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: Prisons, forensic settings, criminal justice

Online

This peer support session is intended for all independent advocates, managers, and anyone who supports advocacy partners in prisons, forensic settings and criminal justice system. It's a space to ask questions, receive support from peers and share your own insights and expertise. We will base the discussion on the challenges and questions attendees bring on…

Peer Support for Advocacy Leaders: Putting my own oxygen max first (Leader resilience)

Online

In this peer support session, we'll focus on Leader resilience - the ability to navigate stress, uncertainty, and setbacks while maintaining effectiveness and guiding others through these challenges. The session will begin with a short (10 minutes or less) presentation from our facilitator, Joette Thomas, introducing key aspects of the topic. From there, we’ll open the…

Peer support: Thinking about MY wellbeing

Online

This is the first session in our wellbeing-focused peer support series. In this session, we will begin by thinking about our own individual wellbeing. This is time out for people working in independent advocacy to have an opportunity to share their experience and learn some practical ways of supporting wellbeing at work. The session is open…

Peer support: Citizen advocacy

Online

In this peer support session, we'll focus on engaging local MPs and MSPs to support citizen advocacy in Fife. This peer support session is intended for development managers, citizen advocates and any other staff involved in citizen advocacy. You can access notes and resources shared at previous sessions ⁠in this collaborative document, which is updated…

Peer support: Non-instructed advocacy

Online

This peer support session is intended for all independent advocates, managers, and anyone else involved in supporting advocacy partners - adults and children - in a non-instructed setting. It's a space to ask questions, receive support from peers and share your own insights and expertise. We will base the discussion on the challenges and questions…

Peer support for Advocacy Leaders: Making a strong start in autumn

Online

In this peer support session, we'll explore strategies to navigate leadership challenges as we step into autumn season. The session will begin with a short (10 minutes or less) presentation from our facilitator, Joette Thomas, introducing key aspects of the topic. From there, we’ll open the floor for discussion, offering space for participants to share…

Peer support: Collective advocacy

Online

This peer support session is intended for all collective advocacy workers, managers, and others involved in supporting collective advocacy groups. It's a space to ask questions, receive support from peers and share your own insights and expertise. We will base the discussion on the challenges and questions attendees bring on the day. You can also…

Peer support: Prisons, forensic settings, criminal justice

This peer support session is intended for all independent advocates, managers, and anyone who supports advocacy partners in prisons, forensic settings and criminal justice system. It's a space to ask questions, receive support from peers and share your own insights and expertise. We will base the discussion on the challenges and questions attendees bring on…

Peer support: Citizen advocacy

Online

In this session, we will discuss the upcoming 2025 Fife Advocacy Week, focusing on promotion opportunities. We will also follow up on PVG changes, checking in 6 months since new regulation came into force. This peer support session is intended for development managers, citizen advocates and any other staff involved in citizen advocacy. You can…

Peer support for Advocacy Leaders: Getting what we need from our trustees

Online

In this peer support session, we'll focus on the ins and outs of working with the board of trustees to ensure they provide support and oversight necessary for the success of your organisation. The session will begin with a short (10 minutes or less) presentation from our facilitator, Joette Thomas, introducing key aspects of the topic.…

Peer support: Non-instructed advocacy

Online

This peer support session is intended for all independent advocates, managers, and anyone else involved in supporting advocacy partners - adults and children - in a non-instructed setting. It's a space to ask questions, receive support from peers and share your own insights and expertise. We will base the discussion on the challenges and questions…

Peer support: Thinking about OUR wellbeing

Online

This is the second session in our wellbeing-focused peer support series. In this session, we will begin by thinking about how teams can work in ways that support wellbeing more directly. This is time out for people working in independent advocacy to have an opportunity to share their experience and learn some practical ways of…

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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