South East & Central CLD Workforce Development Consortium
Community Activist Training Pack
Community Activist Training Resource Pack
About this Pack
This pack has been developed in a fashion that will allow facilitators with good group work and facilitation skills and a strong Community Learning and Development background to be up and running with a little preparation.
The materials will suit those who are new to volunteering and also those who want to further develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of community activism and community learning and development. The course is participative and includes opportunities for individual, small and full group involvement.
Notionally levelled at SCQF Level 6 - participants can use their learning as a stepping stone to further training or accredited programmes as well as improving and developing their involvement and delivery as local activists. As the pack has been developed with the levelling and accreditation process in mind it is important to stick to the learning outcomes, although you may decide to include other favourite activities which will achieve the same outcome.
There is a definite flow to each unit should the facilitator decide to run the course from beginning to end with a new or existing group, however each unit and session has standalone aims and outcomes, therefore can be used individually to meet an existing or arising need.
The layout of the materials has been designed in a manner which allows easy recognition of the three main elements – TUTORS NOTES/RESOURCES – HAND-OUTS – WORKSHEETS .
Contents
Unit 1: Exploring and Understanding Community Learning and Development
Session 1: What is community learning and development
Session 2: Being a Community Activist
Session 3: Participation and Inclusion
Session 4: Making a difference
Unit 2: Your community ,who are they and how do you reach them
Session 5: Who are your community?
Session 6: Equal and Equality
Session 7: Engagement getting your community on-board
Unit 3: Taking action in your community
Session 8: Who holds the power?
Session 9: Influencing decision makers
Session 10: Making things happen
Unit4: Putting it into practice
Session 11: Did we make a difference?
Session 12: What needs to change and how will we do it?
Recall meeting: Sharing experiences.