Tower Hamlets Training Hub: MECC & The Vital 5
The Training Hub, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Public Health, is offering half-day "Wellbeing Training Courses'' training to all health and wellbeing frontline staff in Tower Hamlets. Attendees will learn how to have brief, person-centred conversations that quickly identify The Vital 5 key risk factors and support behavioural change.
The Vital 5 is a public health framework aimed at addressing five key risk factors that significantly impact overall health and wellbeing (blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, mental well-being). These factors are interconnected and contribute to preventable chronic diseases and inequalities in health outcomes.
Date
Various
Delivery method
Hybrid (face-to-face and online via Zoom). Those booking online will need a working camera and audio.
More information
Register via Training Courses.
Tower Hamlets Training Hub: MECC for social isolation and loneliness
The Training Hub, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Public Health, is offering half-day “Making Every Contact Count with a focus on loneliness and social isolation” training to frontline staff in Tower Hamlets. Attendees will learn how to have brief supportive, conversations with residents experiencing social isolation and loneliness using the MECC Framework.
This interactive and practical 3.5 hour module covers:
- the definition, risk factors and impact of social isolation and loneliness.
- developing and practicing person centred communication skills with people experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
- learning and reviewing the MECC framework and how it can be adapted to those experiencing social isolation and loneliness.
- exploring common challenges in having person-centred conversations in relation to social isolation and loneliness.
- exploring how to effectively signpost residents to useful national and local resources for residents experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
Date
Various
Delivery method
Face-to-face and online sessions via Zoom. Those booking online will need a working camera and audio.
More information
Register via Training Courses.
The Good Practice Mentor Programme (GPM) free training
The Good Practice Mentor Programme is a legacy project from Ageing Better, a seven-year partnership programme that ran from 2015-2022. The GPM offers a wide range of free training, support, toolkits and resources to help organisations to reduce loneliness and isolation affecting older people.
Sessions cover topics like Co-Production, Addressing Barriers to Engagement, The Psychology of Loneliness and Isolation, Conversational Strategies, Outreach and Communications.
Date
Various dates
Delivery method
Online
More information
Visit the The Good Practice Mentor Team Eventbrite webpage to browse and book sessions. Find out more about the Good Practice Mentor programme and the range of support on offer by contacting gpm@syha.co.uk.
Thrive London Mental Health training
Thrive London offers a wide variety of sessions and resources on mental health and wellbeing for frontline workers. Topics include psychological first aid, trauma-informed practice, conflict resolution, suicide prevention training, and more.
Date
On demand
Delivery method
Online
More information
Visit the Thrive LDN - Training webpage to browse and enrol on courses.
Money Guiders free training
The Money and Pensions Services (MaPS) delivers a calendar of free training sessions to professionals who support people with money troubles. Upcoming sessions cover topics like Income Maximisation, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Awareness, Pensions, Insurance, Student Debt, Housing Mediation, Financial and Digital Exclusion, Credit Unions and Gambling Awareness.
Date
Various dates including upcoming sessions on:
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Money Guiders Knowledge Hub for information and bookings.
Protection Approaches - Understanding Hate Crime
This training has been designed for those who work with those most at risk of being the victims of hate crime.
The course can be delivered as a short course over 2 hours or as a more in-depth course over a full day. It covers:
- Hate crime laws
- The impact of hate crime on victims, witnesses, and communities
- How and where people can report
- Why it is important to report
- How to support victims
- How to prevent hate crime.
Date
Contact education@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
See this Hate crime training info sheet for more information.
Protection Approaches - Identity-based violence and atrocity prevention
This training can include anything from urgent briefings on situations of impending or ongoing mass atrocities, to structural training on how organisations or governments can implement prevention strategies of monitoring, analysis, communication, and response. The session can be tailored according to the needs of partners.
Date
Contact Kate.Ferguson@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Protection Approaches training webpage for more information.
Protection Approaches – Active Bystander training
This session was created in partnership with British East and South East Asian Network (besea.n). Participants are guided through a series of discussions to explore how they can play a role in tackling identity-based prejudice and violence in their community, school, or place of work.
Content is tailored to the needs of each group. The training has a minimum time of two hours but can also be delivered over a half or full day. Content includes:
- What it means to be an active bystander or ally: through group discussion the participants explore what being an active bystander means to them
- Standing up for victims: working through a series of scenarios, participants consider and learn what they can do when they encounter prejudice, harassment or violence such as a racist attack in a supermarket or an inappropriate comment from a colleague
- What you can do if you are the victim: participants consider some options they may have if they are the victim of prejudice or violence, and find out where there are support services and resources.
Date
Contact education@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Active Bystandership training webpage for more information.