Our Skills Academy provides training and development opportunities for our members. Take a look at our upcoming training below.

Lunch and Learn on Financial Resilience Friday 26th April

This month’s instalment of our Lunch and Learn online trainings will be on the topic of Financial Resilience. These lunchtime webinars are designed to share information on a wide range of topics beneficial to members, activists, and representatives. Taking place on the last Friday of every month from 1pm-2pm, each session deals with a different topic.  

This month’s session will be led by Conor Henry, project coordinator and trainer with the Financial Resilience Training Programme at TASC. The hour will focus on day-to-day money management and will cover topics such as budgeting and saving, managing debt, utility costs, and identifying support services.

If you wish to attend the Lunch & Learn session and haven’t registered, please contact Judith in the Skills Academy before 12.00pm Friday 26th April to receive the link. Email skillsacademy@forsa.ie 

Fórsa 101 information session Wednesday 8th May

With six divisions, 87,000 members, hundreds of branches, and thousands of workplaces, Fórsa can seem byzantine to newcomers. Fórsa 101 is a short information and awareness raising session designed to welcome new members and give them a good understanding of how the union works, as well as highlight how members can become more engaged with the union locally. 

This session is targeted at members who have never received any training previously or are not currently active within the union but want to be.

Fórsa 101 is 2 to 2 1/2 hours long and delivered online. The next sessions are Wednesday, 8th May 2024, with sessions available in the morning (9.30am-12pm) or evening (6pm-8.30pm). To register fill out this form. 

Launch of Fórsa’s new Mentoring Programme Thursday 16th May

The Fórsa Skills Academy are excited to announce the launch of our new Mentoring Programme. After a short pilot which ran from February to April this year, the programme will be officially launched during Biennial Conference, at a fringe event in The Brehon Hotel, at 1pm on Thursday 16th May.

The event will feature mentors and mentees sharing their experiences. Speakers with outline future plans for the programme, as well as explaining how branches and workplace representatives can participate in it.

The Brehon is located next door to the INEC where conference is taking place, and lunch will be provided for attendees. If you wish to attend the launch of Fórsa’s new Mentoring Programme, register by filling out this form. 

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