This 3-week course will cover essential information for community groups to develop community needs assessment skills and how to respond to their local community.
We will cover:
The principles of community engagement
Identifying priorities and barriers of their local communities
Techniques, tools and approaches
Evaluation of the information you have gathered
Using this information to create a project plan or proposal
This course is ideal for anyone working for a community organisation who really wants to understand and respond to their local community.
Contact us at learning@gcda.org.uk if you have any queries.
Due to large numbers of people booking onto our courses and not turning up, we are now taking a £10 deposit for each course to help ensure attendance.
You will be eligible to get the deposit back if you attend every session. Or, if you can’t attend, you must:
· Email or contact the tutor or admin team on Learning@gcda.org.uk to let them know you can’t make it.
· Still attend at least 70% of the course. Do not book on if you think you cannot attend 70% of the course.
· You must give 24 hours notice to be eligible for the refund
· If you don’t show up and don’t get in touch, you will lose your deposit.
If leaving a £10 deposit is a barrier because of financial difficulties, please contact Learning@gcda.org.uk to talk to us about this
You must request the return of the deposit. The request must be made within 7 days of the course finishing.
