Training

SAND offers Awareness Training to Health & Social Care providers in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. If there are no workshops advertised below you can still commission us to come to your organisation – be it in person or online. We have recently delivered sessions to Social Work students at Glyndwr University,

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For staff working or volunteering in fields of Health & Social Care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

This LGBT+ awareness raising course has a specific focus on issues impacting on LGBT+ people accessing health & social care as we age. It provides a safe space for people to explore and discuss issues relating to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, in particular focusing on older and old LGBT people.
By the end of the session, participants will:
• Be familiar with a range of terminology applying to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Have an awareness of the types of lived experiences of older and old LGBT+ people
• Understand and be able to identify some of the ways in which prejudice and discrimination may be directed towards and felt by people of differing sexual orientations or gender identities
• Understand how discrimination and prejudice, both deliberate and inadvertent, can impact on LGBT+ people
• Understand why it is important to proactively consider how to create more inclusive environments

Some Terms:

Only 2 places per organisation per course please

These courses are designed for staff and volunteers operating in fields of health & social care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Once you express interest via the email provided we will contact you for details and will invoice

Please pay before the course date

Places are limited

We are unable to offer refunds. We can, however accept a colleague in your place or transfer you to a future course if you are unable to attend if you give us 48 hrs notice.

For staff working or volunteering in fields of Health & Social Care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

This LGBT+ awareness raising course has a specific focus on issues impacting on LGBT+ people accessing health & social care as we age. It provides a safe space for people to explore and discuss issues relating to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, in particular focusing on older and old LGBT people.
By the end of the session, participants will:
• Be familiar with a range of terminology applying to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Have an awareness of the types of lived experiences of older and old LGBT+ people
• Understand and be able to identify some of the ways in which prejudice and discrimination may be directed towards and felt by people of differing sexual orientations or gender identities
• Understand how discrimination and prejudice, both deliberate and inadvertent, can impact on LGBT+ people
• Understand why it is important to proactively consider how to create more inclusive environments

Some Terms:

Only 2 places per organisation per course please

These courses are designed for staff and volunteers operating in fields of health & social care in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Once you express interest via the email provided we will contact you for details and will invoice

Please pay before the course date

Places are limited

We are unable to offer refunds We are unable to offer refunds. We can, however accept a colleague in your place or transfer you to a future course if you are unable to attend if you give us 48 hrs notice.