This FREE training is funded by Staffordshire County Council. To access this course you must be a Staffordshire resident (not including Stoke on Trent) aged 19+.

Are you working or volunteering in a VCSE organisation, or considering doing this? Are you interested in developing or consolidating your knowledge of how to remove barriers to individuals participating in your activities and services? Then this is the course for you!

Aimed at anyone working in the VCSE sector, or anyone considering doing so.

Delivered over 4 sessions (all must be attended) each session focusses upon a different experience (mental ill-health, neurodiversity, racism, LGBTQIA+) and covers the following points:

Explain the difficulties associated with neurodiversity
Analyse the impact of those difficulties
Explore how to remove barriers to neurodiverse individuals participating in activities and support
Define what it means to be ‘anti-racist’ both as an individual and as an organisation
Explore some ways of working with, and understanding, adults of other beliefs
Describe how an organisation can be supportive of LGBTQIA+ individuals
Investigate the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals
Explain how to support someone who is struggling
Explore some wellbeing tools and practices
Identify opportunities to signpost to help

By the end of the course, we envisage learners will have reviewed the policies and procedures related to accessibility and inclusion within their organisation, with the assistance of Support Staffordshire staff.

Session Dates and Times:

Session 1: Wednesday 14th May 2025 09:30 - 12:30 - Location: Lichfield District Council Offices, Frog Lane, Lichfield

Session 2: Wednesday 18th June 2025 13:00 - 16:00 - Location: Online

Session 1: Tuesday 1st July 2025 09:30 - 12:30 - Location: Online

Session 2: Wednesday 16th July 2025 09:30 - 12:30 - Location: Online

Please note that this course is open to any Staffordshire resident aged 19+ (not including Stoke on Trent).