Free health and wellbeing training returns to Derry for Spring 2026

The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement (HIEI) Department have launched their first Training Brochure for 2026, which offers free training courses starting from April to September 2026.

The HIEI works in partnership with other statutory, community and voluntary organisations to address health inequalities and help improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in the Western Health & Social Care Trust (Western Trust) area. 

We aim to build on the skills and capacity of people to deliver quality, effective health improvement programmes, co-ordinate and facilitate health improvement activities and provide health and wellbeing information and advice.

We are committed to a co-production approach and value service user and carer involvement.  Please get in touch if you would like to help shape our training provision and development of new programmes so that our service becomes more responsive to your needs.

The training courses are found under the headings of Children & Families, Emotional Health & Wellbeing, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Sexual Health and Personal & Public Involvement.

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The Department is delighted to announce that the Emotional Health & Wellbeing and Nutrition courses are now each categorised into a tiered learning and skills framework.  These frameworks will help to inform you which courses are suited to your Personal and Professional Development. Emotional Health & Wellbeing is divided into Tiers 1 to 4 and aligns to the PHA Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention Training Framework. Nutrition is divided into Levels 1 and 2.

We are offering three new courses in this edition;’ Exploring the contents of Thriving Mind’, ‘Introduction to Personal and Public Involvement’ and ‘Baby Massage’. Three courses are returning; ‘Boccia Leaders Award’, ‘Disability Inclusion Training’ and ‘Solihull 2 Day Foundation Training’.

Courses will be delivered face to face in a range of locations across the WHSCT or via Zoom.  

To register: on each course there is a ‘click here to register icon’ that directs you a Microsoft form where you can register for the course and date. Please be aware that you are registering your interest, by completing the Microsoft form it does not mean you are guaranteed a place. If you need an alternative method of registering, please feel free to contact us using one of the methods below. 

If you have any issues applying for courses or accessing our training online, please contact us on the details below.

Phone: 02871 865 127 Email: health.improvement@westerntrust.hscni.net.

WHSCT Health Improvement, Equality and Involvement Department, Maple Villa B, Gransha Park, Clooney Road, Derry BT47 6WJ.

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