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Awards Gold and Platinum Advanced training

This interactive training is aimed at staff that have completed Awards Introductory Training and who have experience of supporting YAA.

Date: 22 May, 2023
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid
Location: Online

Developing a Volunteer Culture

This one-day course will define organisational culture and consider how changing your culture impacts upon the volunteering experience.

Date: 24 May, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid
Location: Stirling

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Learning in a Changing Climate: A Peruvian-Scottish cultural exchange

How can education help learners to thrive in a challenging future? Join educators from Peru and Scotland to share and discuss this vital topic.

Date: 25 May, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Type: Workshop
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Free
Location: Edinburgh

Child protection awareness training

Overview of child protection responsibilities in Scotland. For those who work directly with children and young people.

Date: 25 May, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid

Children's Mental Health Conference

This conference will provide a platform for learning about intersectional approaches to improving children and young people’s mental health.

Date: 30 May, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 16:00
Type: Conference
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid
Location: Edinburgh

Help! I’ve got stuck with my evaluation! Peer learning event on tactics to get “unstuck”

This free peer learning event will be a “safe space” where there’s no such thing as “stupid”. It's all about helping each other air problems and find simple solutions to get (even) better at evaluating impact and gathering learning.

Date: 30 May, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Type: Training
Organiser: Other
Cost: Free
Location: Online

Tackling Sectarianism CPD for Youth Workers - 30th May

This event is now fully booked and a waiting list is in operation. Further dates available - 22 August, 16 November and 7 February.

Date: 30 May, 2023
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Type: Training
Organiser: YouthLink Scotland
Cost: Free
Location: Online

The Pedagogy of Makerspaces

Join us for a workshop which will go behind the scenes of how we engage and learn in a makerspace setting.

Date: 31 May, 2023
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Type: Workshop
Organiser: YouthLink Scotland
Cost: Free
Location: Online

Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Gambling Harms and Links to Gaming

An introduction to gambling and the associated risks and harms, including the increasingly blurred lines between gaming and gambling.

Date: 5 June, 2023
Time: 15:30 - 17:30
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Free
Location: Online

Play: Rights and possibilities - 22nd International Play Association Triennial World Conference

Examine how UN General Comment No 17 on article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child has impacted policy and practice in Scotland, and worldwide, to improve children’s right to play.

Date: 6 June, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 17:00
Type: Conference
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid
Location: Glasgow

Hi5 & DYA Standardisation

An opportunity to see completed award challenge sheets and portfolios from various groups across Scotland and contribute to the standardisation process.

Date: 6 June, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Free
Location: Online

Understanding the Teenage Brain: Development, learning and behaviour

This training session will focus on the adolescent brain and how it develops, and what challenges that presents for those living or working with teenagers.

Date: 6 June, 2023
Time: 10:00 - 13:30
Type: Training
Organiser: Sector
Cost: Paid
Location: Edinburgh, Online

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