What is ICDH?
ICDH stands for Introduction to Community Development and Health.
The course starts with a half day taster session at 9.30 – 12.30 at the Burngreave Vestry Hall, 2 Burngreave Road, Sheffield S3 9DD Tuesday 16 February 2016, 9.30 – 2.30 for 16 weeks Contact Mai Mustaphanin, CD&H Programme mai.mustaphanin@sheffield.gcsx.gov.uk or see their Facebook page http://on.fb.me/1Q2VQRf
During the taster session, you will meet the tutor, find out what the course is about and how the course is delivered. This is followed by 15 full sessions, one day a week from 9.30 – 2.30. You will have comfort breaks through-out the day and 1 hour for lunch. We will not be providing food, so you will need to bring a packed lunch.
On this course, you will explore 5 Topics:
What is Health
– What being healthy and being well means to you and different people
Power and Powerlessness
– How is power used? Identify your own strengths as a person and group power.
Recognising and Building on the Strengths of Communities
– How do you feel about where you live? There are valuable people, groups and facilities out there that can help us improve our health and wellbeing.
Achieving Change for Health
– Is about people using their powers together to change situations and develop their community. Creating opportunities to do activities that raise health and wellbeing.
Skills for working with others
– Keeping strong, supporting friends and family or getting a group going requires particular skills. On this part you will identify and work on yours.