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32 resources suitable for Volunteers
BMBA Training
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Training for Boots Macmillan Beauty Advisors to complete before face-to-face training. You can also use this as a refresher whenever you need it to make sure you’re confident to provide the best support possible to customers living with cancer.
BMIP Refresher Course
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Refresher training for qualified Boots Macmillan Information Pharmacists to supplement your core learning.
Cancer Awareness
- Public
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
An overview and introduction to cancer awareness, living with and beyond cancer and End of Life and Palliative Care.
Cancer Information Development Volunteers
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Guidance for volunteers helping Macmillan produce information about cancer types, tests and treatments, and living with and after cancer in a variety of formats.
Cancer Support Course Trainers Area
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Format
- Group
News, information, guidance and resources for trainers of the Cancer Support Course.
Cancer Voices learning needs tool
- Public
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
How to find a suitable volunteering role for yourself as a person affected by cancer.
Core BMIP learning programme
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Core training which is compulsory to complete in order to qualify as a Boots Macmillan Information Pharmacist to support customers living with cancer.
Emotional Wellbeing: an introduction
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Face-to-Face
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Well-being and emotional resilience
This Emotional Health and Wellbeing (EH&WB) taster session will introduce you to our Macmillan Wellbeing Framework© which provides a host of resources and learning opportunities that holistically consider your overall emotional health and wellbeing. The session will broadly cover some of the content within the framework, such as building resilience skills, and then sign-post you to where and how you might extend your learning across all of the content areas within the framework.
Hints and tips for Adobe Connect Learn
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Before joining one of our Virtual Classrooms, please take this short course for some helpful hints and tips for using Adobe Connect. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our Virtual Classrooms soon.
HOPE Information Session
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Face-to-Face
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Living with the impact of cancer
This 2.5 hour virtual session is an opportunity to learn more about Macmillan’s HOPE programme that runs under licence from H4C (hope in the community).
HOPE Relaxation Audio Tracks
- Public
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Audio files to aid relaxation, from the Help Overcome Problems Effectively course materials.
How to be the ultimate events volunteer
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Learn more about how our fundraising events made a difference to people affect by cancer and how you can make time matter by providing excellent support during our events.
Introduction to Healthwatch
- Public
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Learn about Healthwatch and how Macmillan can support you to get involved.
Keeping Data Safe - Volunteers
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
This training for volunteers will take you through everything you need to know and do to collect, store, share, manage and destroy information in the right way.
Key Tools for Volunteers
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Tools to develop your skills and ensure you feel happy and confident in the activities you do on Macmillan's behalf.
Lone Worker - Level 2
- Staff
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Loss, grief and bereavement
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Face-to-Face
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Palliative and end-of-life care
This 3.5 hour virtual classroom workshop aims to help you gain a deeper understanding on the wide range of losses and grief experienced by people living with cancer. It helps you feel more confident in using your skills to deal appropriately with individual situations. It is important to understand that you will need to be prepared to explore and share your own experiences in this workshop
Macmillan Telephone Buddy Learning Resources
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Resources for volunteers involved in Macmillan's Telephone Befriending service.
Macmillan Telephone Buddy Learning Resources for Current Macmillan Volunteers and our Corporate Partners (ES)
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Resources to support Macmillan's Telephone Buddy scheme.
Macmillan Telephone Buddy Learning Resources for current Macmillan volunteers and our Corporate Partners (non-ES)
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Resources to support Macmillan's Telephone Buddy scheme.
Macmillan Telephone Buddy Learning Resources for new Macmillan volunteers
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Resources to support Macmillan's Telephone Buddy scheme.
Macmillan Telephone Buddy Learning Resources for volunteers in another organisation that works with Macmillan
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Resources to support Macmillan's Telephone Buddy scheme.
Mental Health Awareness
- Staff
- Volunteers
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Macmillan’s Level 1 in Mental Health Awareness is suitable for all employees with an interest in learning more about mental health. This is the first step to understanding mental health and can be used by anyone as a refresher if you have done more detailed training in the past.
Northern Ireland Services Events
- Public
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Group
Resources and downloads for Northern Ireland Macmillan events.
Online Community Champions
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Developed by the Online Community team, this training is for Community Champions to feel confident in their role.
Safeguarding in Macmillan – Level 1
- Staff
- Volunteers
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Introduction to Safeguarding and Child Protection in Macmillan, including your responsibilities as a volunteer, staff member or Macmillan Professional and who to contact in times of concern.
SAGE and THYME
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Face-to-Face
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- The changing cancer environment
The 3hrs virtual workshop, run by 2 facilitators, teaches you how to use a structured approach to getting into and out of a conversation with someone who is upset or has concerns, whilst providing basic psychological support. The workshop uses a mix of small group work, lectures and rehearsals.
Supporting Carers: A Volunteer's Toolkit
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Develops volunteers' knowledge and awareness of cancer carers so you feel happy and confident in identifying and signposting them to support.
The London Cancer Community
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
Develop your skills and knowledge to equip you to work as a member of The London Cancer Community.
Understanding cancer and its treatments
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Face-to-Face
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- The changing cancer environment
The aim of these 2 half-day workshops is to raise awareness of the nature of cancer, prevention, early detection, investigation, staging and treatment options for cancer.
Volunteer induction
- Volunteers
- Format
- E-Learning
An overview of Macmillan and the role of our volunteers.
Ways of getting involved
- Public
- Staff
- Volunteers
- Format
- external service
A tool to show you all the ways you can get involved in improving cancer services.