UNISON's Christmas songs

Our versions of Christmas carols for our members.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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 1^st, 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 1^st 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.

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          

 

 

 

 

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.

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.