SIAA facilitates many training events, roundtables, and information sharing sessions specifically intended for independent advocacy organisations. These events are member-only and designed to provide you with new skills, build organisational capacity and provide an opportunity for you to share your views on key policy topics relevant to human rights and independent advocacy.

SIAA also run regular online peer support sessions. The peer support sessions are informal opportunities for you to meet colleagues from across the sector, share ideas and provide mutual support. We run sessions for managers and sessions for staff once a month.

Find out more about upcoming events and peer support sessions, and sign up below!

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Peer support: Open to everyone (drop-in)

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, administration & support staff, managers, chief executives, and any other worker at SIAA member organisation. If you’re reading this, you’re invited! This is a recurring meeting that takes place every…

Peer support for Advocacy Leaders (Supporting change)

Online

In November, we will discuss what it means to support change as leaders. Joette will begin with a short presentation to introduce the group to the topic and kick-start the conversation. Being a leader in an independent advocacy organisation can be incredibly rewarding, but it comes with its own set of challenges. Whether you're facing…

Peer support: Prisons, forensic settings, criminal justice

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, administration & support staff, managers, chief executives, and any other worker at SIAA member organisation that supports advocacy partners in prisons (including liberated from prison), forensic settings, criminal justice…

Peer support: Collective advocacy

Online

What is this session about? In December, we'll discuss collective advocate's toolkit. Which tools, techniques and approaches are most useful in your collective advocacy work? How do you use them in preparation, communication/outreach, leading the session, and following up? Before we dive into your toolkits, we'll have space to discuss your recent work and challenges,…

Peer support: Prisons, forensic settings, criminal justice

Online

In January, we will be joined by Natalie Beal, who is currently Divisional Head of Operations Support at Scottish Prison Service. Natalie has worked in Prison Service for 16 years, and has previous experience as Governor and Deputy Governor. There will be an opportunity to ask questions! This Zoom session is a chance to connect,…

Peer support: Citizen Advocacy

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all citizen advocates, development managers, and any other staff member involved in planning or delivering citizen advocacy. This is a recurring meeting that will take place every 3 months. Examples of topics we discussed…

Peer support: Non-instructed advocacy

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, managers, and any other worker involved in planning or delivering non-instructed advocacy. This is a recurring meeting that will take place every 3 months. What to expect from the…

Peer support: Open to everyone (drop-in)

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, administration & support staff, managers, chief executives, and any other worker at SIAA member organisation. If you’re reading this, you’re invited! This is a recurring meeting that takes place every…

Peer support: Collective advocacy

Online

Who is it for? This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for collective advocacy workers and their managers working across Scotland, but welcomes anyone who works with groups of people, organizes events and raises awareness about independent advocacy. It's a community of…

Peer support: Open to everyone (drop-in)

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, administration & support staff, managers, chief executives, and any other worker at SIAA member organisation. If you’re reading this, you’re invited! This is a recurring meeting that takes place every…

Peer support: Prisons, forensic settings, criminal justice

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for all individual and collective advocates, administration & support staff, managers, chief executives, and any other worker at SIAA member organisation that supports advocacy partners in prisons (including liberated from prison), forensic settings, criminal justice…

Peer support: Collective advocacy

Online

This Zoom session is a chance to connect, share knowledge, and exchange experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges. It’s intended for collective advocacy workers and their managers across Scotland. It's a community of practice, focusing on ins and outs of working with groups. This is a recurring meeting that will take place every 6 weeks.…

I’ve found the Managers Peer to Peer support sessions invaluable; it feels supportive and safe and as a relatively new CEO it really has helped build my confidence as well as relationships with peers. Thank you.

SIAA member, 2022

I have enjoyed the SIAA training events I have attended and I have been able to attend more than I would have in the past due to courses being on zoom etc.

SIAA member, 2022

I found it really helpful to be connected to a larger group and to hear the variety of perspectives from others as we all face the impact of the coronavirus on our organisations, people, clients and key stakeholders.

SIAA member, 2020

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