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Ballymun Community Law Centre: Conflict Resolution & Mediation Skills

This skills-based course is an intensive 60-hour training and run as three separate modules over a period of two months. It is designed for volunteers, frontline workers and professionals who want to obtain a foundation in conflict resolution and mediation skills for use in their own organisation or work situation.

Hybrid / Ballymun, Dublin

Irish Hospice Foundation: Professional Certificate in Children & Loss (Level 9)

Applications Open for Professional Certificate in Children and Loss (Level 9). Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in association with Irish Hospice Foundation offer a Professional Certificate in Children and Loss (Level 9). It seeks to equip practitioners with the practical skills to understand and support children on their grief journey.

Blended / Online / Dublin

SOSTAC® Marketing Planning Masterclass Series

Are you part of the community and voluntary sector looking to enhance your marketing planning skills? Join marketing expert Lydia McClelland for a 4 x half-day online training course (commencing Thursday 8 May) and become a SOSTAC® Certified Planner.

Online / Zoom

Understanding Self Harm – Carmelite Centre, Aungier Street

This one-day training is designed to raise awareness for individuals and agencies who seek to understand more about self-harm, the reasons underlying self-harm behaviours and improve upon personal and agency responses to those who self-harm.

Dublin 2

SafeTALK Training (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) - Leixlip

SafeTALK is a half-day alertness training which prepares attendees, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives.

Leixlip, Co Kildare

Suicide Bereavement for Professionals - Kildare Town

A workshop for professionals and key contact people providing support to those bereaved by suicide. The workshop is about bereavement and grieving particularly in the context of suicide and is for people who in the course of their work come in contact with those who are bereaved by suicide.

Kildare Town

Health Management Institute of Ireland: Upcoming Courses this Spring

Do your team or staff need training which is focused, relevant and delivers the practical skills needed to do the job? Our training courses are designed to do just that. HMI training is expert, flexible and cost effective. We have a number of tutor-led management and soft skills courses running during Spring 2025.

Online

Apply Now: 2025 SDG Advocate Training

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in Global Citizenship Education (GCE)? Do you want to join Ireland’s network of Active Citizens and create long-lasting positive change at a local and global level by contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

Online / Co Sligo / Co Clare

Irish Hospice Foundation: Applications Open for MSc Loss & Bereavement Courses

Irish Hospice Foundation, in association with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, delivers two master’s courses: MSc Loss & Bereavement and MSc Loss & Bereavement (Clinical Practice). Learn about loss, death, and bereavement in a supportive environment and equip yourself with the skills to provide appropriate grief supports in your communities, workplaces, and professional practices.

Blended / Online / Dublin

HSE: safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) - Greystones

The HSE provide free suicide intervention/prevention training in Dublin South East, Dublin South and Wicklow. There is a safeTALK in Greystones Family Resource Centre, Wicklow, on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 from 10.00am-1.30pm. Please note all training is free of charge and for persons over 18’s.

Greystones, Co Wicklow

HSE: safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) - Kells

SafeTALK is a half-day alertness training which prepares attendees, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives.

Kells, Co Meath

St. Vincent’s University Hospital: Stop Smoking Course

The next 6 week stop smoking course is starting on Wednesday 5th March 2025 and will take place in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. The course is free of charge and is open to anyone who wishes to quit smoking.

Dublin 4

Law Society of Ireland: Diploma in Director Skills and Duties

The diploma provides an overview of these rewarding roles as well as practical guidance on the essential elements of corporate governance, including fiduciary duties, understanding and investigating financial, ESG and other internal reports and the due diligence that should be carried out prior to accepting a role.

Online / Dublin

Fusion Training & Development: Ongoing courses in Group Facilitation, Train the Trainer & Conflict Management

Fusion Training offer QQI certified programmes in Facilitation, Train the Trainer, Conflict Management and Wellbeing & Flourishing. They also offer bespoke training. Courses are delivered by Gerard Fitzpatrick, author of the acclaimed books Crossing the Threshold (Fusion Press, 2020) and Effective Group Leadership (Orpen Press, 2016).

Nationwide

Diabetes Ireland: Wellbeing Workshops for Type 2 Diabetes

Do you live with type 2 diabetes and understand the basics but still struggle with how living with diabetes makes you feel? We have delivered four well-received programs as part of a pilot in 2024, and we now plan to deliver another four programs over the next few months as part of a research study with UCD.

Online / Zoom

Brahma Kumaris: What’s on… February 2025

Brahma Kumaris Ireland offers an education in human, moral and spiritual values. To meet the challenge of change, it initiates dialogue and presents a fresh vision of the future. It recognises the intrinsic goodness of all human beings and teaches meditation to help each one rediscover their inner resources and strengths. All our events / courses are free of charge as a community service.

Dublin / Online

Suicide or Survive: Free Wellness Workshop - Tallaght

Attending a Wellness Workshop is a great opportunity for you to take time out and learn a wide range of simple practical and effective tools and tips that can be used in your everyday life to improve your own wellness. The workshop is for anyone over the age of 18.

Tallaght, Dublin 24

New initiative for young people to explore how Irish language & traditions can inspire environmental innovations

The CONNECT Centre's Academy of the Near Future, in partnership with Gael Linn’s Gaelbhratach team, has launched a new Irish-language educational programme for young people. The programme is open to students aged 15-17. Applicants must commit to attending all sessions of the week-long course.

Co na Gaillimhe / Co Galway

Mentoring with Confidence (1-day certified course)

This course will introduce participants to the key principles of mentoring and equip them with the necessary skills to effectively support mentees. The programme provides practical tools and techniques that will enable employees to make a positive impact as mentors.

Online / Zoom

Motivational Interviewing (In-Person) Training: Intermediate - Condensed

M.I. is a conversation about change. It is a way to help someone, who is caught between different options, to move forward through reflective listening and empathy. Clinically, M.I. is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change.

Dublin

Motivational Interviewing (In-Person) Training: Introduction

M.I. is an evidence-based technique that has proven to be helpful with a wide range of individuals and issues ranging from customer service to mental health. It can be applied in collaboration with those who are looking to make a lifestyle change, such as pursuing a healthier diet, or more challenging issues such as addiction.

Dublin