Community Development Project
Aims
To encourage and develope users’ skills, abilities
and confidence to become actively involved in the community.
Activities
Women’s Group
Various activities are organised regularly including
health talks, day trips, cookery sessions, swimming
classes, IT training course, and celebrations for example
at Mid-Autumn festival, Chinese New Year, Easter.
ESOL Class
Westminster Kingsway College provides two English classes
at our Centre. Daily two-hourly sessions are arranged
in the afternoons from Monday to Thursday. Two classes
are held: one class for beginners and the other for
the intermediate level. The English lessons can increase
users’ confidence in speaking English and improve
their communication with English speaking people in
their daily life.
Volunteer Group
Volunteer activities are helpful to our centre and simultaneously
of benefit to our clients. Enabling them to gain a variety
of experiences in the area of work they get involved
in. They can also get training to help them with their
volunteering e.g. “on-chair exercise course”,
“ Certificate in acupressure first aid”
and computer training.
Work Experience Scheme
Our Centre offers work experience opportunities to local
school students who spend one to two weeks’ placement.
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