CPD WORKSHOP WITH SOPHIE COOK
LGBTQ+ Awareness
About the workshop
It’s a proven fact that people are happier and feel better when they feel free to express their true identity, whether that be their sexuality or gender identity.
It’s also known that an understanding of diversity and the issues that affect different groups can vastly improve people’s lives in order to fully embrace diversity experience real world benefits.
Sophie Cook, author, campaigner and TEDx speaker has designed an LGBTQ+ Awareness course that helps you understand the issues faced by LGBTQ+ people. Through the use of personal stories it increases empathy helping us to build an LGBTQ+ friendly culture.
What will I do on this workshop?
A Hate Crime Ambassador for Sussex Police and Ambassador for Kick It Out, Sophie looks at identifying prejudice, and looks at the variety of terminology so that no one need ever be afraid of saying the wrong thing. We consider these questions:
– What is LGBTQ+? What is LGBTQXYZ?
– Aren’t people just gay or straight?
– What’s the difference between sexuality and gender identity?
– LGBTQ+ history, what were Stonewall and Section 28?
– How many boxes? Intersectionality and diversity.
– Why do LGBTQ+ people suffer disproportionately with their mental health?
Who is it for?
This training is open to anyone and everyone interested in mental health, self-harm and LGBTQ issues. Candidates will be inspired by this very personal account of vulnerability and resilience.
About the trainer
SOPHIE COOK (pictured right) is passionate about diversity and inclusion and fighting to break the stigma around Mental Health and suicide.
Former Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate, RAF veteran, writer, speaker, broadcaster, photographer, self harm and suicide survivor… and transgender.
Dr Sophie Cook FRSA became the first transgender woman to work in football’s Premier League as club photographer for AFC Bournemouth following her transition from Steve to Sophie in the summer of 2015.
Europe’s first trans TV newscaster, Sophie has hosted her own TV and radio chat shows and is an experienced broadcaster.
In the 2017 General Election she contested the East Worthing & Shoreham seat, increasing the Labour vote by 114% and narrowly missing out on becoming the UK’s first trans MP.
Sophie is an in-demand public speaker, delivering keynote talks internationally including a TEDx Talk on change, fear, vulnerability, diversity, mental health and LGBT workshops for high profile organisations such as JP Morgan, Virgin Media, Asda and Stonewall.
With extensive experience of working with organisations of all sizes Sophie Cook provides out-sourced mental health and diversity and inclusion advice that helps businesses to work more effectively and be more cohesive through the power of shared experience and recognising the things that we have in common rather than those which divide us.
In 2019 as recognition of her work around mental health Sophie was awarded the title of Doctor of Letters honoris causa by Bournemouth University and invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 2020.
Sophie was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+ Life Award at the 2020 British LGBT Awards and in 2019 was named as the 13th Most Influential Person in Brighton according to the Brighton Power 100.
Sophie’s autobiography ‘Not Today: How I Chose Life’ which charts her personal journey from despair to redemption and acts as a self help book for anyone struggling with their mental health and identity is out now. Sophie is currently writing her second book ‘Not Today: Losing My Addictions’.
Key facts
Workshop Date: Saturday 29th January 2022
Times: 9am to 3pm
Fee: £50 per person
Qualification: CPD Certificate will be given
Location: Worthing College
This workshop will only run with a minimum of 15 candidates.
If you need any further information about this course please email info@caracounsellingtraining.co.uk.
ONLINE BOOKING
To book this CPD workshop online go to: www.mhtickets.co.uk/LGBTQ+.
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