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.
January - March 2025
January
| Awareness Event | Date(s) |
Braille Literacy Month | Month of January |
Cervical Health Awareness Month | Month of January |
Alcohol Concern 'Dry January' | Month of January |
Thyroid Awareness Month | Month of January |
National Blood Donor Month | Month of January |
February
| Awareness Event | Date(s) |
LGBT+ History Month | Month of February |
UK National Heart Month | Month of February |
World Cancer Day | 4 February 2025 |
Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week | 3 - 9 February 2025 |
Care Day | 16 February 2025 |
World Day of Social Justice | 20 February 2025 |
International STAND UP to Bullying Day | 23 February 2025 |
March
| Awareness Event | Date(s) |
International Women's History Month | Month of March |
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | Month of March |
Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month | Month of March |
Zero Discrimination Day | 1 March 2025 |
World Hearing Day | 3 March 2025 |
International Women's Day | 8 March 2025 |
World Downs Syndrome Day | 21 March 2025 |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | 21 March 2025 |
International Transgender Day of Visibility | 31 March 2025 |
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. |
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 |
Staff Forum Meeting Dates
LGBTQ+ Staff Forum
Please contact us at lgbtforum@ggc.scot.nhs.uk for meeting links, if you would like to join the meetings.
Staff Disability Forum
Please contact ggc.staffdisabilityforum@ggc.scot.nhs.uk for details on how to join.
BME Staff Network
12 February 2025 at 12:00 - 14:00
Please contact ggc.bmestaffnetwork@nhs.scot for details on how to join.
Events
Cultural Sensitivity: an Introduction to Working with People from Different Backgrounds (Awareness Session - delivered by Interfaith Glasgow)
The session includes learning about other cultures, cultural considerations regarding diet, customs, and traditions as well as understanding about cultural stereotypes, bias, and power.
Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 10:30 - 13:00
The Wynd Centre, 6 School Wynd, Paisley, PA1 2DB
To book a place on any of the above sessions, please contact:
James McGuire - james.mcguire@renfrewshire.gov.uk
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