Upcoming training for PAs/DP users
Information and details of how to register for free online training for PAs and direct payment employees.
Independent living group - new Employment Rights Act 2025 training
Friday 6th March 11am - 12pm
Are you an Individual Employer? Join our FREE online session summarising the Employment Rights Act 2025.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 became law on 18th December 2025 bringing amendments and additions to existing legislation to be introduced throughout 2026/27.
Independent Living Group Ltd welcome you to join us for our first in a series of webinars to summarise these changes and what they will mean for PA employers and Direct Payment support advisors.
These sessions will be hosted by ILG Director, Rachel Harkin, who heads up the ILG Support legal advice team and ILG's Direct Payment lead and fellow Director, David Ashley.
Free to attend - these sessions will be relevant for DP practitioners and PA employers alike.
Partners in care
Experiencing Dementia includes virtual reality dementia experience (please note there is a cost to this course).
Venue: Partners in Care-Shrewsbury
Wednesday 9th March 2026 | 9am – 4:30pm
Feedback from recent attendee:
“I attended the Ethical Workforce Solutions training in Experiencing Dementia Course in June 2025 and highly recommend the course to anyone who is supporting someone with dementia, whether as a care professional or family member.
It was interactive and full of insightful information. You will not be disappointed; Ash [Nelson] and his team are full of knowledge and ideas which will get you thinking and empathising with those you are supporting with dementia.
The course was very well paced, informative and fun. It will change your perspective and give you deeper understanding."
Skills for Care
The Individual Employer (IE) Fund is open for applications! As an individual employer you can apply for funding to train yourself and your personal assistants. Please take a look at their webpage for further information and how to apply.
Skills for Care also hold monthly Q&A sessions throughout the year, as well as webinars to aid employment and recruitment of PAs.
Get yourself moving training
Supporting disabled people to move more: training video for the social care workforce in Shropshire in, Telford and Wrekin.
As part of the Get Yourself Active Local programme, delivered by Disability Rights UK in partnership with Energize STW, we’ve created a physical activity training video for the social care workforce in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin based on workshops we recently delivered in the area.
This training video (which is 45 minutes long) is designed to help carers, support workers, and personal assistants feel more confident and informed when supporting disabled people and those living with long-term health conditions to be more physically active. It includes real-life examples, along with practical hints and tips, to support learning and application in everyday practice”
Disability Rights UK