Our versions of Christmas carols for our members.
Thursday 19 December 2013
Thursday 5 December 2013
National Novel Writing Month in Great Yarmouth
Congratulations to our leaners in Great Yarmouth who took part in the NaNoWriMo challenge to write a novel in the month of November with the help of weekly writing sessions held at the Great Yarmouth Library.
Monday 23 September 2013
Lunchtime Chillout session
Lunchtime Chillout:
One hour relaxation and recharge session.
Monday
14 October: 12.30-1.30pm
·
Introduction to Neuro-Linguistic
Programming.
·
A brief guide to the power of positive thinking.
·
Dealing with stress.
·
Breaking through resistance and other people’s
opinions.
·
The benefits of relaxation.
·
Relaxation session.
Session run by Celia Viner, Unison Learning Representative, NLP
Practitioner Adult Education Tutor, Wellbeing
Facilitator – and Business Support Assistant.
Ask a Gardener: Gardening Question and Answer Session
Autumn is the perfect time
to plan your growing plot. On October 1st, the Norfolk Master
Gardeners’ will be on site to answer your gardening questions and give advice
on how you can start a successful gardening project.
When: October 1st 12:30-1:30
Where: Mez 2 at County Hall.
Don’t have a plot of your own to
start with? Join the County Hall Community Garden project to have a space where
you can garden before and after work.
Please contact Melissa Brown at Melissabrown.unison@btconnect.com or
on 07717517564 to find out how you can sign up.
Monday 12 August 2013
Unison suggests: Could you be a Catton Grove/Mile Cross Community Learning Champion (CLC)?
Are you looking for a
rewarding voluntary opportunity in your local community?
Community Learning
Champions are volunteers who inspire and support friends, neighbours, relatives
and other people across their communities to find out about and take up
learning opportunities.
What sort of things could a Champion do?
v Inspire
and support others to take up learning
v Tell
people about learning opportunities and support them to try something new.
v Help
to set up new informal learning groups in their area.
You will get the
opportunity to:
v Attend free training that could lead to a qualification
v Gain skills and experience
v Increase
your confidence and knowledge
v Find
new friends and have the satisfaction of helping others.
We are building a team of volunteers to work in
the Catton Grove and Mile Cross areas. If you’d like to talk to us about
joining the team please email: communitychampsnorwich@gmail.com or call:
Angela on: 07427 695160 or Rosa on: 07803 136122.
Winner of the NIACE 2011 National Community Learning
Champions Award
Friday 26 July 2013
Unison suggests: Coursea
Coursea: Free Online Courses
Coursera is an education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer free courses online for anyone to take. Watch online lectures taught by world-class professors, learn at your own pace, test your knowledge, and reinforce concepts through interactive exercises. Available courses include: social network analysis, The Law of the European Union, Foundations of Teaching for Learning and Introduction to Guitar plus many more.
Check it out the website here and start learning.
Thursday 11 July 2013
Join the Community Gardening Project at County Hall
Community Gardening Project
UNISON Lifelong Learning
will be launching a community garden at County Hall at the end of July. The
site will be available for Norfolk County Council staff to use to grow their
own fruits, vegetables and flowers before work, during their lunch break and
after work. Unison hopes this project
will provide staff with a green space where they can learn to grow their own
produce, promote staff wellbeing and increase positive interaction between
members of the workforce. Spaces in the community garden are limited and will
be allocated to staff via a sign up list. You do not have to be a UNISON member
to take part.
We need your old gardening tools. Please donate.
To make sure this project is
a success UNISON is requesting donations of gardening tools, plants and seeds
to give our new gardeners the best possible start.
To sign up or to donate to the project please
contact Melissa Brown UNISON lifelong learning project worker at melissabrown.unison@btconnect.com or on 07717517564.
Unison Courses: Bicycle Maintenance and Safe Cycle Training
On Saturday August 3rd in partnership with UNISON
lifelong learning Bicycle Links will be running a two hour bicycle maintenance
course from 14:00-16:00. This course is
suitable for anyone that wants a better understanding of their bike and how to
keep it in good working order. The
course will cover maintenance of tyres, wheels, brakes and gears. No previous experience working on bikes is
necessary. The course will be held at the Bicycle Links’ worksite at 18 St
Mary’s Works, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1QA. The cost of the course is £12 per
person for the full two hour session.
On Tuesday August 6th from 13:00-14:00, we
will also be offering safe cycling training at County Hall and the surrounding
streets. The course will be led by qualified a National Instructor trainer. It aims to help build confidence about riding
a bike or riding on the road for inexperienced bike owners. The cost of the
session is £6 per person.
Places
are limited, book early to avoid disappointment. To book onto either course or
for more information please contact Melissa Brown UNISON lifelong learning project
worker at melissabrown.unison@btconnect.com or
on 07717517564.
Unison Suggests: Human Library Drop-In Event
Human
Library Drop-in Event
Thursday
25th July, 11am-2pm
Wensum
Lodge, King St , Norwich
Don’t Judge Books by their Covers
In
a Human Library, ‘Books’ are people who are prepared to use their personal
experience to challenge stereotypes and prejudice. Come along and listen to a
fascinating group of Human Library ‘Books’ telling their ‘stories’.
Where?
Wensum Lodge Reception, King
Street , Norwich
When?
Thursday 25th July, 11am-2pm
Please
note: Only suitable for people aged 16 and over.
For
further information, either, go to the event blog at
Friday 28 June 2013
Unison suggests: Improving your English
Many people do not feel confident with their reading and writing skills. Improving this can be as simple as watching a few videos online.
