Join us to explore how you to act collectively for a just climate adaptation at work, how you can work more safely and collaboratively in extreme weather events, and discover ways you can to make a difference through your union.
This session is highly interactive and based on the principles of health & safety in the workplace and focuses on how you can manage the increased risks and vulnerabilities.
It also looks at need for a just transition to a stronger, fairer, greener society for everyone’s health and safety.
Uniquely, the course activities have been created to enable you to have a voice in the processes of climate adaptation at work. We will capture and communicate your concerns and ideas for improvements to your employer via your trade unions.
Who is it for?
The course is primarily for front-line workers, whether you work in the NHS, schools, social care, waste and recycling, streetscene, highways, parks, administration or any other role delivering vital services and support to our communities.
Managers at all levels are also welcome to attend too as it will help you to understand the needs of every worker in your team.
Course Aims:
1. To provide workers with information about climate change and how it impacts their community, their jobs, the services they provide, and the need for a just transition to a stronger, fairer, greener society.
2. To provide workers with the opportunity to understand and plan for changes and manage the increased risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate change and extreme weather events.
3. To enable workers to have a voice in the processes of climate adaptation, facilitate the capture and communication of concerns and ideas to their employer via trade unions.
The course will cover:
- Climate, Weather and Just Transitions
- Extreme Weather Risks, Health and Safety in Public Services
- Planning, Collaboration and Communication
- Collective and Individual actions & further learning
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Worker Voice
Your course will be delivered by an expert tutor who will guide you and your fellow workers on a three-stage journey during your course:
- Issues – how does this issue affect you and your colleagues?
- Ideas – what would make things better for you and your colleagues?
- Involvement – how can you and your colleagues get involve in making positive changes in your workplace, including through your trade union?
You will take part in activities that capture your voice and we will communicate the outcomes anonymously to UNISON local branches, self-organised groups and sectoral forums. This means voice on the subject is heard at the heart of your union’s democratic structures.
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Provider: Rich Speight, UNISON Cymru Wales
Rich is a trained adult education tutor and former university politics tutor who is now UNISON's Area Learning Development Organiser in north Wales.
He's also a climate activist in his community and a trained green rep. He has been interested in environmental issues since his childhood growing up in a former coal mining community in north east England and now lives on the edge of the Eryri national park in Gwynedd.
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This course is organised by UNISON Cymru Wales and is funded by the Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF). To attend this course, you must be living/working in Wales and be employed within public services.
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