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aim to support voluntary organisations which provide services to
marginalized or excluded communities and to community groups in
marginalized or excluded communities through the provision of training and
accreditation of learning to paid workers volunteers, community
activists and members of management committees.
We also aim to enable community groups and
voluntary organisations to develop their capacity to identify and respond
to community needs that currently go unrecognized or unmet owing to
factors such as the absence of the support required to bring about change,
a lack of articulation of the needs or policy makers' failure to listen to
them and devise appropriate responses.
Objectives
In order to achieve our aims, we will;
- undertake research into existing
training provision, identify gaps and examine why people are not
taking up existing opportunities.
- Provide a rolling programme of training
for community groups and voluntary organisations that is advertised
across Brighton & Hove.
- Provide an outreach service to community
groups and community activists from marginalized communities.
- Engage learners from community groups in
meaningful training and learning who, otherwise would not participate
in courses and further training.
- Design community based courses with
clusters of community groups that both offer skills to community
activists and enable these volunteer activists to develop and improve
their communities.
- Ensure that there is a clear progression
route from community-based courses to the rolling programmes of
training.
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