5 tips to improve your writing
Tenses in English - Future or Present Continuous
Creative Writing. Lesson1: Getting started
Unison suggests: Camp Nanowrimo-Write a book in the month of July
Based on November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), Camp NaNoWriMo provides the online support, tracking tools, and hard deadline to help you write the rough draft of your novel in a month… other than November!
Camp NaNoWriMo was established in 2011 as a project of the Office of Letters and Light, the parent 501(c)(3) nonprofit to National Novel Writing Month and the Young Writers Program. 2013 Camp sessions will take place in April and July.
What: Writing a novel from scratch in one month’s time.
Who: You! (And about 20,000 other novelists around the world.) Let’s write some perhaps-awful, but definitely lengthy, prose together.
Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era’s most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties.
When: You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster. Writing begins at 12:00 AM on April 1, and again on July 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach your word-count goal by 11:59 PM on the last day of the month. Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.
The Rules:
You can be inspired by list of published NaNoWriMo authors here: http://nanowrimo.org/publishedwrimos/.
Good luck and have fun writing!
Unison suggests: Improving your Maths Skills
It's time to improve your maths skills. A lot people struggled with maths at school and continue to struggle in their everyday lives where having a better understanding of maths would help make life easier. We can all gain confidence in maths and start using it to make our lives easier at home and at work. And if we’re better at maths we can help our children as they learn it at school, so they won’t see it as difficult.
The Maths4you website can help you gain confidence in your numeracy skills.
In addition there are numerous youtube videos on how to improve your skills. Check them out.
Khan Academy: Provides a world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Mental Addition Trick - Add faster than a calculator!
Vividmaths: Boasts itself as the ultimate maths channel.
Pythagoras Theorem In 2 Minutes.
ehow: Learn the lessons you forgot to help your child with their maths homework.
How to Determine Percentages.
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Learn more about becoming an Union Learning Rep with Unison
Learn more about the role of an Union Learning Rep with Unison
Ballad of the Union Learning Rep
Learning in UNISON with Jackie Gilchrist a rep from Scotland.
Learning in UNISON with Ian Allen a rep also from Scotland.
National Numeracy Challenge
Join the National Numeracy Challenge. Sign up to improve your maths skills.
Monday 17 June 2013
Unison suggests: Adult Education: Art:Work sessions
Out of Work? Stress? Isolated?
We can help! Come to our fun, free workshops
Get messy! Have fun! Meet people!
Art:Work – Our Aim
We are running a series of workshops
which combine art with skills for improving bounce back
ability – how to cope with whatever life throws at you. We want to help you if
you’re feeling stuck in a rut, stressed or just want to try something new.
Our aim is to bring back some fun into your life,
giving you the chance to have a go at creating something new and different,
both in art and in your life.
We want our workshops to be what you want, for you
to get a real sense of satisfaction, achievement and positive change.
Our Workshops
Our workshops are run by Sharron
Briggs, an Artist from Bounce Back Art, and Celia Viner, an NLP Practitioner
specialising in enabling your potential.
Our interactive workshops are three
hours long. They are in two parts, the first is a fun art activity, and the
second will teach you ways to change your mind!
Here’s what each workshop will cover:
The X Factor Saturday
13 July 10am-1pm
- Discover your talents – surprise yourself with what you can do. Create your own masterpiece.
- How to turn negative to positive, discovering your true potential.
The Apprentice Saturday 20 July 10am-1pm
- How do you present yourself – what’s hidden in the box?
- Boosting your confidence and assertiveness. Techniques for stressful situations.
Mastermind Saturday
27 July 10am-1pm
- How
to make it a reality – practical steps, goal setting, creative thinking
Come
and have a go!
The Griffin 212 Yarmouth Road Thorpe St Andrew , NR7 0SN
About our techniques
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
NLP is really about three things – our minds,
language and patterns. We have patterns for everything we do, whether these are
positive, for example learning something new or negative, like being
frustrated. NLP uses a series of
techniques for rapidly changing the thoughts, beliefs and behaviour patterns
that limit people's potential and development. It can be described as a user’s manual for
the brain!
Art
Bounce
Back Art offers a way to well being through creative activity and social
interaction. Active, creative imagination can bring balance and clarity to a
chaotic mind.
About Us
Sharron Briggs
As an
artist and someone who has suffered from depression, I know that art activity
can help with the recovery process.
Using art as a means to help re-focus the mind, distracting individuals
from the issues that ‘creep’ in.
- City & Guilds PTLLS Level 4
- Mental Health Awareness (Level 2 NCFE)
- BA (Hons) Professional Studies
- Foundation Degree Art and Wellbeing
- Access to Art and Design
- City & Guilds Art & Design
- A-Level Art and Design
Celia Viner
EFT and Master NLP Practitioner
My aim is to enable
people to realise their potential, get creative and constructive thoughts
flowing, and help them lead more fulfilling lives. My skills enable people to
manage their emotions and behaviours by reinforcing positivity and making
better choices, using a range of solution-focused techniques that work on many
levels. I help people think differently about how they think!
- NLP Practitioner and Masters Levels
- EFT Level 2 and 3
- Adult Education Tutor including Work2Wellbeing course. Wellbeing Facilitator.
- Courses:
Mental Health Awareness, Professional Boundaries, Lone Working, Vulnerable Adults, Spiritual
Companionship
Contacts:
Celia
Viner
EFT and Master NLP
Practitioner
01508 571209 or
07789 354519
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07777 609743
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