Families Outside’s Training for Professionals is aimed at any professional whose role means they come into contact with families, and who feel that they would benefit from being able to better support families affected by imprisonment in their own role.

This festival will be a space of connecting and learning skills, with themed zones from food, energy, biodiversity to circular economy. There will be spaces focussing on the political landscape and campaigns and collective wellbeing, as well as stalls on green businesses and youth engagement too.

Families Outside’s Training for Professionals is aimed at any professional whose role means they come into contact with families, and who feel that they would benefit from being able to better support families affected by imprisonment in their own role.

Learn about the wide range of issues that can affect a family dealing with imprisonment, and how to apply this knowledge directly when supporting families.

Make sense of children's 'challenging' behaviour through the lens of distress and discover practical ways to support them.

Now, more than ever, third sector organisations need to demonstrate their impact. To support you, VCEL has commissioned Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) to deliver their ‘Introduction to the Basics of Self-Evaluation’ training.

The ‘Introduction to the Basics workshop’ is designed to help you to get started with simple evaluation systems. It is most useful for practitioners who are new to self-evaluation and will also help those who wish to further develop their existing evaluation systems.

Understand how to support children and young people with FASD, a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that often goes unrecognised.

Completely free to attend, this workshop in Edinburgh explores how your business could thrive as a co-operative. Brought to you by Co-operative Development Scotland, part of Scottish Enterprise.

Volunteer Centre East Lothian (VCEL) in partnership with the East Lothian Children, Young People’s and Families Forum are delighted to invite you to their Third Sector Funding and Finance Workshop for Commissioners and Grant-Makers.

This course is for multi-agency operational staff and managers who are in regular contact or carry out direct work with children, young people and/or their parents or carers, and who have a requirement to learn more about child protection for their role.

Start off the new year by developing person-centred planning tools to support the children and young people you work with.

This session is aimed at professionals working with children and young people in a direct setting.

This session is aimed at practitioners who have a base knowledge of neurodivergence (informed level ASD), intellectual disabilities, and the impact of care experience and/or trauma. This session does not advise on supporting those with a vision or hearing impairment, nor does it focus on mobility equipment for physical disabilities.

A meeting centre for Haddington? Be a part of the conversation.

Find out more about Equally Safe in Midlothian, the local strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls.

Join us for a day filled with inspiring keynote speakers, valuable networking opportunities, and a marketplace where you can showcase your organisation.

Explore how your work relates to the trauma informed principles and the importance of good self-care.

Explore how your work relates to the trauma informed principles and the importance of good self-care.

This fundraiser, which will help us reduce loneliness and isolation in our community.

Does your community organisation need additional funds? Come along to find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising.

In this informal session, Becky from easyfundraising will show you how your volunteers, staff and supporters can use the easyfundraising platform to raise donations for free for your organisation when they shop with leading retailers.

What to expect:

• A live demonstration of how it works

• Instructions on how to get your organisation set up

• Tips on how to raise as much as possible

• A Q&A session with Becky

Join for a relaxing afternoon of biscuits and coffee and an open conversations about mental health

Who is this course for?

This course is for multi-agency operational staff and managers who are in regular contact or carry out direct work with children, young people and/or their parents or carers, and who have a requirement to learn more about child protection for their role. This course is a refresher and suitable for staff who have previously completed the full Child Protection and Risk Assessment Training.

This event is a unique opportunity to foster partnerships and collaborations among key stakeholders in East Lothian

Meet the funder session to hear from Bank of Scotland Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund about their grant programmes.

Here's your chance to not only connect with the community but also to learn from industry leaders and experts in the field. Whether you offer counselling services, peer support, or educational resources, your presence at Minds Matter can make a significant impact on mental health awareness in East Lothian.

The course will support practitioners (including foster carers) who work directly with children and young people and want to learn more about managing the needs of children and young people displaying or experiencing problematic or harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). 

This face to face introductory course is aimed at people who are looking to gain funding for projects, activities, staff and core costs.