Co-operation Ireland’s Community Capacity in Action (CCiA) project funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs will work with 20 -25 participants from the PUL Communities in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus over 12 months.
The aim will be to build capacity of a specific cohort of working class PUL participants, through a series of opportunities to learn needed skills and knowledge that will assist them personally and their communities
The programme will include a series of interactive workshops including;
- Democracy
- Local Government
- Region al Government
- Voting systems
- Representational models
- UK Law
- Institutions of democracy
- Brexit
- Policing
- Justice system
- Housing
- Local Government
- Community Development funding
- Commissions and parading
- Victims
- Children
Participants will also take part in an accredited qualification relevant to the topic – an OCN in Influencing Political Governance & Community Leadership within Civic Society
There will be relevant organised visits and participants will take part in individual or Social Action Projects
The training will be carried out by Utopian Learning