Money Advice Scotland - April to June events and latest updates

Money Advice Scotland’s events schedule for April to June is listed below. All sessions are free of charge. 

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April events

• 10th - How Are We Really Doing? Insights from the 2024/25 Workforce Wellbeing Survey
• 15th - Wellbeing Training: A Practical Guide to Managing Team Wellbeing
• 22nd - Joint conference hosted by MAS, CAS, StepChange, and CAP
• 22nd - An Intro to Financial Wellbeing: Training for Third Sector Practitioners
• 29th - Wellbeing Training: Building Empowerment and Resilience through Transactional Analysis (Intensive Driving Course)
• 30th - An Intro to Financial Wellbeing: Training for Third Sector Practitioners

STUC Apprenticeships Event 2025

As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, the 3rd Annual STUC Apprenticeships Event was held on Friday, 7th March in the Margaret Irwin Centre, Glasgow, with support from TUC Education in Scotland. The theme of the event was ‘Skills for Now and The Future’ with a focus on equipping apprentices with skills for progressing in the workplace.

Chaired by STUC Youth Committee member Stewart Duncan of the RMT, the event brought apprentices and reps together from across section of workplaces, with a particularly high level of participation from the construction and engineering sector.

STUC colleagues delivered an opening keynote speech highlighting the importance of developing structures to ensure the voice of young workers is heard not only in workplaces but across the trade union movement.

Everyday Skills Event 2025

The 17^th Annual Everyday Skills Event ‘Supporting Learners in the Workplace’ was held online on Thursday the 27^th of February 2025. The Event enabled trade unions to raise awareness of Everyday Skills issues in the workplace and share best practice in supporting those with Everyday Skills needs.

It was attended by Union Learning Representatives, Learning Organisers, Equality Reps, Tutors and members who cascade information and skills in workplaces.

The event was chaired by Catherine Garvie, Senior Development Officer, Scottish Union Learning and addressed by Roz Foyer, General Secretary, STUC, and Wendy Burton, Director of Scottish Union Learning. Guest speaker Philippa Cochrane, Head of Reading Communities at the Scottish Book Trust, gave a presentation on ‘Reading for Pleasure - supporting learners to build a lifelong reading habit to unlock lifelong benefits.’

CyberScotland Week: 24 February - 2 March 2025

This week is CyberScotland Week.

With funding from The Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Unit, Scottish Union Learning, in partnership with Digital Skills Education, supports the development of cyber resilience in Scottish workplaces through trade union-led learning and events.

This Thursday, our 2025 Everyday Skills Event includes a session on AI and digital wellbeing with Digital Skills Education. It is aimed at Union Learning Representatives, Learning Organisers, Equality Reps, Tutors and members who cascade information and skills in workplaces. For more info and to register, see our Forthcoming events page.

Visit cyberscotlandweek.com to browse other events in your area or online.

For more information on our cyber resilience work visit scottishunionlearning.com/cyber-resilience.