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Online Suicide First Aid Training Workshop
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 in: Training With tags: workshop, suicide, prevention
A-OK is organising a two-session online Suicide First Aid Training Workshop. Learn a step-by-step guide to help someone who is having suicidal thoughts to consider their options and stay safe
Christmas workshops from the Canterbury Horticultural Society
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 in: Training With tags: workshop, creativity, gardens, sustainability
Find your festive groove with a living Christmas craft workshop. Come solo or bring some friends and get in the Christmas mood with a glass of cheer and a sweet treat
Online Distress Awareness Training workshop
Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in: Training With tags: workshop, mental wellbeing, stress
ScopeTalk is a distress awareness workshop that enables self-awareness of your own mental wellness along the mental wellness spectrum, emotions, workload threshold and its relationship with stress
Kia Rite Hoea Workshop: Get help to put your idea into action
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in: Training With tags: physical activity, event, Community, arts, exercise, workshop, recreation
Come to a workshop and receive the Kia Rite Hoea guide. This guide is a great resource for anyone organising community recreation, arts activities, programmes and events
Webinar series: Understanding and addressing adolescent alcohol harm
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 in: Training With tags: alcohol, harm, young people, youth, research
This FREE webinar series will present new findings from the Youth2000 survey and will discuss implications for evidence-based policy and community action to reduce alcohol harm. It is hosted by the Adolescent Health Research Group and Alcohol Healthwatch
Learn to ride with Bike Bridge
Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Training With tags: migrants, women, safety, cycling, refugees, Courses
Bike Bridge is a free programme for former refugee and migrant women to learn to ride a bicycle at Addington School. These sessions are run by women for women. The programme is fun and you can also meet new people
Influencing the future of health through research
Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022 in: Training With tags: health, qualification, education
The Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSc) programme at the University of Canterbury provides an opportunity for you to evaluate an area of health that you are passionate about
Theatre Performance classes from Many Hats Theatre Company
Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in: Training With tags: disabilities, Community Groups, arts, development
Would you like to gain a new skill, and apply yourself to some personal development? Many Hats Theatre Company provide inclusive drama groups that create a performance environment for vulnerable adults and adults with disabilities who may never have had t
Craft opportunities available from Rekindle
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in: Training With tags: crafts, workshop, recreation, learning
Rekindle is based at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in central Ōtautahi and provides resourceful craft workshops free/low cost to Community Service Card holders, and community groups throughout the year
Workplace workshops on diversity and inclusion from Ara and Qtopia
Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in: Training With tags: business, workshop, workplace, gender, diversity, sexuality
Ara has joined forces with Qtopia to promote, host and deliver workshops on diversity and inclusion. Helping workplaces to embrace and celebrate diversity is the goal behind a newly established partnership between Ara and Qtopia
Online course: Introduction to Child Protection in New Zealand
Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 in: Training With tags: children, abuse, violence, families
Child Matters has released their first online course - Introduction to Child Protection in New Zealand. Every New Zealander should have a basic understanding of the issue of child abuse
Free UC Certificate and Diploma in Health Sciences
Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2021 in: Training With tags: qualification, education, health, health promotion
The University of Canterbury is offering a new Diploma in Health Sciences (120 pts) and Certificate in Health Sciences (60 pts) in 2022
Business Accelerator and Innovation Accelerator: Starting February 2022
Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2021 in: Training With tags: business, Courses
Transform start-up ideas into viable businesses and become a force for business innovation at Ara - starting 28th February 2022
Maori Masters scholarship available at University of Otago
Posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in: Training With tags: funding, research, maori, health, nutrition, education, qualification
Applications are invited for a Masters scholarship to undertake research on how to support Māori to have sustainable and healthy kai, what interventions and policies Māori would respond to, as well as any current barriers to shifting dietary intake
Free online course: Supporting Transgender People
Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in: Training With tags: gender, Courses, support, diversity
Gender Minorities Aotearoa is offering a free online course called Supporting Transgender People
Live Stronger – Pink Edition: Exercise class for women with breast cancer
Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 in: Training With tags: physical activity, Courses, cancer, women
ACC and the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) have recently collaborated to create “Live Stronger – Pink Edition”. This is an exercise class for women going through breast cancer treatment
Online training on mental health and suicide available from A-OK NZ
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental wellbeing, workshop, prevention, suicide, Courses
A-OK.NZ offers a continuum of support skills to ensure you and your organisation, community, school, sports team, family and neighbourhood are fully equipped to be able to respond to someone who may be struggling with suicide or mental health concerns
St John launches online Mental Health First Aid Course
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental health, mental wellbeing, support, Courses
With the mental health of New Zealanders top of mind as the country grapples with the impact of COVID-19, help to address the matter is now more accessible. St John has launched an online version of its popular Mental Health First Aid course
New fast-track to professional Engineering degree for ex-pilots and technicians
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in: Training With tags: education, qualification
The University of Canterbury’s College of Engineering is offering a new opportunity that fast-tracks entry into a professional engineering degree - especially tailored for technically skilled workers whose jobs may have been impacted by the pandemic
Free Mindfulness in Isolation course
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Training With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, Courses, mindfulness, lockdown
Wanderble's FREE Mindfulness in Isolation course is designed to keep you company while you’re stuck at home and use the time to create a healthy new habit of mindfulness, which has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety and to boost immunity

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