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Upcoming Training

Please contact us 3 months in advance if you are interested in hosting a BTS training session.

If you would like to join one of the sessions below, please contact the facilitator to ensure you can be accommodated.

There are currently no upcoming training sessions planned.

BTS Foundations Training

WHEN: Sunday 9th February 2025 – 1 pm to 4 pm. 
WHERE: 35-37 Victoria Avenue, Toukley (Toukley Presbyterian Church). 

Facilitator: Roger Stonehouse

Contact:  0427 881 299 or rogerstonehouse@hotmail.com

BTS Foundations Training

WHEN: Sunday 16th February 2025 – 1 pm to 4 pm. 
WHERE: 14 Young Street, West Gosford (Gosford Presbyterian Church). 

Facilitator: Roger Stonehouse

Contact:  0427 881 299 or rogerstonehouse@hotmail.com

BTS Foundations Training

WHEN: Sunday 16th February 2025 – 12 pm to 3 pm. 
WHERE: Lismore (SCPC church building or Lismore High – TBA closer to the date). 

Facilitator: Jon Flood
Contact:  0406 380 909 or jflood@pcnsw.org.au  

BTS Foundations Training

WHEN: Saturday 8th March 2025 – 10 am to 1pm
WHERE: 25 Forbes Street, Grenfell (Uniting Church Hall) 

Facilitator: Kerry Kermac

Contact: Steven Hay, 0429499338 or stevenhay83@gmail.com 

Attendance of Breaking the Silence: Foundations Training is free of charge for individuals who are part of a Presbyterian Church.  If you do not attend a Presbyterian Church but would like to complete the Breaking the Silence course, there is a $25 cost per person.

Certificates of training can be issued upon request to be sent to you after attending a CPU-lead training session. If you require a certificate, please indicate this to the facilitator on the day.

Please contact the CPU if you have questions about attending training.

  • Face-to-face: Facilitated by a CPU Trainer

    The Conduct Protocol Unit runs training for people who are part of Presbyterian churches and organisations, free of charge. These sessions are generally run in the greater Sydney region, however, we are happy to run training in other parts of NSW, and when possible, in the other states and territories we serve.

  • Host a CPU-run Training Session

    If you would like someone from the CPU to come and run BTS Foundations Training in your church, and are happy to open up the session to anyone from nearby Presbyterian churches to attend, get in touch with us - cpu-training@pcnsw.org.au.

  • Facilitated over ZOOM

    In some instances, you can also arrange for a CPU Trainer to run the BTS Foundations Training course over the video conferencing platform Zoom.

The CPU serves the Presbyterian Church of Australia in NSW, ACT, WA and Tasmania in:

  • Responding to and meeting statutory requirements regarding:
      • child abuse,
      • risk of significant harm,
      • reportable conduct,
      • sexual misconduct, and
      • conduct which breaches the Breaking the Silence Code of Conduct.
  • Investigating or overseeing investigations of allegations and complaints of abuse appropriately.  For example, reportable conduct scheme investigations.