Public health training

Would you like to learn more about public health?

We can support you with a variety of courses and workshops if you’re looking to improve your knowledge and awareness in health promotion, prevention and protection. 

Our training will support personal and professional development in your workplace or your local community. Courses will be delivered in a professional setting at approved centres across Norfolk.

People with dementia sometimes need a helping hand to go about their daily lives and feel included in their local community.

A Dementia Friend learns a little bit more about what it's like to live with the condition, then turns that understanding into action that could make a difference to people living with dementia.

Dementia Friends is a national initiative run by the Alzheimer's Society (opens new window), which aims to improve people's understanding of dementia and its effects. Anyone of any age can be a Dementia Friend.

Dementia Friends information sessions are delivered for free to any group of interested individuals (minimum of five), whether it’s a community organisation, set of employees or just a social group.

Sessions last about an hour and can be arranged at a time and location to suit you. 

Additional information sessions run by other organisations can be found on the Dementia Friends website (opens new window).

Here's some feedback from previous events:

• “Really well-structured, informative and fun.”
• “A truly inspirational session, I was amazed at how little I knew and how I can now inform people easily. Great thanks!”
• “Having just started working with people with dementia I found the talk extremely informative, particularly the ‘bookcase’ analogy.”
• “Fab talk. Lara did very well delivering the talk and I’m sure people will go away feeling they have learnt a lot from this, thank you."
• “I’ve recently completed a level 2 dementia course and I was very impressed with fun, informative way that Lara delivered the session.”

Terrence Higgins Trust Norfolk's training programme provides a wide range of learning opportunities for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge and confidence in addressing sexual health issues. Topics covered include:

• An introduction to STIs: To highlight basic information relating to STIs in the UK
• A timeline of gay rights in the UK: The evolution of LGBT+ rights in the UK and the impact on the LGBT+ community
• An introduction to sexual health promotion and young people: To explore the key information and knowledge relevant to supporting young people with their sexual health
• Chlamydia - Encouraging young people to test: To support participants in promoting chlamydia testing to young people
• Consent, confidentiality and Fraser guidelines: To offer a short introduction to the concepts of consent and confidentiality in relation to working with under 16s when providing sexual health information and support
• C-Card under 16s - How to join up 13-15 year olds: What you need to know and do to join up 13-15 year olds to the scheme
• Getting the hang of the C-Card scheme: To introduce you to the C-Card scheme so you can consider setting your service up
• Learning disabilities and sexual health: A short overview of working with people with learning disabilities around sexual health promotion and education
• Supporting the delivery of RSE (Part 1): To increase confidence in delivering relationships and sex education (RSE) sessions
• Supporting the delivery of RSE (Part 2): To provide key information and messages to support RSE sessions
• Talking consent with young people: A beginners' guide: To be able to have useful conversations with young people about consenting to sexual activity
• The future of HIV in the UK: We will take you through the strategies to end HIV infections and improve the outcomes for people living with HIV in the UK
• PrEP: All you need to know: We will take you through what you need to know about Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Courses take place in Norwich, though for certain organisations the sexual health promotion team may be able to deliver courses to whole teams within their workplaces.

Take a look at the current training programme (opens new window) or contact the sexual health promotion team at Terrence Higgins Trust Norfolk on 01603 226666. 

As part of the nationwide NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, the Norfolk and Suffolk Wellbeing Service is offering stress control taster sessions and full courses for employers and their staff.

The IAPT programme is designed to reduce stress related absence from work, which can be achieved by providing people with tools and strategies to manage their stress levels more effectively. 

This course will support people to manage their stress both at work and at home, as well as letting people know how to access further support within the Wellbeing Service if they require it.

Stress control taster session

This two hour session covers understanding stress, what keeps stress going and how to manage stress. The session also provides information on what else the Wellbeing Service can offer.

This free course can be delivered at workplaces at a suitable time - wherever possible we will be flexible to fit in with the needs of your organisation.

Full course

This course goes into more detail around the management of stress and how to take control of our body, thoughts and actions, as well as addressing panic and sleep.

It's delivered for free at your workplace in four 90-minute sessions over four weeks. Again, wherever possible we will be flexible to fit in with the needs of your organisation. 

For more information or to book a course call 0300 123 1503 or visit the Wellbeing Service website (opens new window).