06/09/2016
TWICS is going to be running a Community Development Award course, as the info below, starting on Friday 23rd September.
City and Guilds (the awarding body we have run the course through) have informed us that they are discontinuing offering the Award and so this will be the last one we can offer with a City &Guilds qualification. We are currently looking at other accreditation options but it is possible that any future Community Development courses will be taught without the option for accreditation.
So, if you are interested in doing this popular course, do sign up for it, and do tell anyone else you think might be interested.
If you have any queries or would like to have an initial conversation about its suitability for you, then please get in contact with Iane Chambers (copied in) for more info.
Award in Community Development
City and Guilds Level 2 / 3
Are you involved in volunteer or paid community development work? This is a chance to gain a recognised qualification.
The course is suitable both for people who are volunteers or who are just starting out in a community development role, leading to a Level 2 Award, or, following initial assessment, there is the possibility of working for the Level 3 award. The Level 3 is suitable to people with existing experience as a community development worker.
The course will cover: what Community Development is, what its values are, and how to approach working as community development worker/volunteer. Also covered are why people get involved in their community, how to encourage them, and how community groups work. It will also explore social inequality and diversity in communities.
Six Friday sessions (in two blocks) on: 23rd Sept, 30th Sept, 7th October; 4th, 11th & 18th of November. Session times: 9.45am – 2.45pm.
at: Swaythling Neigbourhood Centre, Hampton Park Way
off Broadlands Road, Southampton, SO17 3AT.
(Served by all University buses, very close to U1A and U1C routes)
Cost:
Unemployed and receipt of benefit - Free
Volunteers with income less than £12,000 - £62
Volunteers with income £12,000 to £18,000 - £125
Full fee (paid workers or those with income over £18,00) -£250
To enrol on the course please e-mail Iane Chambers [email protected] and ask for a booking form.
