Involvement Opportunity: to help develop guidance on co-producing research 

How can researchers, healthcare staff and public contributors collaborate to develop health and social care research in a more equal way?

VolTrain is for volunteer youth workers in Bristol and includes practical workshops on key areas of working with young people.

This session will give you an introduction to mentoring young people. You will learn about the different stages in a mentoring relationship, and the practicalities, responsibilities and boundaries necessary to act as a mentor to young people.

Do you identify as disabled or have a long term health condition including learning difficulties, anxiety, depression or dyslexia?  Are you thinking about starting employment or training but don’t know what step to take first or are worried about change?  If you are aged 19+ and are a Bristol resident? then Better Together is the perfect start for your journey.

This informative, thought provoking and forward thinking course will allow you to make the first steps towards becoming a Disability Confident Employer.

This is a one day training course designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of self-injury. The course will consider why people self-injure and what their needs might be, as well as how workers can provide helpful responses to self-injury. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own practice and identify some of the challenges that they might encounter when working with people who use self-injury. The training will explore how to manage these challenges and use strategies to help reduce self-injury and relieve distress of clients.

This is a one day training course designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of self-injury. The course will consider why young people self-injure and what their needs might be, as well as how workers can provide helpful responses. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own practice and identify some of the challenges that they might encounter when working with young people who use self-injury. The training will explore how to manage these challenges and use strategies to help reduce self-injury and relieve distress of clients.

Building Research Partnerships Workshop, 25 October 2018

Have you ever wanted to get involved in research, but don’t know where to start?

Are you a researcher who would like to involve the public in your research, but don’t know how to recruit or train them?

For: People interested in getting involved in research, and researchers interested in involving patients and carers in their research

The Volunteer Organisers’ Forum was a valuable forum for volunteer coordinators across the city to come together, share best practice and network. There has been some interest from several quarters in re-establishing the forum and we are pleased to say that a group of us have decided to get things up and running again.  Please note that this event was previously organised by Voscur, but is now being organised by 1625IP, UWE Volunteering and University of Bristol Students' Union.

‘Really useful and presented very well… Great overview of issues that can arise and how to deal/adapt them’ (Course Participant 2017)

This information-packed event will equip you with all the knowledge and confidence you need to be able to talk about Fair Trade at events in Bristol.

Whether you'd like to volunteer to represent Bristol Fair Trade at events around the city, put on your own event in support of Fair Trade, or simply use your knowledge to inspire friends, colleagues, classes and community groups, you'll leave with a solid understanding of the world of Fair Trade today.