Text Box: The Workshops Will Help You: Develop your own skills, Help your group work more effectively together, Work with the local community on local needs and issues. What Will Be Included?: The workshops will cover the topics listed below. If there are other topics you would like to see covered please let us know. 1 An Introduction To Community Development What is it? Why is it important? 2 An Introduction To Networking What is it? What are the benefits? How to do it. 3 Encouraging Community Involvement Why is it important? How can you get people involved and active? 4 Group Working and Decision Making Who makes decisions? How are they made? How can the community be involved in decision making? 5 Tackling Disadvantage How can you find out about the needs and issues facing disadvantaged sections of your community? 6 Action Planning and Way Forward How to take back what you have learnt to your group. How to start putting new ideas and new ways of working into practice. Text Box: Who Are The Workshops For? The Workshops are open to group members and interested individuals in the South Tyrone area. They are introductory workshops and would ideally suit people relatively new to community development . The workshops are free of charge. What Format Will The Workshops Take? The workshops will be organised in a participative way that builds on what you already know and the skills you already have. We will use different activities, speakers and visits and encourage plenty of input from the participants. When Will The Workshops Take Place? The Workshops will run during 2006. The exact dates and times can be agreed with participants. If you are interested in coming to the Workshops please fill in and return the attached form or telephone. Where Will The Workshops Be Held? The Workshops will be held in local community venues that are comfortable and accessible for all participants. If you would like to host one of the workshops please let us know. We would like to encourage participants to move around each others halls/centres etc. For maximum benefit we strongly recommend that you try to attend all the workshops. However, if this is not possible you are welcome to attend those that you can.

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