ARE you a member of a local group or thinking about joining one? Would you like to get more involved in your neighbourhood? You are invited to participate in an upcoming FREE short course: Building Community in Glasshouse Country.
This course is being offered by Glasshouse Country Community Development in partnership with Community Praxis Co-op who have been running community building courses for nearly 25 years.
“The key focus is on building participants’ confidence, skills and connections by learning new ways of interacting with community” said Glasshouse Country Community Development Worker Jody Blackburn. “So over four weeks of fun interactive sessions, participants will learn practical skills and methods that will assist them to get past our differences so we can work together and reinvigorate our local groups and actions in community.”
Glass House Mountains Neighbourhood Centre volunteer, Leigh McCulloch, completed the course in June and said it was a great learning experience. “It was a truly wonderful experience; one I am very grateful for. In my 10 years of volunteering in our local community the things I have been taught in the course were not things that I could have ever learnt ‘on the job’. I feel much better equipped to continue work in the community having completed the course.”
An information session is being held at 10am Wednesday 12 October at Beerwah QCWA Hall in Simpson Street, Beerwah. An evening session may also be held if there’s interest. To find out more, contact Jody Blackburn on 0491 205 266 or email jody@calcomm.org.au