WSA Courses – How to Engage with Communities

WSA Courses – How to Engage with Communities

Course title: How to Engage With Communities 

Duration: One day

Customisation: This course can be tailored to your context and needs

A close-up of a flip chart with post its and smiley face stickers on it, from a How to Engage with Communities workshop



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Community engagement empowers people to lead change in their communities and contribute to local policy and service delivery. WSA Community’s How to Engage with Communities course is aimed at those who are looking to develop or strengthen their planning and engagement skills using a community development approach.

 

The course helps you explore creative and meaningful ways to engage communities to lead positive change, while also considering planning and evaluation.

Who is this course for?

 

  • Community development workers, active community workers or residents and people from all sectors who have a community development part of their role.
  • It is best suited to those who want to deepen their knowledge and develop the skills that underpin community engagement.

What outcomes can I expect?

 

  • Increased understanding and confidence in community facilitation and using a range of participative tools to ensure you build community involvement.
  • Skills to review and be clear around the purpose of engagement so that you then use the right methods and tools.
  • Greater confidence in using a wide range of tools. 

What will I learn?

 

  • How do we plan engagement?
  • What are the principles and values that underpin engagement?
  • What is the role of a community facilitator?
  • What are the range of engagement tools you can use? (with an opportunity to practice!)
  • How do we evaluate engagement?

What tools and knowledge will I take away?

 

  • Understanding what community engagement is, its values and principles and some of the theory behind it.
  • An appreciation of the context in which different tools might be used.
  • Experience using the skills of a community facilitator.
  • A pack with tools and clear guidance on community engagement.

“Helped to refresh and reset creative thinking and engagement skills.”

“Really enjoyed the open space to learn, discover and build on our practice.”

“[I feel better able to] facilitate group engagement and capture a true picture of how people feel about services.”

“I liked the training – it was absolutely spot on and very engaging.”

“It was so useful. Well-done! Such an excellent course… Happy to take part again.”


Other WSA training courses

Understanding Community Development Practice

Evaluating Community Development 

Train the Trainer