Training and services

eLearning

ASH Scotland has produced the following eLearning training courses: 

• Understanding Tobacco
• Supporting Behaviour Change
• Smoking and Financial Support
• Smoking and Mental Health
• Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Smoke-free Colleges and University Campuses
• Second-hand smoke and smoke-free homes
• Tobacco and Cannabis
• Smoking and Young People
• Young Carers, Smoking and Second-hand Smoke

In addition to the eLearning courses our we also have the following downloadable resources:

• Resources and activities pack for secondary schools
• Resources and activities pack for youth work settings
• Second-hand smoke resources and activities for delivering workshops to parents and carers
• Second-hand smoke resource pack for delivering training to health professionals
• Tobacco-free cultures training pack for children and young people who are looked after

To access the courses or download these resources, please download the user guide and click the button below to enter our eLearning site:

We can also produce and deliver bespoke training courses for a range of professional groups.  Please contact bscheepers@ashscotland.org.uk to talk more about your training needs. 

Other services

ASH Scotland provides a broad range of services to help public, private and third sector organisations address the harm tobacco causes to their clients, staff, service users and communities.

Our professional and highly skilled staff are able to deliver on a wide spectrum of commissioned work, for example:

• We've adapted a range of our existing support, training and briefings and we are now excited to offer these as a range of online sessions (using either Zoom or Teams)
• briefing papers on any subject related to tobacco and health, from one-page overviews to tailored briefing papers and evidence reviews to comprehensive policy analysis
• service audits and development of tobacco policies for services, from schools and youth groups through to mental health projects or family support
• surveys and focus groups of community interests such as potential service users or young people
• advice and support for partners to develop local tobacco plans.

We have published a new leaflet setting out the wide range of ways in which we can provide information, guidance and support to enable frontline organisations to engage with their clients on smoking. If you work in any service supporting people then we may have something tailored to help you. 

If you would like further information about any of these areas of work, please contact us on 0131 225 4725 or via enquiries@ashscotland.org.uk.

Training by partner organisations

Public Health Scotland are a key partner of ASH Scotland who we have worked with on a range of projects.  They have developed a suite of eLearning modules and face-to-face training for specialist stop-smoking advisors, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who have a role in providing ongoing stop-smoking support to clients.

For further information on this tobacco training, please visit Public Health Scotland's Virtual Learning Environment or email hselearningqueries@nhs.net