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Family Hubs run a webinar about the services they provide for professionals which can be accessed here:

• Book workshops, groups and courses run by family hubs

National Centre for Family Hubs

Working in partnership with the Department for Education and the Department for Health and Social Care, the National Centre for Family Hubs offer events, webinars and the opportunity to sign up to a newsletter which lists upcoming learning opportunities:

the Healthy Start webinar recording can be found here:

To enquire about infant feeding and breastfeeding training:

• email: whcnhs.infantfeeding@nhs.net 

Contact the local oral health champion to enquire about oral health training:

Glowing Mamma pregnancy and postnatal exercise

A free webinar focusing on pregnancy and postnatal exercise as well as how to refer vulnerable families to free exercises can be found here:

Health Walk Leader training

Free walk leader training can be found here: 

• 91ÖÆƬ³§Health walks

Physical activity workshops and courses

Active Herefordshire and 91ÖÆƬ³§list workshops and courses around physical activity and safeguarding, first aid, mental health and more:

Smoking Very Brief Advice (VBA) training

To enquire about the VBA training:

• email: hwbadmin@worcestershire.gov.uk

Suicide Prevention training

There are a range of options available from awareness training to two day training here:

• Get trained in suicide prevention

Talking Life offer free multi-agency domestic abuse training including an introduction to domestic abuse brief course through to more in depth full day training, see:

• Domestic Abuse Training in 91ÖÆƬ³§(PDF)

West Mercia Women’s Aid offer training around domestic abuse which can be accessed here:

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is offering a two-hour free CPR Training awareness course on good CPR, use of an AED and use of bleed control kits. They’re designed to improve outcomes in local areas by encouraging knowledge of basic life support amongst residents. 

WMAS is willing to offer the sessions anywhere, but the areas that they are particularly hoping to work with are: 

• those with limited bystander CPR 
• those with limited public access to AEDs 
• those with limited bleed kits 
• homeless communities 
• substance misuse services 

Sessions are delivered by WMAS Community Response Managers (paramedics) alongside local Community First Responders, who are community members who respond on behalf of the ambulance service to life-threatening incidents in their community.

Any interested group should email Cliff at:

• cliff.medlicott@wmas.nhs.uk 

Email with a rough idea of the numbers and details of the venue. Sessions are free, but you will need to provide a venue.

SENDIASS provide a number of free workshops on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for Professionals:

• SENDIASS workshops for professionals

Adult Learning

Adult Learning courses include courses for professionals such as SENDIASS training for professionals:

• Adult Learning Courses in libraries

Wellbeing and Recovery College 

Offer a wide range of free and low cost online and face-to-face courses across Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

Children's Partnership

Lists a number of training opportunities:

91ÖÆƬ³§Safeguarding Children Partnership

The Children’s partnership have a health professionals section with details on dedicated training programme for practitioners working with children, young people and their families in Worcestershire:

• Partnership training and events

Training for the Primary Care workforce

Herefordshire and 91ÖÆƬ³§training hub provide list training for the Primary Care workforce on a range of topic areas:

VCSE Alliance

Have a range of VCSE training opportunities here:

For baby’s sake

Regular webinars, recordings and events on a number of topic areas can be found here:

Twinkl

Have a CPD section and offer webinars designed specifically for professionals who support children, young people, and families Early Years:

E-Learning for healthcare (ELFH)

Provide a range of courses such as Making Every Contact count training that can be accessed for free, 24/7 by health and care professionals: