Good Conversations is a two and a half hour session by Linking Lives, for anyone volunteering to host a welcome space for the public. This might include cafe drop-ins, foodbanks, Warm Welcome Spaces and any other community initiatives.
Benefits of the training include:
- Improves confidence in your volunteering role
- Enables you to recognise skills you already have and how to apply them to your role
- Equips you with new knowledge and skills
- Provides reassurance that you are prepared to deal with a wider range of circumstances
- Highlights some unhelpful things we do in conversation and how to avoid them
- Aids in avoidance of embarrassing or awkward situations - reduces personal risk
Linking Lives is offering this training free of charge (usually £5)
You can book your place here, they also have lots of other free resources on their website.
