 Skills4Health
is a course which has been developed by the
Community Development and Health Network (with
funding from the Educational Guidance Service
for Adults, EGSA) to enable people to improve
their essential skills through learning about
individual and community health issues.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Essential Skills for Health
Funder – EGSA (UNDER Peace 11 Measure
1.3)
EGSA - the Educational Guidance Service for
Adults - is a local, independent, not-for-profit,
frontline service that aims to connect adults
with learning.
EGSA has a network of local offices based across
Northern Ireland through which it provides services
to adult learners, learning advisers, providers,
employers and anyone interested in improving
access to learning for adults
Aim
In conjunction with CDHN, the project aimed
to develop and deliver a prevocational Community
Development and Health Issues course as a context
for helping participants improve their essential
skills.
Main Objectives
- Produce an Essential Skills for Health Resource
Pack
- Establish an editorial group to oversee
the adaptation of Community Development Approaches
to Health Issues in Northern Ireland for use
as an essential skills resource.
- To use the editorial group as the core for
the development of essential skills area based
partnerships.
- To pilot and evaluate 8 taster courses in
and to marginalised communities by June 06.
Outputs
- At least 4 pilots delivered by June 05,
with the remainder by June 06, spread across
the 4 Health and Social Services Board areas.
- Resource pack produced and 100 copies printed.
- Editorial group meet regularly and act as
a catalyst for area based partnerships.
- A case study in the development of area
based partnerships will be published.
Projected Outcomes
80 Participants complete the pilot
courses.
60 progress onto essential skills training within
the FE Sector, or into employment.
The pilot area based partnership will yield
learning about how to develop and implement
cross sectoral approaches to essential skills
provision including referral routes.
DOWNLOADS
The Skills4Health Resource Pack contains
the training materials as developed in the Skills4Health
training course.
USEFUL CONTACTS
Education
Health
Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
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