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The Federation has published a series of taster sessions as part of its commitment to provide quality training resources. The taster sessions are aimed at all trainers but particularly new ones who want to increase their confidence.

The taster sessions are written up as packs with detailed session plans, handouts, worksheets and tutor prompt sheets. Each session covers three hours. The packs listed below are now available:

1. What is community development work?
2. How groups work
3. Problems within groups
4. Involving people
5. Understanding and getting involved in partnerships
6. Skills for representing your community
7. Common issues in partnerships
8. Making meetings effective
9. Contributing effectively to meetings
10. Assertiveness/confidence building
11. Feedback and listening skills
12. Report writing skills
13. Presentation skills - giving a short presentation
14. Creating effective presentation materials

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