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Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kinghorn
Created: 13/04/2017The training programme contains a range of courses and e-learning opportunities that will be useful and relevant to anyone working with individuals and families in Fife who are struggling to make ends meet.
Changes to the welfare system – including the benefit cap introduced in November 2016 and the planned move to ‘full service’ Universal Credit from December 2017 – are affecting more and more people across Fife.
Who should attend?
All management and front-line workers who wish to have a better understanding of poverty issues and would like to identify ways in which they could engage more effectively with individuals and communities facing poverty and social exclusion.
Aim: To increase participants knowledge and understanding of the relationship between poverty and inequality and how poverty impacts on individuals lives in Scotland. To enable participants to identify ways in which they can provide an effective service to people who experience poverty.
At the end of this one day course participants will;
Trainers: This course is delivered by experienced Poverty Alliance Fieldwork staff who draw heavily on their in-depth knowledge of poverty issues and on their direct experience of working with individuals and groups who are experiencing poverty.
All the courses are open to all public and voluntary sector workers in Fife and are free to attend.
This training programme is funded by Fife Partnership, through its recommendations in Fairness Matters, the report from the Fairer Fife Commission to address poverty and inequality in Fife. Training sessions are delivered by the Poverty Alliance, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, and One Parent Families Scotland.
To book a place please complete the booking form and return to [email protected] or contact Kelly Higgins by calling 01592 226561 or e-mail: [email protected]
For more information on the courses, please contact Lyndsey Maricic, Fife Council by calling 03451 55 55 55 ext 446 138 or e-mail: [email protected] or Laura Henderson, NHS Health Promotion by calling 01592 226506 or e-mail [email protected].