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Resource Packs for the NOCN Community Development Programme

Buy two CDs, get a third Pack free.
FCDL members are also entitled to a 10% members' discount

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Eighteen resource packs have been produced by the Federation to complement the NOCN Community Development Work Programme. Each pack is designed to support the teaching of the module of the same name (or similar name), which can be built together to gain qualifications at levels 1, 2 and 3.

Each pack contains: Session Plans, Handouts, Exercises, Worksheets, Tutor prompt sheets and Reflective journal sheets for students to reflect on their work.

A pack represents three credits, which build to form a complete award. At each level there are three core modules which are mandatory for achieving the qualification. At levels 2 and 3 these can be mixed with other modules allowing students to specialise in the area of community development most relevant to themselves. See below for the list of packs. Please note: some topics can be delivered at several levels.

Each NNOCN unit has a credit rating of three - equivalent to a notional 30 hours of learning. The packs are conveniently split into two hour slots of group based learning.

Further information about each pack can be downloaded by clicking on the titles below, or download a leaflet containing information on all the packs.

1. Understanding community development work ISBN: 978-1-904111-03-0

New prices for Spring 2008:

Pack number Format and price
1, 2, 3, 5 Printed pack, £25
8 CD, £25
4, 5, 6, 7, 9 - 18 CD, £50

Special offer until 31 July 2008 only:
Buy two CDs, get a third NOCN Resource Pack free.

Choose any two of these NOCN Resource Packs available on CD for £50 each (packs 4 - 7, 9 -18 and you can order a free copy of any NOCN Resource Pack (1-18).

AND Don't forget the 10% discount to Federation members - join now.



Download Sample Pages for packs 1 - 3 Here..

 

2. Community development work skills ISBN: 978-1-904111-04-7
3. Group work skills ISBN: 978-1-904111-05-4
4. Involving people ISBN: 978-1-904111-06-1
5. Representing your Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual community ISBN: 978-1-904111-07-8
6. Monitoring and evaluation ISBN: 978-1-904111-08-5
7. Developing community organisations ISBN: 978-1-904111-09-2
Please note: the Evidence Matrix on pages viii and ix of pack 7 was incorrect in the original pack.
Click here for further information and amended pages.
8. Reflective community development work practice ISBN: 978-1-904111-10-8
9. Effective Partnership Working ISBN: 978-1-904111-11-5
10. Practice and Principles in Community Development Work ISBN: 978-1-904111-12-2
11. Social Justice ISBN: 978-1-904111-13-9
12. NEW Planning for community groups ISBN 978-1-904111-17-7
13. NEW Publicity skills for community organisations ISBN 978-1-904111-18-4
14. NEW Identifying needs in communities ISBN 978-1-904111-19-1
15. NEW Funding & resources for community groups ISBN 978-1-904111-20-7
16. NEW Neighbourhood regeneration ISBN 978-1-904111-21-4
17. NEW Community Development and Environmental Action ISBN 978-1-904111-16-0
18. NEW Sustainable Communities ISBN 978-1-904111-14-6

 

Feedback from trainers using these packs:
'The packs were used as a foundation, structure and refer point to developing a personalised course'
The activities 'enabled the participants to learn new concepts in four stages through doing, reflecting, theory and then planning and how to implement it in the future. It also encompassed people's different learning styles.'

Background.
The Programme was developed out of an initial set of courses run by Salford Council for Voluntary Service, which were rewritten in order to map them to the revised National Occupational Standards for Community Development Work. The Federation, working with the co-operation of Salford CVS, has accredited the programme through South Yorkshire Open College Network.

The Federation has worked with the Open College Network to develop a National Community Development Award based on this programme. This is the first national community development award that uses the NOCN process. It adds to the growing number of qualifications and progression routes for community development workers, managers and activists. For further information on the national award, please contact the Federation or NNOCN: www.nocn.org.uk.

For updates on the NNOCN qualifications, please also see our News page.

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