance of official guidelines to personal food preferences and needs, including for health and wellbeing, weight management and sports performance.

Join Lighthouse as we take on the ultimate thrill-seeking challenge of a lifetime - a 15,000ft Skydive.