GIC’s Training and Education Officer provides sessions for local groups on a range of rights based issues. Recent sessions have included:

• Introduction to Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits
• Housing Benefit
• Rights of Carers
• In Work Benefits and Tax Credits
• Pension Credits
• Benefits for young people

GIC also advise, support and train management committees of local organisations on their role and responsibilities as employers. Recent training sessions have included:

• Contracts of employment
• Paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Dispute resolution in the work place
• Fixed-term work and flexible working
• Discrimination
• Roles and responsibilities of directors of companies limited by guarantee

If your organisation or group would be interested in receiving a training or information session on a rights based issue, contact GIC to discuss your training needs or area of interest. GIC can deliver training and information sessions for voluntary groups, health workers and local authority departments who work in North Edinburgh.