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!
Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for staff at SIAA member organisations to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. This session is particularly aimed at independent advocates who work with children and young people.
Please use this form to sign up, and we will email you login details for the Zoom call.
This session is now fully booked. Please email us at daniela.rondina@siaa.org.uk if you’d like us to put you on the waiting list. We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to offering these trainings again in the future.
This session is now fully booked. Please email us at daniela.rondina@siaa.org.uk if you’d like us to put you on the waiting list. We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to offering these trainings again in the future.
Please use this form to sign up, and we will email you to confirm your spot and login details for the Zoom sessions.
Information session open to SIAA members covering SCVO's HR and employment support service.
Please use this form to sign up, and we will email you to confirm your spot and login details for the Zoom sessions.
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. This session will focus on workplace culture.
Please use this form to sign up, and we will email you login details for the Zoom call.
Peer support sessions are informal opportunities for staff 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.
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.
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.
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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