Training
Open 360 Digital Hub sessions for 2025
Connecting People and Communities through Digital Project.
Open 360 are currently recruiting for their four funded twelve week courses running throughout 2025.
Make 2025 your year of Digital Inclusion.
Session will take place in three Halton venues:
Ditton Community Centre.
Grangeway Community Centre
Castlefields Community Centre
For more information email digital.inclusion@open360.co.uk.
Halton Borough Council Programmes Office Team
Halton Borough Council Programmes Office Team are looking to support Halton’s Community Sector with a series of training workshops to support them in all aspects of sourcing, managing and monitoring funding.
Halton Borough Council External Funding Team Training
The External Funding Team will be delivering two funding training workshops in January and February in Widnes and Runcorn
Basic Bid-Writing:
28th Jan 10am-12noon, Widnes
22nd Apr - 10am-12noon, Runcorn
Managing Your Grant:
4th Feb - 10am-12noon, Widnes
29th Apr - 10am-12noon, Runcorn
Youth Fed Multiply Course
Youth Fed are offering free, one-day courses called Multiply for St Helens based residents aged 19+.
Learners will gain a basic understanding of finance from reading a bank statement to understanding how tax works.
Learners will be able to identify the different financial elements involved in moving away from home.
They will learn to create their own personal household budget
6 Week Basic BSL Course - Halton
Have you made a New Year’s resolution to learn something new?
Deafness Resource Centre are offering a special introductory Basic British Sign Language (BSL) course for just £30 for 6 weeks! This is the perfect opportunity to get a flavour of BSL in a fun and welcoming environment.
Places are limited, so secure yours today.
Domestic Abuse Training
This training is now fully booked. Please see the CPD page for more training opportunities:
https://teachingpartnership.org/cpd/
The following training is available
Introduction to Domestic Abuse
The Internet, Suicide And Self-Harm Free Training Webinar For Practitioners
Samaritans are running a free webinar for practitioners: The internet, suicide and self-harm
Do you feel confident supporting someone who may be using the internet in relation to their self-harm or suicidal feelings?
Are you talking to them about how their online use might affect their wellbeing?
Samaritans are here to help you have safe conversations about online use.
During this free webinar, you will learn:Deaf Awareness 2 Hour Training
The Deafness Resource Centre have a great opportunity for staff and non staff training, whether you are an organisation, or know of people you support who may be interested.
They're offering a 2 hour Deaf Awareness Training, located at Halton Sensory Service, 126 Widnes Road, (Widnes Town Centre).
Progress Partnership - Helping Economically Inactive Individuals
Torus Foundation are running an exciting new project supporting Economically Inactive individuals. This project is designed to support individuals with CV's, Job Search, Training, Volunteering and finding paid employment.
Each individual will have a specialist advisor supporting them on a one to one basis to help them move closer to their goals. Torus have had great successes on this project so far, from one individual getting their dream of becoming self employed to another volunteering regularly after disengaging from any form of activity.
Upcoming British Sign Language Courses (Learn BSL)
Deafness Resource Centre are delivering BSL level 1 and BSL level 2, you have the option to choose a day or evening class, all courses are accredited with Signature and taught by a Deaf tutor. You can find out more about BSL here What is BSL? What is British Sign Language? Signature
BSL Level 1