SIAA facilitates many training events, roundtables, and information sharing sessions specifically intended for independent advocacy organisations. These events are member-only and designed to provide you with new skills, build organisational capacity and provide an opportunity for you to share your views on key policy topics relevant to human rights and independent advocacy.

SIAA also run regular online peer support sessions. The peer support sessions are informal opportunities for you to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. We run sessions for managers and sessions for staff once a month.

Find out more about upcoming events and peer support sessions, and sign up below!

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SIAA peer support for managers – ‘pause for thought/current priorities’

Online

Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for managers at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. Around four times a year we run peer support sessions that act as check-ins with members to discuss current issues and provide a place to reflect.

SIAA peer support for staff – human rights defenders

Online

In this session members can share expertise about using human rights in their every day practice, and being human rights defenders - particularly in light of human rights moving higher up the agenda in Scotland.

SIAA peer support for managers

Online

Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for managers at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. The sessions are shaped by managers with opportunities to bring a range of discussion topics to the group.

SIAA peer support for staff – Maintaining independence

Online

In this session, members can reflect on the ways they work to maintain independence within the advocacy practice. There will be lots of space to share the challenges that come up around this as well as instances where particular approaches have worked well.

SIAA peer support for staff – Children and young people

Online

In this session, members will have the opportunity to share best practices and exchange ideas around gathering children’s views and supporting young people to have their rights upheld, as well as identifying the barriers to working with children and young people.

SIAA peer support for managers

Online

Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for managers at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. The sessions are shaped by managers with opportunities to bring a range of discussion topics to the group.

SIAA peer support for staff – Explaining independent advocacy

Online

The session will be an opportunity for independent advocates from across Scotland to discuss how they explain their work to advocacy partners, their families, and other professionals outside of advocacy. Members often tell us that independent advocacy can be misunderstood, so this session will be an opportunity to talk about the challenges around this and share best practices from across Scotland.

SIAA peer support for managers

Online

Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for managers at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. The sessions are shaped by managers with opportunities to bring a range of discussion topics to the group.

SIAA peer support for managers

Online

Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for managers at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. The sessions are shaped by managers with opportunities to bring a range of discussion topics to the group.

I’ve found the Managers Peer to Peer support sessions invaluable; it feels supportive and safe and as a relatively new CEO it really has helped build my confidence as well as relationships with peers. Thank you.

SIAA member, 2022

I have enjoyed the SIAA training events I have attended and I have been able to attend more than I would have in the past due to courses being on zoom etc.

SIAA member, 2022

I found it really helpful to be connected to a larger group and to hear the variety of perspectives from others as we all face the impact of the coronavirus on our organisations, people, clients and key stakeholders.

SIAA member, 2020

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