Free training (A-Z)

This website covers a range of courses which are free to users including law, mental health and childhood and youth studies.

This website covers a range of courses which are free to users including law, mental health and childhood and youth studies.

This website covers a range of courses which are free to users including law, mental health and childhood and youth studies.

AVA offer a range of free online training tools including: Understanding domestic abuse levels 1 & 2 (This course can be used as part of the volunteer training programme domestic abuse element). Complicated matters - domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health.

Online guides on learning the key skills to use in an emergency

Depression - a compassionate view | Understanding Autism, Asperger’s & ADHD | Bridging the dementia divide: supporting people living with dementia | Digital.Me - managing your digital self | Innovating in operations management

This offers an introduction to the Prevent duty, and explains how it aims to safeguard vulnerable people from being radicalised to supporting terrorism or becoming terrorists themselves.

provide a range of free training to local people and these tend to include very good safeguarding courses. Every area has an LSBC. They also offer additional courses in subjects such as sexual exploitation or domestic abuse.

Free Training on How to obtain emergency injunctions. Training covers who NCDV are & what they can do, what domestic abuse is, how NCDV can obtain emergency civil injunctions, how to refer survivors (with consent) and receive updates.

NCVO have published a series of training videos which are free to members. NCVO membership is free to organisations with a gross annual income under £30,000.

Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation - professional curiosity

Resource to introduce you to multi-agency safeguarding children procedures, processes and legislation. Navigate your way around the site to learn about individual and agency responsibilities to safeguard children. Also checkout NSPCC Learning's courses and podcasts

Fully funded learning (conditions apply including minimum numbers to register and complete training, often 8 people minimum). Courses include: Children and Young People’s Mental Health Level 2 | Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent Level 2 | Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties | Working with People with Mental Health Needs | Understanding Behaviour That Challenges | Working with Individuals with Learning Disabilities | Understanding Autism

awareness of families and parental issues: Parental mental health and families | Parental substance misuse | Poverty, parenting and social exclusion | Sexual, reproductive and mental health

Free online first aid refresher course and help posters regarding CPR and defibrillator use.

Virtual College have produced a range of free online courses in conjunction with HM Government and other agencies including: Awareness of Forced Marriage | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) | Keep Them Safe: Protecting Children from CSE (child sexual exploitation) | Understanding Animal Welfare in Violent Homes | Understanding Young Minds | Learning from Serious Case Reviews Level 1 to 4 |

Charity hosted by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust dedicated to preventing suicide. Free suicide awareness training available.