Creating Changes: Using Community Development to support small community groups, voluntary organisations and networks in your local area
Introduction to Running Community Development Training
‘[It’s] good to understand exactly what community development is and how to do it.’
‘…lots of new information to take back.’
Feedback from previous course B participants
Course Code B Free* 2 day Creating Changes training course
Date: Tuesday 16th & Wednesday 17th October 2012
Time:9.30am – 4.00pm
Venue: Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services 151 Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2AH Tel:0151 227 5177
About Creating Changes: Creating Changes is a project offering free community development training to a wide range of local support and development organisations, so that they can improve their practice in supporting small groups and networks.
Course aims: This course offers the opportunity for course participants to develop an awareness of participatory and inclusive methods of planning, delivering and evaluating short Community Development taster sessions.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Identify the learning support needs of specific community groups
- Use the values and process of Community Development in their work
- Explore the process of planning and delivering taster courses to community groups
- Create a record of personal learning.
Who is this course for?
Introduction to Running Community Development Training is a two day course aimed at community activists and paid and unpaid workers who, within their ongoing roles, support the learning, development and actions of small groups and networks and who are interested in developing their skills, knowledge and understanding of how to use participative approaches in facilitating informal community development learning as part of such work. You do not need to be a generic Community Development Worker.
*We arefunded to provide thistraining free to the Community and Voluntary Sector, whose bookings take priority. Subject to availability, statutory/private sector employeesare welcometo take part in the training for a smallcharge of £25.
What information do we need about you?
- You should be able to name six small groups/networks you are working with in response to question 2 on the booking form. If you find it difficult to name up to six groups you can contact Suki Shergill at FCDL on 0114 2536770 or to discuss this further.
- You should be involved in supporting the collective action or community members and groups. Your responses to booking form question 3 will give us information about this.
As we are keen to learn about the impact of your learning from the course on your work with the groups you support, we will contact you two months after the training. A tracking form will be sent to you for you to complete that will help you to reflect on your development of new skills and the impact of this in practice on the groups you named on the application form.
Please look out for our future practice sharing workshops to improve your practice and your continuous professional development.
Booking form
Course Code B, Tues 16th & Wed 17th October 2012, Liverpool
Please complete all sections.
Your details
Name:
Role/job:
Group/Organisation:
Our community group is a CC Demonstration Project (Please tick if applicable)
Do you prefer to be contacted through your organisation or home contact details?
Organisation or Home
Organisation address:
Postcode:
Tel: Email:
Home address:
Postcode:
Tel: Email:
Dietary needs:
Support or access needs:Please give details of any requirements you have - including hearing loop or sign language interpretation.
Fees
Statutory / private sector
Please invoice me for £25 ORCheque (payable to FCDL) for £25 enclosed
Community / voluntary sector . If yes, are you: Paid or Unpaid
Attendance at this workshop is free to Community and Voluntary Sector participants, however a returnable deposit of £20 is required to secure your place. The deposit will be returned to you, providing that you attend the event.
I agree to be invoiced for £20 if I do not attend ORCheque (payable to FCDL) for £20 enclosed
Further information
1. How would you like this course to help your organisation / network support the development of small community groups?
2. Please name 6 community groups that your learning and development will impact on over the next 6 months (for Managers this can mean through your team/Management Committee).
1. / 2.3. / 4.
5. / 6.
3. What is your role in supporting these community groups? These categories are based on what workers identified in previous Creating Changes workshops.
1.Supporting group development (Essential requirement for attending this course)
2.Governance
3.Liaise between statutory sectors and community and voluntary sectors
4.Managing buildings
5.Delivering learning/training
6.Support/advice
7.Signposting
8.Fundraising
Are there any other key roles that you carry out that haven’t been identified above?
By taking part in this training you are agreeing to share information with us so that we can support you in tracking your learning and development while working with community groups over a 6 month period. Please tick to say that you agree to this
Please tick if you are a member of FCDL
FCDL may, in exceptional circumstances only (due to limited budgets), be able to support partial travel costs. Tick here if you would like more details
If you are not already listed on our database, your details will be added and you will receive information about events and other FCDL work. Please tick if you do not wish to receive this information
Registration and refreshments available from 9.30 am, the course starts at 10.00am and finishes at 4.00pm. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. Further information, including venue details, will be provided once your booking is confirmed.
Please return your completed form by Ist October 2012 to:
Sue Leach, Admin Support Officer, Federation for Community Development Learning,
3rd Floor, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW
Tel: 0114 253 6770Fax: 0114 253 6771
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