Stay up to date with key awareness days and take advantage of training opportunities designed just for you. Whether it's building new skills, understanding important causes, or connecting with colleagues, this is a dedicated page for upcoming events and learning sessions. Check back often to see what's coming up.
Key Awareness Days
Recognising key awareness days that promote understanding and support for various causes relevant to our services and community.
This is not an exhaustive list, it is a selection of some key days that align with our service. If there are key dates missing, please use the contact info below.
July - September 2024
August
| Awareness Event | Date(s) |
National Breastfeeding Month | Month of August |
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month | Month of August |
World Breastfeeding Awareness Week | Thurs 1 - Wed 7 August 2024 |
International Youth Day | Mon 12 August 2024 |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | Fri 23 August 2024 |
Overdose Awareness Day | Sat 31 August 2024 |
September
| Awareness Event | Date(s) |
Older Persons' Month | Month of September |
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | Month of September |
World Alzheimer's Month | Month of September |
World Dementia Awareness Month | Month of September |
Deaf Awareness Month | Month of September |
International Literacy Day | Sun 8 September 2024 |
World Suicide Prevention Day | Tue 10 September 2024 |
International Week of Deaf | Fri 20 - Thur 26 September 2024 |
International Day of Peace | Sat 21 September 2024 |
World Alzheimer's Day | Sat 21 September 2024 |
Bi Visibility Day | Mon 23 September 2024 |
International Day of Sign Language | Mon 23 September 2024 |
World Heart Day | Sun 29 September 2024 |
World Day of the Deaf | Sun 29 September 2024 |
UK National Inclusion Week | Mon 23 - Sun 29 September 2024 |
Training
Take advantage of a variety of training sessions, workshops, and webinars available through NHSGGC, Renfrewshire Council, and other external providers. This page will be updated regularly.
| Training Topic | Date & Time | Location | Overview | Further Information and Booking Process |
| Equality and Diversity Zone - TURAS Learn | Equality and diversity zone | Turas | Learn (nhs.scot) | The Equality and Diversity Zone provides information and resources to support people at all levels to develop knowledge and skills in equality, diversity and human rights. The resources you find here will help you to make your practice, services and workplace more accessible and inclusive, supporting better experience and outcomes. | Anyone who works or volunteers in or with the public sector in Scotland (including third/voluntary sector or if you work in care homes, care at home or day care) can sign up for a Turas account. Log in with your Turas account to access eLearning modules and record the eLearning on your personal learning record. | |
Learn Pro - 004 Equality and Human Rights (NHSGGC staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | learnPro NHS - Homepage (learnprouk.com) | ||
iLearn Equality (Renfrewshire Council staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | http://intranet.renfrewshire.gov.uk | Select iLearn link to the Council internal system. | |
iLearn Mandatory - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awareness (Renfrewshire Council staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | http://intranet.renfrewshire.gov.uk | This course will cover information related to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace - including which characteristics are protected by law, why it is important that we build an inclusive workplace and what barriers we might face in achieving this. | Select iLearn link to the Council internal system. |
iLearn - Public Sector Equality Duty for Managers (Renfrewshire Council staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | http://intranet.renfrewshire.gov.uk | This course builds on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mandatory course and covers our duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty and what managers need to know. | Select iLearn link to the Council internal system. |
iLearn - Unconscious Bias (Renfrewshire Council staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | http://intranet.renfrewshire.gov.uk | Unconscious bias is when you either favour or discriminate against one group, or person, without being aware of your actions. This module will help you better understand how unconscious bias can affect your behaviour and impact the workplace, recognising the nine different types of bias and discovering ways in which you can mitigate its influence. | Select iLearn link to the Council internal system. |
iLearn - Equality & Diversity in Recruitment & Selection (Renfrewshire Council staff only) | Courses can be completed at any date / time. | http://intranet.renfrewshire.gov.uk | This course and the Recruitment with Virtual Interviews course must be completed before you can attend the Recruitment & Selection online workshop. Both of these eLearning courses and the online workshop must be completed, for your training record to show you have completed the Recruitment and selection training. | Select iLearn link to the Council internal system. |
Learn Basic British Sign Language (BSL) (NHSGGC Staff only) | The 6 week course will be held at various locations across NHSGGC from March 2024. Dates will be announced soon. | Classes offer an insight into how Deaf people communicate and cover the alphabet, how to introduce yourself, colours, numbers and role playing. | ||
How to use the NHSGGC Interpreting Service (NHSGGC staff only)
| One session per month until December 2024 | Virtual via MS Teams | Training includes information on: how to use telephone interpreting; accessing BSL Online interpreting; booking face to face interpreters, requesting translations and direct patient access to telephone interpreting. | Staff Training - NHSGGC |
Events
This section will be developed as relevant events become available.
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