Training

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VOICE: Menstruation - Empowerment and sustainability (MENSY)

VOICE invites all Youth and Community Workers and People who work with young people to learn more on supporting menstrual literacy in young people in our one-day Train the Trainer Course. The training is a free training session to be run by VOICE in Dublin on the 4th of June.

Dublin 7

Irish Red Cross: Free Mental Health & Psychosocial Support

Irish Red Cross offers a range of mental health and wellbeing supports for people who have fled from Ukraine to Ireland, and for the professionals and volunteers who support them. Our mental health support services include training and therapeutic interventions, depending on your need.

Online

Dublin City University’s (DCU): MA in Ethics (Corporate Responsibility)

Dublin City University’s (DCU) MA in Ethics (Corporate Responsibility) provides participants with knowledge in the foundations of ethics and skills in applying business ethics concepts and frameworks in the context of organisations. The course is part-time, over two years. No philosophy or ethics background is required to apply for this course.

Dublin

Understanding Self Harm - Dún Laoghaire

Understanding Self-Harm Training is a 1-day programme which aims to develop Participants' knowledge and understanding of self-harm and the reasons underlying such behaviour. The program also helps participants consider the needs of people who self-harm.

Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

SafeTALK Training - Dublin 18

safeTALK is a 3½ hour ‘suicide alertness’ programme that prepares participants (over the age of 18 yrs.) to identify and engage with persons who may be having thoughts of suicide. Participants learn how to provide practical help by using the steps of TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and Keepsafe).

Leopardstown, Dublin 18

Understanding Self Harm - Co Mayo

Understanding Self-Harm Training is a 1-day programme which aims to develop Participants' knowledge and understanding of self-harm and the reasons underlying such behaviour. The program also helps participants consider the needs of people who self-harm.

Claremorris, Co Mayo

SafeTALK Training - Co Galway

safeTALK is a 3½ hour ‘suicide alertness’ programme that prepares participants (over the age of 18 yrs.) to identify and engage with persons who may be having thoughts of suicide. Participants learn how to provide practical help by using the steps of TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and Keepsafe).

Co Galway

Maynooth University: Masters of Social Science - Community & Youth Work

The Masters of Social Science in Community & Youth Work is a two-year programme with two 14-week supervised fieldwork placements at its centre. As a student you will participate in a programme of professional education and training that engages you as an active participant in your learning, working in solidarity with those affected by human rights denial, poverty and inequality.

Co Kildare

SafeTALK Training - Ardee

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. Training is free and suitable for those age over 18.

Ardee, Co Louth

Suicide Bereavement Training for Professionals - Tallaght

A workshop for professionals and key contact people providing support to those bereaved by suicide. The workshop is about bereavement & 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.

Tallaght, Dublin 24

Maynooth University – School of Law and Criminology: Postgraduate Programmes

Our aim at the School is to provide students with a world-class legal education, which is grounded in an appreciation of global social, economic, and cultural contexts and challenges. Our Masters programmes in Law and Criminology are taught by recognised experts within a supportive community that provides numerous opportunities for boosting your employability prospects.

Co Kildare

Brahma Kumaris Ireland: What’s on… May 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.

Dublin & Online

Meitheal: Foundation Facilitation Skills Training Course

The 5 Day Foundation Facilitation Skills Training Course aims to provide an introduction to facilitation skills and practice, and to build participants confidence. This training is for those who have experience of group participation and for those who are interested in or beginning to work with groups.

Dublin City

Jigsaw / Belong To: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People

Belong To are launching an updated training programme developed in collaboration with our friends at Jigsaw - The National Centre for Youth Mental Health. This is a free online training delivered in five modules and is designed to upskill anyone working or volunteering with young people.

Online

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

National Training Fund (NTF) Carmichael Webinar: Excel and AI

As part of the National Training Fund 2025 Programme, Carmichael is hosting a free NTF webinar on “Excel and AI – how can AI help with formulas and more?” with Anne Walsh. This 50 minute webinar will include how to use an AI tool (Co-Pilot/Chat GPT) to summarize the results of a set of questionnaires with actionable points.

Online / Zoom

STAND: Skills for Transformation - An Introduction to Facilitation

This immersive, participatory 2-day training explores today’s complex and interconnected crises through role play, debate, art, movement, and other creative active citizenship methods. Ideal for students or recent graduates (18+), activists, professionals and anyone passionate about social change, community organising, and global citizenship education.

Dublin 2

Mentoring with Confidence Course

This 1-day certified course will introduce participants to the key principles of mentoring, equip them with the necessary skills to effectively support mentees, and provide practical tools / techniques that will enable employees to make a positive impact as mentors.

Online / Zoom

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

Dignity Partnership Academy: Upcoming Training Courses

We have two upcoming (free to attend) Training Courses; Online Digital Skills; and Unlock the secrets of Power Dynamics. Our aim is to help equip new communities with the essential knowledge and tools they need to navigate through Irish society.

Online & TU Dublin

Community Impact Network: Training Programme 2025

CIN is a national network focused on building the collective leadership and capacity of organisations to meet the needs of older people in Ireland. We offer Networking, Training, Technology, Resources & Best Practice to support the membership base.

Nationwide

CramdenTECH: AI Awareness Training – eLearning Course

This new eLearning resource is designed for managers and employees at all levels of the organisation. This eLearning resource is structured as a Level 1 awareness raising course comprising several component parts. The course takes approximately 1.5 hours to review.

Online

Irish Hospice Foundation: Online Bereavement & Loss Workshops

Irish Hospice Foundation is running its annual online workshop series, covering a range of topics on bereavement and loss, such as “Working with Adults Facing Death”, “Grief in the Workplace”, and “Loss and Grief in Later Life”. The workshops run until June.

Online

Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion - Tuam

The aim of the Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion is to enhance participants’ capacity to incorporate sexual health promotion into their work through the development of their comfort levels, confidence, knowledge and skills in relation to sexual health.

Tuam, Co Galway