Our Skills Academy have some fantastic upcoming trainings available to members over May and June, with a Lunch and Learn on a sensitive but important topic, and our ever-popular Fórsa 101.

Lunch and Learn on Domestic Violence Awareness Friday 31st May

This month our Lunch and Learn online training will be on domestic violence awareness. Domestic violence is a topic Irish people have historically been disinclined to talk about. However, avoiding the topic has not prevented the proliferation of domestic violence in our society.

14% of women in Ireland have experienced physical violence by a current or former partner since age 15. 6% of Irish women have experienced sexual violence, and 31% of women have experienced psychological violence by a current or former partner since age 15.

This session will be led by Hannah Wayte,who steers the Women’s Aid Employer Engagement Programme, a specialist service for employers with the aim of creating supportive and safe workplace environments for victim-survivors of domestic violence and abuse

Hannah will take participants through the need-to-knows of responding to domestic violence, how to handle a disclosure and the supports and services available to people experiencing domestic violence.

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 1-2pm, each session deals with a different topic and is open to all Fórsa members.

If you wish to attend the Lunch & Learn session and haven’t registered, please register by filling out this form.

Fórsa 101 Information session Wednesday 12th June

There will be another Fórsa 101 session this June. Fórsa 101 is a wonderful course for making the structures of Fórsa seem less imposing. It explains how the six divisions, 85,000 members, hundreds of branches, and thousands of workplaces, all come together and form a working whole, as well as how individual members fit into it.

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

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